Policy and Legislation
The bill, known as the Support for Patients and Communities Act passed the House by a decisive majority of 396 to 14.
Kidney transplantation is more cost-effective and associated with better health outcomes than dialysis, the authors said.
Researchers looked at 3 states with different policies and found a risk of low-income patients staying or becoming uninsured because of work requirements, health savings and premiums.
Industry association says the trauma of separating children from their parents have can lifelong negative impacts on their health.
AMA President Barbara McAneny says antitrust regulators have powerful reasons to block the deal.
AHPs offer a less expensive alternative that is expected to draw away healthier consumers from the Affordable Care Act market.
AHIP focuses on the impact that a preliminary injunction or declaratory relief would have on patients, health insurance providers and states.
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services will reverse a longstanding unpopular position on reimbursement for smartphone-connected continuous glucose monitors, CMS announced.
Practice of PBMs being financially rewarded by drug manufacturers for setting higher prices needs to end, he says.
Of the participating providers, 56.2 percent reported an increase in patients who were seeing a doctor or other healthcare provider for the first time in years.