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The Inflation Reduction Act: The Impact of Medicare Negotiation of Prescription Drug Prices on Hospitals and Health Systems

Electronic Health Reporter

By Ken Perez, vice president of healthcare policy and government affairs, Omnicell, Inc. The article The Inflation Reduction Act: The Impact of Medicare Negotiation of Prescription Drug Prices on Hospitals and Health Systems appeared first on electronichealthreporter.com. In August, H.R.

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Biden’s proposed HHS budget aims to make pandemic-era subsidies permanent

Healthcare Dive

Released Thursday, the budget also proposes to extend Medicare solvency and give the federal government more power to negotiate prescription drug prices.

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Addressing Lives and Livelihoods with a Whole-of-Government Approach – The First Wave of Biden Health Policy

Health Populi

President Biden’s first few days on the job gave us a very clear view on how he sees conquering COVID: through a whole-of-government approach to public policies that bolster directly addressing the virus, along with the many forces shaping how we got here and how to come out of the pandemic era stronger. ” The plotline goes….

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Supreme Court Clarifies that Subjective (Not Objective) Knowledge of Falsity of Claim Dictates False Claims Act Liability

Healthcare Law Blog

Background The FCA is a qui tam statute that imposes liability upon any person who, inter alia , knowingly submits a false claim to the government. The Court’s ruling was narrow and avoided the more challenging—and common—issues raised during oral argument (which we previously discussed here ). See 31 U.S.C.

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FTC Lawsuit Against Pharmacy Benefit Managers Alleges Unfair Competition

Compliancy Group

A pharmacy benefit manager (PBM) is any entity that performs pharmacy benefit management services for health plans, unions, large employers, and government entities. PBMs manage prescription drug benefits programs. PBMs determine the prescription drug prices that insurers pay and the payments that pharmacies receive.

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The Health Insurance Premium for a Family Averages $25,572 in 2024 – KFF’s Annual Update on Employer-Sponsored Benefits

Health Populi

There are numerous facets on employer-sponsored health care to explore in the KFF report’s 220 pages, but I’m going to focus in on a few issues with which I’m working these days: on prescription drugs, telehealth, and mental health. In 2024, the average patient share amounts are shown in Figure 9.6

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Health Care Financing: How Inflation and Health Care Prices Could Hit the U.S. Consumer

Health Populi

That’s represented by the lighter blue line in the first chart. middle-class households finding that health care has returned to the #1 household fiscal concern ahead of inflation in 2023.