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CMS has plan if ACA overturned in court; Verma silent on details
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- Gregory Twachtman
The hearing before the House Ways & Means Committee’s Health Subcommittee followed a partisan pattern.
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Pelosi drug pricing bill passes Ways and Means on party line vote
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- Gregory Twachtman
The House Ways and Means Committee is the latest to pass H.R. 3, a bill aimed at driving the price of prescription drugs down.
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Policy help needed as rheumatology drug prices continue to rise
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- Gregory Twachtman
A new report finds that Medicare and Medicaid spending for biologic DMARDs rose substantially during 2012-2016, particularly those in Medicare...
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GAO calls out HHS’ poor oversight of administrative costs of Medicaid work requirements
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- Gregory Twachtman
A report on the estimated administrative costs in Medicaid demonstration projects related to work requirements in the first five states to receive...
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Inspector General: NIH must improve conflict of interest reviews
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- Gregory Twachtman
The staff of NIH Institutes and Centers applied inconsistent levels of scrutiny to each other.
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Research on pediatric firearms deaths is underfunded
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- Gregory Twachtman
Much more money is spent to study the other leading causes of death in children and adolescents every year.
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Physician: The nicotine, not the flavors, needs regulation
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- Gregory Twachtman
Dr. Michael B. Siegel: Juul and similar products’ use of nicotine salt allows nicotine to be absorbed into the bloodstream much more quickly than...
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Universal coverage may be possible without increases in national spending
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- Gregory Twachtman
The researchers found two health care reform scenarios meeting this criterion that continue to utilize private insurance.
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Wasteful health care spending could reach $935 billion
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- Gregory Twachtman
The researchers noted note that administrative complexity was associated with the greatest contribution to waste.
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C-Path and NORD team up to speed development of treatments for rare disorders
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- Gregory Twachtman
ROCKVILLE - A new data analytics platform aims to accelerate therapies from bench to bedside for rare diseases.
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Physicians not yet comfortable with using social media to recruit for trials
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- Gregory Twachtman
In interviews, many physicians expressed interest but would like to have institutional support, guidelines, and training.
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Automatic reenrollment helps keep people insured
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- Gregory Twachtman
Losing the automatic enrollment option was associated with a 30% drop in enrollment.
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Business case for interoperability remains elusive
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- Gregory Twachtman
Dr. Robert Bart sees efforts to bring ownership of health data to the individual and a clearer definition of health IT standards as important...
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ACR looks for continued growth in awareness of rheumatic diseases with latest annual campaign
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- Gregory Twachtman
Efforts to raise awareness about rheumatic diseases range from a celebrity public awareness campaign to advocating for legislation on Capitol Hill...
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CDC, SAMHSA commit $1.8 billion to combat opioid crisis
- Author:
- Gregory Twachtman
Some of the funds will be used to help improve overdose monitoring.