Tag: employee wellness programs
‘We Can Be More Selective About Who We Treat’: UHS CFO’s...
Last week, the CFO of the country’s largest private psychiatric hospital operator stated that the company chooses which patients to treat based on whose...
Senate Finance Committee Advances Bill Targeting PBMs – MedCity News
The Senate Finance Committee approved the Modernizing and Ensuring PBM Accountability Act Wednesday in a 26-1 vote. The bill would increase oversight of pharmacy...
The Biden Administration Proposes Rule To Improve Mental Health Parity –...
The Biden-Harris Administration proposed a new rule Tuesday that would advance mental and physical health parity requirements for health plans.
The proposed rule would build...
Hospitals’ Price Transparency Compliance Is Improving Despite Remaining Low at 36%...
It has been more than two and a half years since CMS’ price transparency rule took effect, with only 36% of U.S. hospitals compliant....
Coalition Applauds Reintroduction of Obesity Treatment Bill, Urges Passage – MedCity...
After several U.S. senators and representatives reintroduced the Treat and Reduce Obesity Act in the Senate Thursday, one coalition applauded the bill for its...
Ticking the Talons of Healthcare Transparency – MedCity News
A lack of transparency results in distrust and a deep sense of insecurity. – the Dalai Lama
Peekaboo! In all the myriad codicils of 2010’s...
‘This Is Almost Biblical in Its Impact’: Providers Push Back Against...
On Thursday, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) released proposed changes to its physician fee schedule for 2024, as well as the...
Nearly 2,000 Organizations Urge Congress to Pass PBM Reform – MedCity...
The pressure continues to build against pharmacy benefit managers and their practices that critics say raise drug prices. This time, it’s a coalition of...
Europe Imposes Maximum Fine on Illumina for Early Grail Acquisition –...
Illumina closed its acquisition of liquid biopsy company Grail before a European Commission (EC) inquiry of the deal concluded. For that premature action, the...
Have Insurtechs Truly Disrupted the Mainstream Health Insurance Industry? – MedCity...
Hype rarely achieves expectations. And that seems to be the case with the tech-enabled, new-kids-on-the-block insurtech companies who came to being in the 2010s....
