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| By Robert King CMS proposed new policies for Medicare Advantage and Part D plans, including streamlining prior authorization and adding a health equity index to star ratings. |
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By Heather Landi Amid a weakening macroeconomic environment and ongoing pressure by private and public payers to reduce healthcare costs, a growing number of healthcare companies are faced with credit rating downgrades and potential defaults. |
By Heather Landi Health data startup Komodo Health secured a structured equity infusion of $200 million in early November as it looks to continue scaling its data-driven "healthcare map" and analytics tools. |
By Robert King A new analysis found over the past two years the COVID-19 vaccine has prevented more than 18 million additional hospitalizations and 3 million additional deaths. |
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By Heather Landi Medly Health, parent company of a New York City-based digital pharmacy startup that took off during the COVID-19 pandemic, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection Friday. |
By Heather Landi A federal appeals court ruled that the Biden administration cannot force religious healthcare providers to perform or pay for gender transition surgeries as it violates the religious rights of some Catholic organizations. |
By Paige Minemyer Bright Health's financial woes continue, and the company is now at risk of being pulled from the New York Stock Exchange. |
By Robert King CMS proposed a cap on the number of nonstandardized Affordable Care Act plans insurers can offer on HealthCare.gov and other updates to network adequacy standards. |
By Frank Diamond Some primary care physicians who deliver quality care aren’t reimbursed for it because of flaws in the Medicare Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS), according to a study. |
By Frank Diamond In what the Department of Justice is calling one of the biggest healthcare fraud schemes ever, a federal grand jury convicted the owner of a genetic testing lab for cancer of bilking Medicare out of hundreds of millions of dollars. |
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