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From telehealth to Medicare cuts: Here are the health policies in Congress' $1.7T omnibus

FierceHealthIT

From telehealth to Medicare cuts: Here are the health policies in Congress' $1.7T Tue, 12/20/2022 - 10:29.

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CBO weighs in on PBM reform, AI in healthcare

FierceHealthIT

The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) addressed a series of questions from lawmakers on health policy priorities ranging from pharmacy benefit management to Medicare spending. |

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Medicare Advantage’s Favorable Selection Problem

Digital Health Wire

Medicare Advantage plans could be on track to reach over $75B in overpayments this year – nearly 3x prior estimates – causing researchers at the USC Schaeffer Center for Health Policy and Economics to issue a pressing call for policy reform. Favorable selection at its finest.

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What If Costco Designed the Prescription Drugs Sales Model?

Health Populi

Consumers Overpay for Generic Drugs , a new paper from the Leonard Schaeffer Center for Health Policy & Economics asserts, with recommendations to address the intermediaries who benefit from the way Americans currently pay for medicines. health citizens access to high-value and lifesaving meds.

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Billing Medicare and Private Payers for Telehealth Visits: What to Expect Post-Public Health Emergency

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Prepare Now for Anticipated Changes to Medicare and Private Payer Rules. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) is expected to issue new rules for telehealth in the release 2021 Physician Fee Schedule later this year. Today, Medicare reimburses for specific services when delivered via live video.

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Medicare, Medicaid better than private insurers at containing costs, study finds 

FierceHealthIT

Medicare and Medicaid are better than private insurers at keeping spending per beneficiary low, a finding that has crucial implications for the current health policy debate, according to a new report.

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A Few #HealthPolicyValentines

Healthcare IT Today

HealthPolicyValentines pic.twitter.com/nZx2DcTCGI — MA Health Policy Commission (@Mass_HPC) February 13, 2024 Medicare could never negotiate your cost because you are priceless. healthpolicyvalentines — John Lynn (@techguy) January 31, 2024 I love health policy enough to #healthpolicyvalentines on my honeymoon.