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Monthly Round-Up of What to Read on Pharma Law and Policy

Bill of Health

A New Way to Contain Unaffordable Medication Costs – Exercising the Government’s Existing Rights. Medicaid Expenditures and Estimated Rebates on Line Extension Drugs, 2010-2018. Association Between Payments by Pharmaceutical Manufacturers and Prescribing Behavior in Rheumatology. Mayo Clin Proc. PMID: 35120693.

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The Ill Health of Rural Hospitals in Four Charts

Health Populi

The first line chart illustrates rural hospital closures since 2010. The third graphic (second of my four chosen charts) compares two of the sixteen metrics, median operating margin and percent with negative operating margin, against the hospitals’ states that expanded Medicaid versus those that did not expand Medicaid.

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Prior Authorization Takes a Leap Forward in CMS Regulation

Healthcare IT Today

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) have taken a bold step by mandating a standard for prior authorization. The federal government has been haranguing vendors and clinicians to make interoperable systems since the HITECH act was passed in 2009. The release of FHIR in the mid-2010 decade changed everything.

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OIG Provides Interim Assessment Report of States’ Background Check Program for LTCs 

Healthcare Compliance Blog

The National Background Check Program, enacted by legislation in 2010, provides grants to states and territories to assist them in developing and improving systems to conduct federal and state background checks of prospective LTC employees.

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Electronic Prescribing for Controlled Substances Set to Take Off

Healthcare IT Today

State governments are also roped in thanks to their Prescription Drug Monitoring Programs (PDMPs). According to Dr. Colin Banas, chief medical officer at DrFirst , they initiated EPCS in 2010, partnering with the Massachusetts Department of Health. How do you transmit the prescription to the pharmacy and record it in the PDMP?

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Comprehensive ACA and ADA Compliance Training

American Medical Compliance

Understanding the ACA The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, referred to as the Affordable Care Act or “ACA” for short, is the comprehensive health care reform law enacted in March 2010. Expand the Medicaid program to cover all adults with income below 138% of the FPL. Not all states have expanded their Medicaid programs.

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As Nonprofit Hospitals Reap Big Tax Breaks, States Scrutinize Their Required Charity Spending

Kaiser Health News

Hospitals also claim as community benefits the difference between what it costs to provide a service and what Medicaid pays them, known as the Medicaid shortfall. ” Hospitals have long argued they need to charge private insurance plans higher rates to make up for the Medicaid shortfall.