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Policy and Legislation

By Mike Miliard | 06:00 pm | March 05, 2019
At the Food and Drug Administration, the physician and venture investor promoted policies focused on innovating approaches to population health, opioids, chronic disease, AI and precision medicine.
By Beth Jones Sanborn | 05:11 pm | March 05, 2019
Joe Grogan told listeners at the Federation of American Hospitals' annual conference to get on top of surprise bills or the government will step in.
By Susan Morse | 03:16 pm | March 05, 2019
Health insurance covered a majority of the $48,512 bill; $46,422 of that was for one rabies immune globulin injection.
By Jeff Lagasse | 03:37 pm | March 04, 2019
For a number of approaches, the paper examines where the plan would operate and who would be eligible.
By Susan Morse | 03:20 pm | February 28, 2019
Government has a history of slashing provider payments for government health programs; Medicare and Medicaid reimburse providers less than the cost of delivering care, AHA says.
By Susan Morse | 05:28 pm | February 26, 2019
End rebates for both Medicare and commercial plans, and they will lower list prices, pharmaceutical executives say.
By Jeff Lagasse | 03:26 pm | February 26, 2019
The rise from 2014 to 2016 in the percentage of people with private health insurance coverage who had diabetes was sharpest among people in their 50s.
By Susan Morse | 05:36 pm | February 25, 2019
On Tuesday morning, executives from seven pharmaceutical companies will face ...
By Susan Morse | 05:48 pm | February 22, 2019
Planned Parenthood vows to fight rule, which American Medical Association calls a gag order between provider and patient.
By Beth Jones Sanborn | 04:03 pm | February 22, 2019
Privately insured patients have gotten hit with bills in the tens of thousands after receiving care at the public hospital which does not contract with private payers.