Susan Morse
The rebates paid by drug companies will be deposited into the Medicare Trust Fund.
HHS is offering the tests to help prevent widespread infections this fall and winter.
Resistant infections result in more than 35,000 deaths each year and cost the health system billions.
Medicare claims for catheters have increased, and CMS found a rise in billings by a small group of durable medical equipment supply companies.
Insurance companies and PBMs set the price of drugs paid at the pharmacy counter, says CEO Lars Fruergaard Jørgensen.
Caremark, Express Scripts, Optum and their GPOs created a rebate system that boosted PBM profits, FTC alleges.
The healthcare industry contributes more than 6% of greenhouse gas emissions in the U.S., says William Theisen, CEO of EcoAct North America.
Fifteen patients at Steward hospitals have died due to a lack of medical equipment or staffing shortages, says Chairman Bernie Sanders.
The drug company faces civil monetary penalties and the termination of its Pharmaceutical Pricing Agreement.
Northwest Healthcare has invested about $200M in capital projects in the Tucson metro area over the past 5 years.