Patient Engagement
While retail pharmacy prices rose 9.1% from 2007 to 2020, negotiated prices grew by only 4.3% annually.
If the organizations had failed to come to an agreement, about 38 hospitals would have been impacted across the four states.
Providers once again have access to patients' electronic medical records, the health system said.
Twenty-three percent of marketplace enrollees were in a plan with a network that included a quarter or fewer of the doctors in their area.
HHS has said the revised March bulletin was consistent with HIPAA's definition of individually identifiable health information.
The updated coverage policy begins Sept. 1 and will be effective on a rolling basis for most plans on renewal.
The goal of Waltz Connect is to achieve transparency by unlocking competition among specialty pharmacies.
For the price tag, McKesson will have a controlling interest representing about 70% ownership of Core Ventures.
CMS received more than 200,000 complaints in the first six months of the year about such actions.