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The more than 1,500 healthcare providers taking part in the Bundled Payments for Care Improvement initiative may extend their participation in Models 2, 3 and 4 through September 30, 2018, according to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.
Third-party nonprofits promising scientific and transparent drug value assessments are gaining ground in healthcare, even as many drug manufacturers are challenging their methodologies, according to new research by the Health Research Institute.
Pharmaceutical company Warner Chilcott was sentenced Friday in U.S. District Court in Boston to pay $125 million to resolve criminal and civil liability stemming from the illegal promotion of various drugs including Actonel, Asacol, Atelvia, Doryx, Enablex, Estrace, Loestrin and various formulations of these drugs, the U.S. Attorney's Office announced Friday.
The National Institute of Standards and Technology is poised to deliver new cybersecurty guidance, according to NIST fellow Ronald Ross.
The sheer number of genetic tests has exploded in the past decade or so. There are now thousands of different testable genetic disorders. In fact, demand for genetic tests has been strong since 2013.
By incorporating factors like risk adjustment and utilization rates, organizations can essentially create their own population health box scores, experts say.
Such discussions are becoming more important as baby boomers reach their golden years. By 2030, an estimated 72 million Americans will be 65 or over, nearly one-fifth of the U.S. population.
A Chicago couple used their healthcare business to bilk Medicare out of $45 million while also conspiring to force a housekeeper to work against her will, according to an indictment returned this week in federal court in Chicago.
A former healthcare clinic consultant and Medicare biller has been sentenced to a little more than 11 years in prison, and ordered to pay a $100,000 fine, for her role in a $63 million healthcare fraud scheme involving a now-defunct Miami health provider, the Department of Justice announced earlier this week.
The new emergency department will include an expansion from 20 beds to 26, and the department's physical space will more than double.