Three years after the federal government announced the first public health emergency due to COVID-19, Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra has again extended the PHE. Becerra announced the extension Wednesday morning. This is the 12th time HHS has extended the public health emergency. The declaration was first made in January 2020.
Starting this year, the Department of Health and Human Services will begin negotiations with drug companies to lower the price of Part D drugs in Medicare, according to HHS Secretary Xavier Becerra. The 10 Part D drugs that will be negotiated will be published on September 1, according to Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services […]
Dell Technologies’ goal is to help healthcare providers consolidate data, according to Wolfgang Mertz, CTO for Unstructured Data Solutions. This enables easier access to precision medicine.
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has awarded the first 200 of 1,000 Medicare-funded physician residency slots meant to support the healthcare workforce and fund additional positions in hospitals serving underserved communities. About three-quarters of the new positions will be for primary care and mental health specialties, CMS said.
As a result of the trend toward more consolidation in healthcare, Medicare inpatient spending was highly concentrated among just two health systems in most regions, according to a new analysis from the Commonwealth Fund. To understand where Medicare beneficiaries across the U.S. may be most affected by such market dynamics, the research examined the concentration […]