WHO Digital Health and Innovation Department director Alain Labrique discusses on the department’s mandate, its meaning for member states and how they can invest to strengthen their health systems.
Together, the Department of Health and Human Services and the Departments of Labor and the Treasury proposed a rule this week to strengthen access to birth control coverage under the Affordable Care Act. Under the ACA, most plans are required to offer coverage of birth control with no out-of-pocket cost. The new rule proposes to […]
The COVID-19 public health emergency is ending on Thursday, May 11, according to the Office of Management and Budget.
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has finalized risk adjustment policies in a final rule to prevent overpayments to Medicare Advantage Organizations.
Cigna has filed a lawsuit against CVS Health and Amy Bricker, who until recently served as head of Express Scripts, Cigna’s pharmacy benefit manager subsidiary. Bricker had been slated to join CVS Health as the chief product officer for its consumer segment. The lawsuit alleges this violates Cigna’s noncompete agreement, with the company saying it […]
Humana will be opening 10 new CenterWell clinics in the Dallas-Fort Worth area of Texas throughout this year, which the insurer said will mark its debut in the northern parts of the state. The first two centers are slated to have their grand openings on February 1 and 2, respectively.
CEO of Medicomp Systems David Lareau talks about how diagnostically connected data can help work on interoperability, and the how the 21st Century Cures Act, TEFCA and FHIR apply.
The federal government, through the Department of Health and Human Services’ Health Resources and Services Administration, is encouraging pharmacies to share their remaining inventory of N95 masks with health centers and other community agencies and organizations.
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services is opening a special Affordable Care Act enrollment period for beneficiaries losing Medicaid or Children’s Health Insurance Program coverage due to the end of the continuous enrollment requirement.
The federal government extended telehealth waivers for two years, but the current higher rate of reimbursement is in place only through the end of this year. During the public health emergency, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services reimburses providers at the non-facility rate, which creates payment parity between an in-person and a telehealth visit.