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The initiative will focus on housing insecurity and will also offer case management, outreach and education.
The complaint charges Cigna with encouraging diagnoses that yielded higher reimbursement for MA members.
The administration will task HHS and CMMI with testing new models that are shown to improve quality and lower costs.
Medicare enrollees will also see lower costs for insulin and vaccines beginning in 2023, according to HHS.
Other top headlines this past week include a look at how telemedicine can improve orthopedic care.
Of the MGMA survey respondents, 89% said the overall regulatory burden on their practice has increased over the past 12 months.
The plan provides flexibility for veterans to see in-network local doctors and fill prescriptions at nearby pharmacies, outside the VA system.
The figures are consistent with the trend of falling below prepandemic deal numbers, though two 'mega' transactions occurred.
The goal was to bring cancer treatments to the market at a cost, scale and efficacy that would have maximum impact.
Recent payment reform programs have not been designed with racial and ethnic minority groups in mind, a new report asserts.