Vermont Business Magazine Representative Peter Welch (D-VT) today introduced bipartisan legislation with Representative Morgan Griffith (R-VA) that would address a loophole in the Medicare 340B Drug Pricing Program that is contributing to the rising cost of health care for consumers and threatening access to lifesaving...
The White House hosts an Obamacare summit on reaching millennials, and a key vote related to Zika funding is expected to fail today. But first: What candidates said (but mostly didn't) about health care last night. FEISTY DEBATE, BUT HEALTH CARE MOSTLY MIA — Hillary Clinton...
The healthcare industry is undergoing dramatic transformation as we shift from fee-for-service reimbursement to a fee-for-value payment system, promoting the value and outcome of the healthcare services we deliver. We’re focused on providing the best care for the people we serve, measuring the efficiency of...
Regional One Health is a safety-net provider. That means we treat all sick people regardless of their ability to pay. Seventy-seven percent of our patients are on Medicaid, Medicare or lack health insurance altogether. A little-known federal statute called the 340B drug discount program helps us...
Social workers, clinicians and health care advocates took a cruise of the Intracoastal Waterway last Friday night to bring attention to a federal program considered vital for HIV/AIDS care. “I’m an example of how you can live,” said Irma Williams, a social worker from New York...
Representatives of the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) and the Community Oncology Alliance (COA) urged Congress to stop a Medicare Part B demonstration project, which they say will have a detrimental effect on cancer patients’ access to care, in testimony to the U.S. House...
Republicans on the Senate Finance Committee have joined the chorus calling for an investigation into Medicaid's handling of manufacturer rebates for EpiPen. The 14 Republicans on the committee sent a letter to HHS Inspector General Daniel Levinson asking him to review the CMS' administration and oversight...
Niagara Falls Memorial Medical Center is a safety-net facility. That means we treat all sick people regardless of their ability to pay. Many of our patients are on Medicaid, Medicare or lack health insurance altogether. A little-known federal statute called the 340B drug discount program helps...
The combination of the BBA site neutrality provisions and the proposed changes in the 340B program is likely to chill or kill some projects that have been on hospital drawing boards — particularly oncologist-alignment transactions to convert physician office-based infusion centers to off-campus, provider-based sites...
Last year, as my little girl was transitioning to adulthood, she experienced headaches so painful that we raced to the hospital fearing meningitis. The doctors at Dell Children’s quickly ruled out that risk, but it took two months to pinpoint Ariana’s condition, a normally benign...
