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CMS: Emergency funding available to health care providers disrupted by cyberattack

By Alan Goforth

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services emphasized that the accelerated and advance payments, aimed at providers facing significant cash flow problems, are not loans and cannot be forgiven, in its Saturday announcement.

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The cyberattack on UnitedHealth's Change Healthcare, which is struggling to restore paralyzed billing systems, is "the most significant and consequential incident of its kind" in history, according to the American Hospital Association.

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4 top drugmakers present their case to overturn Medicare price negotiation program

Bristol Myers Squibb, Novo Nordisk, Novartis and Johnson & Johnson presented their arguments on Thursday in New Jersey district court, just a week after a similar AstraZeneca suit was dismissed by a federal judge in Delaware.

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Opill, first over-the-counter birth control pill, will go on sale this month

While the $20-a-month cost for Opill will likely be covered by health insurance with a prescription from a doctor, it may also be available for reimbursement under FSA or HSA accounts, depending on individual employer restrictions.

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March 08, 2024

Federal appeals court hears arguments in ACA's free preventive care mandate case

For now, insurers and employers are still not required to cover certain free preventive care services, such as cancer screenings and HIV-preventing medications, until the federal appeals court makes its decision later this year.

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March 08, 2024

CMS offers financial relief to providers affected by Change Healthcare outage

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services is assisting providers that are struggling financially during what the AMA calls the "most significant and consequential incident of its kind against the U.S. health-care system in history,"

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Key health care takeaways from President Biden's State of the Union speech

President Joe Biden made health care affordability a centerpiece of Thursday evening's address, announcing he is calling on Congress to expand the $2,000 out-of-pocket Medicare prescription cap to all private insurance.

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March 08, 2024

Workers cry for choice: Employer health plans leave everyone upset

Just 3% of health system executives and 7% of health plan executives have a positive outlook for 2024.

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CMS: Emergency funding available to health care providers disrupted by cyberattack

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Standalone telehealth bridges the health care gap for uninsured employees

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Core and Group Health Stories

UnitedHealth's crippling cyberattack: Are the feds doing enough to restore systems?

4 top drugmakers present their case to overturn Medicare price negotiation program

Opill, first over-the-counter birth control pill, will go on sale this month

Federal appeals court hears arguments in ACA's free preventive care mandate case

CMS offers financial relief to providers affected by Change Healthcare outage

Key health care takeaways from President Biden's State of the Union speech

Workers cry for choice: Employer health plans leave everyone upset