Policy and Legislation

Feb 11 | Susan Morse

Department of Justice tells Supreme Court it supports Affordable Care Act

Under the Biden Administration, the DOJ says the ACA can stand even though there is no longer a tax penalty for not…

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Feb 09 | Susan Morse

UPDATED: One dead, 4 injured in shooting at healthcare clinic in Buffalo, Minnesota

The shooter was most likely targeting the facility or someone at the facility, says Buffalo police chief.

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Feb 08 | Kat Jercich

How to prepare for the next health crisis? Epic, Teladoc and others have ideas

More than 100 stakeholders, including AMA, AHA and Mayo Clinic, have convened to release policy and regulatory…

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Feb 05 | Jeff Lagasse

Cigna eliminates prior authorization requirements for some CT exams

Prior authorization is also eliminated for 3D image post-processing, including the evaluation of cardiac structure and…

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Feb 04 | Mallory Hackett

Biden orders a review of the public charge rule and rescinds Trump memorandum

The rule has been criticized for causing immigrants to disenroll from public programs like Medicaid.

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COVID-19 Coordinator Jeff Zients gives an update on vaccine distributionTuesday over Zoom.

Feb 02 | Susan Morse

One million COVID-19 vaccine doses are going to 6,500 pharmacies

This is in addition to the 10.5 million doses earmarked for states, tribes and territories.

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Feb 01 | Mallory Hackett

Hospitals benefit from Federal Medical Assistance Percentage extension under PHE

Moody's predicts that states with the largest increases in Medicaid enrollment will benefit the most…

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Feb 01 | Jeff Lagasse

UPDATED: Trump-era rebate rule for Medicare Part D on hold until 2023

The parties have been ordered to submit a joint status report identifying whether and how this case should proceed by…

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Feb 01 | Kat Jercich

Athenahealth to pay $18.25M for alleged False Claims Act violations

"If the benefits of electronic health records are to be fully realized, patients must be confident providers have…

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Jan 29 | Susan Morse

COVID-19 variant that was first detected in South Africa has been found in 29 states

Anyone with COVID-19 should be treated as though they have the new coronavirus variant, says CDC director.

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