Susan Morse
MA plans have faced recent headwinds of declining payment rates, medical cost pressures, regulatory burden and less favorable star ratings.
At this time, no information is available to either corroborate or discount this threat's credibility, joint threat bulletin says.
The layoffs affect Johns Hopkins University and the nonprofit Jhpiego, which works closely with USAID.
Initiative will eliminate up to 25% of all reauthorizations, or 10% of overall prior authorizations, PBM says.
The FTC has again urged the Indiana Department of Health to deny the merger of Union Hospital and Terre Haute Regional Hospital.
Trump's nominee to head CMS indicated he intended to go after upcoding practices in the Medicare Advantage program.
Genomics CEO Sir Peter Donnelly believes genome testing will become routine within 10 years, leading to lives saved.
Innovation needs better payer and provider alignment, panelists say.
Where updates have been made, patient satisfaction has increased, she says.
More practices will close and Medicare patients will pay the price, says AMA President Dr. Bruce A. Scott.