Medicare Advantage Plans Fielded 35 Million Prior Auth Requests in 2021 Two million requests denied; reasons for denial remain elusive, according to a new report Feb 03, 2023
How Patent Thickets Keep Cheaper Drugs Off the Market "We're transferring a huge amount of wealth from the public to drug companies," says S. Sean Tu Feb 03, 2023 video
Republican Lawmakers Worry X-Waiver Elimination Could Stir Buprenorphine Diversion House members also look for ways to stop drug trafficking on Snapchat Feb 02, 2023
What Doctors Should Know About Xylazine in Fentanyl Naloxone still works but additional support may be needed; wound care a challenge Feb 01, 2023
CMS Rule Means Medicare Advantage Plans Will Pay Back Billions in Overpayments Audits finding unsubstantiated claims will extrapolate overpayments to insurers' other claims Jan 31, 2023
FDA Greenlights First Drug for ESR1-Mutated Breast Cancer Elacestrant almost doubled PFS versus standard endocrine therapy in advanced ER+/HER2- disease Jan 30, 2023
Medicare Part D Plan Prices May Change Unexpectedly How many seniors end up paying more than they thought they would? Jan 26, 2023
Unique Patient Identifier Funding Once Again Barred by Congress Biden administration working on better patient matching instead Jan 25, 2023
Doc Delivered Deadly Epidural; Hotze's Conspiracy Theory; Docs Slam Wegovy Story This past week in healthcare investigations Jan 25, 2023
Over 1 Million Medicare Beneficiaries Will Pocket Savings From Insulin Cap Report uses 2020 claims data to estimate potential effects of IRA's $35 monthly insulin cap Jan 24, 2023
Biden Seeks More Info on Medication Abortion Barriers Executive order gives cabinet secretaries 60 days to submit report Jan 23, 2023
FDA, NIH Must Penalize Researchers Who Don't Report Trial Results, House Member Says Many with NIH grants don't follow reporting rules, get funded again anyway, says Rep. Pallone Jan 20, 2023
CDC Starts Making Leadership Changes Head of Maine CDC will become deputy director; insider becomes chief medical officer Jan 17, 2023
CDC, FDA Flag Early Signal of Stroke Risk With Bivalent COVID Vaccine One surveillance system detects potential link in seniors, yet multiple others show none Jan 13, 2023
Legal Loophole Lets Faulty Devices Maintain Their Legacy Harlan Krumholz on how devices subject to Class I recalls are used as predicates for new devices Jan 11, 2023 video
Food Insecurity Among Older Adults Remains a Problem Two-item screening tool can help clinicians find out whether patients are food-insecure Jan 10, 2023
Alzheimer's Drug Lecanemab Wins FDA Approval Anti-amyloid showed modest benefit in phase III trial, but was linked to adverse events Jan 06, 2023
Ladapo's Colleagues Slam His mRNA Vax Analysis But University of Florida says it won't investigate Jan 06, 2023
White House Drug Control Office Focused on Improving Treatment Access Disrupting the illegal drug supply chain also high on the list, says ONDCP director Rahul Gupta Jan 05, 2023
The X Waiver Is Officially Dead But now, doctors will have to take substance use disorder training to get their DEA license Jan 05, 2023
Abortion Pill Can Be Dispensed in Retail Pharmacies, FDA Says Decision allows patients to pick up mifepristone at brick-and-mortar locations Jan 04, 2023
Crystal Ball Cloudy for PI3K Inhibitors' Future in Hematology After a year of negative news, some caution about throwing out the baby with the bath water Jan 02, 2023
Despite Rising Violence Against Healthcare Workers, Legislative Fixes Have Stalled During a 3-month period this year, 57 nurses were assaulted on average each day Dec 30, 2022
Anti-CD20 Agent Gains Approval for Multiple Sclerosis FDA greenlights ublituximab for relapsing MS Dec 29, 2022
No, the Baby Formula Shortage Still Isn't Over Experts say regulatory changes treat symptoms but not all causes of the formula crisis Dec 28, 2022
Families Push Research Forward in Rare Diseases The field has a unique funding model. While fruitful, some question if it needs to change. Dec 26, 2022
FDA Approves First Gene Therapy for Non-Muscle-Invasive Bladder Cancer Half of patients achieved complete responses with adenoviral vector-based product Dec 16, 2022
'Constant Turmoil' at FDA Makes Our Food Less Safe Reflections on a new report about the agency's Human Foods Program Dec 16, 2022
'Tony Was Always a Very Clear Voice': Colleagues Bid Fond Farewell to Fauci Infectious disease, public health colleagues praise his knowledge, bedside manner, and leadership Dec 16, 2022
Funding, Policy Changes Needed to End Maternal Health Crisis, Federal Officials Say Congress urged to take action Dec 14, 2022
'Whole-of-Government' Approach Needed for Diet-Related Illnesses, Senator Says "Food as medicine" programs can lower blood sugar, reduce hospitalizations, experts note Dec 13, 2022
Physical and Occupational Therapy Are on the Medicare Chopping Block Cuts could be devastating to patient care if Congress doesn't take action Dec 12, 2022
Why Does Makena Remain on the Market? Misguided equity claims do not resolve issues with the accelerated approval program Dec 11, 2022
Medicare Must Pay Docs More, Say MedPAC Commissioners Two proposals discussed at the commission's December meeting would increase physician pay Dec 09, 2022
Should Doctors Warn Patients About the Downsides of Medicare Advantage Plans? Beneficiaries may not be aware of the plans' limited networks or prior authorization rules Dec 08, 2022
'Our Culture War Is Killing People,' Says Former NIH Director Francis Collins talks Elon Musk, vaccine misinformation, and long COVID Dec 07, 2022
Where Did All the Monkeypox Go? Mpox questions answered by Demetre "Doctor D" Daskalakis Dec 05, 2022
Looming Physician Pay Cut 'Unprecedented' and 'Unconscionable,' AMA President Says Number of doctors who take Medicare patients could dwindle without Congressional action Dec 02, 2022
