Biden’s plan for Medicare coverage of weight-loss drugs would drive up costs by billions of dollars
The plan would need to be supported by the incoming Trump administration, which has vowed to cut costs across the federal ...
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‘Inappropriate’ prior authorization targeted in latest CMS proposed rule, but will it ever go live?
Federal officials announced Tuesday that audits they launched earlier this year have led to significant new reforms.
Trump taps Covid lockdown sceptic Jay Bhattacharya to lead US health agency
Jay Bhattacharya, alongside controversial appointees like vaccine sceptic Robert Kennedy Jr and surgeon Marty Makary, is ...
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New Day Healthcare growing even as Medicare cuts threaten some organizations
Reflecting its trajectory of growth, New Day Healthcare has secured a $125 million senior credit facility from First Citizens ...
Trump picks Jay Bhattacharya, who backed COVID herd immunity, to lead National Institutes of Health
President-elect Donald Trump has chosen health economist Dr. Jay Bhattacharya, a critic of pandemic lockdowns and vaccine ...
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CMS proposes Medicare coverage of weight-loss drugs, MA reforms
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services on Tuesday released a Contract Year (CY) 2026 MA and Part D proposed rule that ...
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Sen. Capito, Senator-Elect Justice weigh in on Biden wight loss drug proposal
A proposal floated Tuesday by outgoing President Joe Biden to require Medicare and Medicaid to offer coverage for prescriptions of popular but expensive injectable weight loss drugs had the tentative ...