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Physician venture investor talks telehealth, digital therapeutics, Medicaid tech

Healthcare It News

Norden is particularly passionate about funding companies focused on the Medicaid population – a traditionally tricky and often ignored area. Fortunately, government, investors and startups are working together to close some of these care gaps. Hospitals are faced with impossible decisions.

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J&J drops 340B rebate plan following government pressure

Healthcare Dive

Threatened with steep sanctions and loss of its agreement with Medicare and Medicaid, Johnson & Johnson is rolling back a plan to give hospitals after-the-fact rebates for drugs in the 340B drug discount program.

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Indiana insurers, hospitals accused of Medicaid fraud in giant whistleblower lawsuit

Fierce Healthcare

Major Indiana managed care organizations and health systems are blamed for defrauding the state Medicaid system by tens, if not hundreds, of millions of dollars, says a newly unsealed whistleblower | A newly unsealed lawsuit alleges major health insurers and health systems defrauded Indiana Medicaid by hundreds of millions of dollars, with the government (..)

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MRO Announces Adrienne Morrell as New Vice President of Government Affairs

MRO Compliance

the leading clinical data exchange company in healthcare, announced that Adrienne Morrell has joined the company as its new Vice President of Government Affairs. Morrell brings with her more than 25 years of government affairs experience covering both state and federal rulemaking tied to Medicare, Medicaid, commercial insurance and health IT.

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The Ill Health of Rural Hospitals in Four Charts

Health Populi

There are 1,844 rural hospitals operating in the U.S. That number is down by 19 in the 2019 calendar year, the worst year of rural hospital closings seen in the past decade. That hockey-stick growth of closures is shown in the first chart, where 34 rural hospitals shut down in the past 2 years.

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Merck Price Negotiation Lawsuit May Face Same Obstacles as 340B Takings Claims

Bill of Health

Merck alleges that the price negotiation program operates as a price control because it effectively requires manufacturers to accept the maximum fair price as a condition of participation in Medicare and Medicaid. Covered entities include various federally funded clinics and hospitals that serve low-income patients.

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Eliminating Barriers to Opioid Use Disorder Treatment

Bill of Health

The good news is the federal government has waived several of these unwarranted legal barriers during the COVID-19 pandemic. Non-hospital pharmacies are precluded by law from dispensing methadone and are often unwilling to stock and dispense buprenorphine. Second, individuals with OUD often lack access to critical pharmacy services.

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