ProPublica Creates a Tool to Hold Payers Accountable

ProPublica Creates a Tool to Hold Payers Accountable https://www.daily-remedy.com/propublica-creates-a-tool-to-hold-payers-accountable/ Series: Uncovered: How the Insurance Industry Denies Coverage to Patients Health insurers reject millions of claims for treatment every year in America. Corporate insiders, recordings and internal emails expose the system and its harm. Just outside public view, the American health insurance industry’s algorithms, employees and […]

FTC makes strides to boost competition and hold PBMs accountable

FTC makes strides to boost competition and hold PBMs accountable https://ncpa.org/newsroom/qam/2024/04/24/ftc-makes-strides-boost-competition-and-hold-pbms-accountable Two pieces of news about the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) that will affect the health care community. Chair Lina Khan revealed this week that an update into the agency’s investigation of pharmacy benefit managers will be released in the coming months, far sooner than […]

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New Cash Rx Discount Card that won’t take everyone to the cleaner

It is becoming more and more evident that the PBM industry – the top 4-5 PBM companies controls ~ 90% of all third-party Rxs. Below are a couple of recent posts on my blogs that show how these PBM’s are financially screwing both the pts and especially the independent pharmacies.  I had my own independent […]

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The Biden administration has finalized new Title IX regulations:new regulations officially add “gender identity”

Biden revises Title IX protections for pregnancy,trans people and assault victims https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/biden-revises-title-ix-protections-for-pregnancy-trans-people-and-assault-victims/ar-AA1njyNs The Biden administration has finalized new Title IX regulations that codify protections for transgender people, as well as enhance protections for victims of sexual assault or harassment and pregnant people. “For more than 50 years, Title IX has promised an equal opportunity to […]

Payvider: Health Insurance Payer and Healthcare Provider Combination Explained

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Two Years And $113 Billion Later, D.C.’s ‘America Last’ Crew Has No Plan For Ending The Russia-Ukraine War

When you look into the rearview mirror, “we” seem to like to be “in a war”. The last time that we won a war was 1945 – almost 80 years ago – and that took TWO A-BOMBS.  When Obama came to office we were 9 trillion in debt and when he left we were ~ […]

Federal Agencies Launch Portal for Public Reporting of Anticompetitive Practices in the Health Care Sector

Federal Agencies Launch Portal for Public Reporting of Anticompetitive Practices in the Health Care Sector https://www.ftc.gov/news-events/news/press-releases/2024/04/federal-agencies-launch-portal-public-reporting-anticompetitive-practices-health-care-sector Today, the Federal Trade Commission, Justice Department, and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) launched an easily accessible online portal for the public to report health care practices that may harm competition. The online portal, HealthyCompetition.gov, […]