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Mashup Score: 6Fifth Circuit Upholds Surprise Medical Bill Dispute Pay Formula - 22 day(s) ago
The Biden administration’s method for calculating health-provider rates in resolving surprise medical billing disputes was upheld by the Fifth Circuit Wednesday.
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Mashup Score: 2Pfizer, Merck Pneumonia Shots Get Backing for Adults Over 50 (2) - 29 day(s) ago
A key panel of US health advisers voted in favor of lowering the age recommendation for vaccines made by Pfizer Inc. and Merck & Co. that protect against pneumococcal disease, clearing a path for wider use.
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Mashup Score: 0Women Harmed by Doctors, Then Failed by US Civil Rights Watchdog - 3 month(s) ago
It’s the job of the US Department of Health and Human Services Office for Civil Rights to investigate civil rights violations in hospitals that get federal funding. But it often fails to hold doctors and hospitals accountable for discrimination, Bloomberg Law found after reviewing hundreds of records released by the agency in response to a public records request and the office’s public settlement agreements from the past five years.
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Mashup Score: 58More Employers Turning to Benefit Startups to Manage Drug Costs - 3 month(s) ago
Employers are increasingly tapping smaller pharmacy benefit managers in an effort to reduce drug costs and comply with strengthened fiduciary duty requirements. This is challenging, however, when three huge PBMs control 80% of the market.
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Mashup Score: 7Podiatrist Sues HHS Over Denied Medicare Wound Care Claims - 3 month(s) ago
A Chicago-area podiatrist sued federal health officials, alleging they arbitrarily denied compensation for wound care treatments after an administrative law judge ruled the treatments were eligible for reimbursement.
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Mashup Score: 11Ivory Coast Detects Two Mpox Cases, Takes Steps to Halt Spread - 4 month(s) ago
Ivory Coast has activated its emergency health system after confirming two cases of mpox, the Ministry of Health said.
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Mashup Score: 0US Taps Federal Buildings to Test Next-Generation Climate Tech - 4 month(s) ago
The Biden administration on Thursday will unveil 17 cutting-edge technologies it’s going to test in federal buildings, part of a $9.6 million effort to boost climate tech products at the edge of commercialization.
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Mashup Score: 1FDA Drug Approvals, Rulemaking Tested After Chevron Decision (1) - 5 month(s) ago
The FDA’s power to determine a drug’s exclusivity or review tobacco marketing applications faces fresh vulnerability to legal battles after the Supreme Court’s decision to nix a legal doctrine that empowered agency interpretations.
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Mashup Score: 8US Supreme Court Poised to Allow Emergency Abortions in Idaho - 5 month(s) ago
The US Supreme Court is poised to allow abortions in medical emergencies in Idaho, according to a copy of the opinion that was briefly posted on the court’s website.
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Mashup Score: 14Biden’s HHS Health Privacy Rule Struck Down by Federal Judge - 5 month(s) ago
A federal judge in Texas vacated federal guidance that clarifies how health-care providers can use online tracking technology without running afoul of health-care privacy regulations.
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🎉 We applaud the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals for standing with patients in their ruling about the No Surprises Act today! The win will translate to lower out-of-pocket costs for patients. Learn more: https://t.co/bAYdiPoZTf https://t.co/2cwrOcuj0G