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<乌鸦传媒>Oncologists Risk Self-Referral Violations Over Medicare Mail-Order Drug Rule

New interpretation of Stark law excludes distribution of oral oncology drugs by mail

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<乌鸦传媒>Medicare Sends Initial Price Negotiation Bids to Drugmakers

Manufacturers of 10 drugs have 30 days to accept or make a counter-offer

<乌鸦传媒>CMS Focusing on Better Aligning Quality Measures, Adding New ACO Models

Clinicians shouldn't have to navigate hundreds of different measures, Medicare director says

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<乌鸦传媒>Why Are We Letting Insurers Dictate Patient Care?

Prior authorization is wreaking havoc on patient health

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<乌鸦传媒>Will All Seniors Eventually Have No Choice but Medicare Advantage?

MedPAC chair discusses need to fix MA's confusing limitations, upcoding, and rising costs

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<乌鸦传媒>The Healthcare Landscape Is Changing. Our Regulatory Practices Should Too.

Closer collaboration between FDA and CMS is the need of the hour

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<乌鸦传媒>Q&A: Talking Prior Authorization With Rep. Suzan DelBene

The Washington congresswoman also discusses home dialysis, Medicare cuts

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<乌鸦传媒>CMS Issues Final Rule on Prior Authorizations

The rule, which doesn't apply to commercial insurers, sets time limits on responses

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<乌鸦传媒>Is Burnout Destroying Emergency Medicine?

It doesn't have to: here are four unique ways to address the issue

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<乌鸦传媒>Politicians Must Stop Playing Doctor

Personal ideology should not guide medical care, even for abortion

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<乌鸦传媒>Docs Need Inflation-Adjusted Medicare Pay Increase in 2025, MedPAC Members Say

Draft recommendation also calls for added pay to take care of low-income beneficiaries

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<乌鸦传媒>MedPAC Report on Medicare Advantage Growth, High Costs Generates Kerfuffle

Commissioners reveal growing unease with MA practices: Not the "glowing success" everybody says

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<乌鸦传媒>How Should Health Plans Respond to Surging Interest in Weight Loss Drugs?

Studies suggest coverage is warranted for certain populations

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<乌鸦传媒>Would You Switch a Patient's Medication if You Knew the Cost?

Optimizing price estimate alert design and logic should be a priority

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<乌鸦传媒>Medicare Doc Payment Fix Bill Moving Along, GOP Doctors Caucus Co-Chair Says

Rep. Greg Murphy, MD, is hoping for action within a week

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<乌鸦传媒>COVID Takes Center Stage at Trump Town Hall

Former president also calls for compromise on abortion "to win elections"

<乌鸦传媒>Patients Are Lucky Cigna Dropped Its Plans to Buy Humana

But Washington should prepare now for the next major merger announcement

<乌鸦传媒>Medicare Cuts Beg the Question: Do Doctors Know How to Make 'Good Trouble'?

The health of American healthcare may depend on physicians taking it to the streets

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<乌鸦传媒>Fatal Christmas Tree; A Whole Lot of Fraud; Chatbots Relieve Seniors' Loneliness

Health news and commentary from around the Web gathered by 乌鸦传媒 staff

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<乌鸦传媒>Biden Administration Announces Moves to Cut Drug Prices

Lower drug copays for Medicare enrollees, price concessions for new COVID treatments spotlighted

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<乌鸦传媒>Experts, Lawmakers Explore Downside of Drug-Price Negotiation

Stifled innovation, reduced access suggested as future challenges

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<乌鸦传媒>Health Spending Rose 4.1% in 2022, Government Report Says

But spending on physician and clinical services grew more slowly, at 2.7%

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<乌鸦传媒>MedPAC Draft Recommendation Calls for 1.3% Pay Bump for Medicare Clinicians

Concerns raised about doctors' ability to absorb the increased costs of running their practices

<乌鸦传媒>Orphan Drug Costs; Digital Devices for Diabetes

Also in TTHealthWatch: smoking cessation benefits

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<乌鸦传媒>'Medicarelessness' Revisited After 50 Years

Privatization of the public program has simply bolstered corporate profits

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<乌鸦传媒>States Making Progress Toward Setting Payment Limits for Some Drugs

Prescription drug affordability boards are now the law in eight states

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<乌鸦传媒>The Broken Medicare System Is Forcing Physicians Out

Yet another physician pay cut will prevent timely access to care

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<乌鸦传媒>Want Lower Obesity Drug Costs? Medicare Holds the Key

Medicare coverage will catalyze market competition

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<乌鸦传媒>Senators Discuss Making Medicare's Relaxed Telehealth Rules Permanent

"We have proved the concept," says Sen. Steve Daines

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<乌鸦传媒>To Minimize Patient 'Note Bloat,' Cut to the Chase

Repeating data over and over just adds noise that buries the signal

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<乌鸦传媒>U.S. to Cover PrEP for Older Americans to Stem the Spread of HIV

Biden administration hopes to catch up with other parts of the world

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<乌鸦传媒>Medicine Is Not Just at a Crossroads, It's in a Crisis, AMA President Says

Jesse Ehrenfeld, MD, MPH, uses his interim speech to "shine a light" on the challenges docs face

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<乌鸦传媒>MedPod Today: So-Called 'Abortion Reversal'; CMS Cuts; Tinnitus After COVID Vax

乌鸦传媒 reporters offer further insights on these recently covered topics

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<乌鸦传媒>10 Ways MedPAC Commissioners Think Regulators Should Fix Medicare Advantage Plans

Improvements needed in network accuracy and transparency regarding denial rates, they say

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<乌鸦传媒>Senate Committee Advances Bill on Mental Health, PBMs, and 'Ghost Provider' Networks

Measure would also lessen the cut to the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule in 2024

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<乌鸦传媒>CMS Proposes Rule to Limit Medicare Advantage Plan Sales Commissions

No more golf parties or free trips to brokers who "steer" beneficiaries to higher-paying plans

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<乌鸦传媒>Medicare Finalizes 3.4% Payment Cut for Physician Fees in 2024

Specialty groups decry "untenable" payment cuts

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<乌鸦传媒>HHS Proposes 'Disincentive' Penalties for Information-Blocking Providers

Clinicians could see cuts in Medicare payments if found to have violated the rule

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<乌鸦传媒>COVID and Flu Vaccine Risk; Medicare Advantage Fraud; $1.4B Missing Health Funds

Health news and commentary from around the Web gathered by 乌鸦传媒 staff

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<乌鸦传媒>AI Can Be a Boon to Clinicians -- If Used Correctly, Says AMA President

"We can provide things to make it easier for people to practice medicine," says Jesse Ehrenfeld

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