President Trump’s executive order provides a framework for tying the prices of U.S. pharmaceutical products to the lower prices paid in other countries, what’s called most-favored-nation pricing. If drug companies do not lower their prices accordingly, the order proposes other strategies, such as importing drugs from other countries.
CMS hopes the changes will increase healthcare access for underserved populations, streamline the plan selection process and simplify enrolling in Marketplace coverage.
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The patient is alleging that the patient portal he used to communicate with his doctors at Advocate Aurora and to schedule appointments used a pixelated code that also enabled logging in via Facebook and then shared data with Facebook.
Following litigation battles and multiple iterations of the Act, the final rules address the arbitration process for insurers and provide more transparency for patients.
The attorney general of Texas says the recent federal mandates and guidance issued to healthcare providers to protect abortion access are unconstitutional and conflict with state law.
California Attorney General Xavier Becerra may have won a narrow confirmation to be the Department of Health and Human Services Secretary, but if his past is any indication, his agenda will be bold when it comes to reining in pharma companies, boosting the Affordable Care Act and scrutinizing hospital consolidation.
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Xavier Becerra, President-elect Joe Biden’s choice to head the Department of Health and Human Services, is set to be a pandemic-era secretary with no public health experience. Whether that matters depends on whom you ask. Becerra built his career in the U.S. House of Representatives before becoming California’s attorney general, and some wonder whether […]
The New York Times reported that in a memo, Alex Azar stated that the power to sign new rules is "reserved" for him, a move that one expert called a "power grab." It is unclear how it will affect authorizations of vaccines against the coronavirus.
The companies will supply 100 million doses of the vaccine by the end of the year, and the government will have the option to acquire 500 million more. However, the FDA must grant an authorization based on its safety and efficacy, for which there are only preliminary data so far.
HHS said it had acquired all the supplies of the drug for July and 90% of supplies for August and September. Many developing countries have access to generic versions, but WTO rules could complicate the ability of wealthy nations to import them.
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The announcement comes as researchers have noted that the pandemic has begun shifting from urban centers like New York to rural areas of the country. The U.S. continues to lead the world in SARS-CoV-2 infections, with more than 1.5 million cases as of Thursday.
Rick Bright's attorneys said in an emailed statement Friday that the Office of the Special Counsel would request a 45-day stay on Bright's removal as director of BARDA. Bright was removed over his objections to broad use of two malaria drugs in Covid-19.
Bright alleges that his removal from BARDA was the culmination of tensions that had arisen starting three years ago over contracts worth millions of dollars he says were awarded on the basis of political connections and "cronyism" rather than scientific merit.
More than 80,000 people worldwide have been infected with the SARS-CoV-2 virus. In response, the U.S. government has partnered with several companies to develop drugs to treat the infection and vaccines to prevent it.
The Department of Health and Human Services put out a series of strategies to reduce the amount of time physicians spend on documentation on Monday. The report includes suggestions to standardize certain elements of EHRs, and bring federal reporting requirements up to date.