After Cigna agreed to pay $172 million to resolve allegations that it violated the False Claims Act in its Medicare Advantage plans, it begs this question: Is the insurer deserving of this... Read more »
Last week, healthcare-focused market research firm Trilliant Health released a report detailing the most significant economic trends affecting stakeholders in the U.S. healthcare sector this year. Some of the main ideas covered... Read more »
Four states did not meet all of the requirements to receive enhanced federal Medicaid funding during the Covid-19 public health emergency, a new Office of Inspector General (OIG) report found. During the... Read more »
After determining an issue in the way many states were handling Medicaid and CHIP redeterminations, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced Thursday that coverage will be reinstated for... Read more »
More than a dozen civil rights groups filed a complaint against the Florida Department of Children and Families and the Florida Agency for Health Care Administration alleging that the state is using... Read more »
Bryan O’Connor has been appointed to the 2023 Washington Editorial Advisory Board by Law360. The editorial advisory board provides feedback on Law360’s coverage and expert insight on how best to shape future... Read more »
Amgen’s $28 billion purchase of Horizon Therapeutics can now proceed following a settlement with the Federal Trade Commission, but with safeguards designed to preserve competition in two rare diseases where Horizon’s drugs... Read more »
On Thursday, the Coalition of Kaiser Permanente Unions announced that it will begin conducting strike authorization votes among its 85,000 members starting next Monday and going through September 13. The coalition represents... Read more »
On Monday, Teva Pharmaceuticals and Glenmark Pharmaceuticals became the sixth and seventh drugmakers to resolve criminal charges as a result of the Department of Justice’s yearslong investigation into generic drug price fixing.... Read more »
At a time when mental health support is becoming a must-have for employees in their workplaces, only 42% of managers feel they can fully help their company with its wellbeing goals, according... Read more »