The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services outlined changes that will be made to speed up and align the prior authorization process across all payers, during a press call on Tuesday.

To advance its goal of having 100% of people in traditional Medicare in an accountable care relationship in seven years, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has announced three initiatives in the Medicare Shared Savings Program and the ACO REACH and Kidney Care Choices models.

IQVIA director of healthcare strategy Dr. Calum Yacoubian discusses how NLP can help with population health and predictive analytics, social determinants of health, clinical decision support, and precision medicine.

Internal data from the Department of Health and Human Services shows that Americans made substantial gains in health insurance coverage between 2019 and 2021, including in some key demographics, such as adults aged 19 to 35, and those aged 35 to 49 – with both groups seeing their uninsured rate decline by a percentage point.

The State of California has filed a lawsuit against drugmakers and pharmacy benefit managers for allegedly increasing the cost of insulin illegally, accusing them of “unlawful, unfair, and deceptive business practices” in violation of the state’s Unfair Competition Law.