07.11.24
On June 27, the House Ways and Means Committee (W&M) held a markup to consider legislation to promote medical innovation, remove barriers to treatment, and increase access to innovative screenings and tests for Medicare enrollees.
07.09.24
On June 17, 2024, the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation (CMMI) at the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) released a notice of funding opportunity
07.08.24
As the national crisis in behavioral and mental health care continues to worsen, providers have tested innovative ways to bring services to children and adults in need.
07.01.24
In September 2023, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) announced the States Advancing All-Payer Health Equity Approaches and Development (AHEAD) Model, and this week CMS is expected to make a first set of announcements about states set to join the model.
06.27.24
A recent study published in JAMA estimated that more than six million people in the U.S. have diet-sensitive conditions and activity limitations that could benefit from medically tailored meals, a type of Medically Supportive Food and Nutrition (MSF&N) service.
06.26.24
On June 17, CMS and the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) issued a final rule implementing new standards for e-prescribing under Medicare Part D.
On June 14, House Energy and Commerce Committee (E&C) Chair Cathy McMorris Rodgers published a “framework for discussion” proposing reforms to the National Institutes of Health (NIH).
06.25.24
In a keenly anticipated decision, Braidwood Management v. Becerra, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit ruled June 21 that the law requiring commercial health plans to cover without cost sharing certain preventive services recommended by the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) ...
06.24.24
This is an excerpt from a recently published study in AJMP Focus, “State Medicaid Coverage and Reimbursement of Adult Vaccines Administered by Physicians and Pharmacists as of 2022”, which was supported by Merck.
Artificial Intelligence (AI) is changing the landscape of the health care industry. But to date, litigation in this space has largely centered on the use of AI by health care payers in making coverage decisions.