Is the Trump administration undermining value-based care?
Despite the Trump administration's moves that appear to undermine value-based care, a closer look shows the reality is a bit more complicated.
Senate confirms Alex Azar as HHS Secretary
In a 55-43 vote, the Senate has confirmed Alex Azar as the new secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services. President Donald Trump nominated Azar in November following the resignation of Tom Price.
With the Rise of AI, What IP Disputes in Healthcare Are Likely to Emerge?
Munck Wilson Mandala Partner Greg Howison shared his perspective on some of the legal ramifications around AI, IP, connected devices and the data they generate, in response to emailed questions.
The friendly skies felled HHS Secretary Tom Price, so what’s next for healthcare policy?
Health and Human Services Secretary Tom Price has resigned his post in the wake of the scandal over his use of private jets and government planes at taxpayer expense.
HHS considers scrapping certain mandatory bundled payment programs (Updated)
Posted late last week, the proposed rule would eliminate certain mandatory bundled payment programs, including those for heart attacks and joint replacements.
Belatedly, Trump declares opioid crisis a “national emergency”
President Donald Trump has officially called the opioid epidemic a national emergency. The announcement comes just days after HHS Secretary Tom Price downplayed the need to do so.
HHS Secretary Tom Price spars with Democrats over budget cuts, individual insurance marketplace
In appearances on Capitol Hill Price cited Medicaid, the federal-state insurance program for low-income people, as an example of where rising costs require reforms.
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A Personalized Approach to Medication Nonadherence
At the Abarca Forward conference earlier this year, George Van Antwerp, managing director at Deloitte, discussed how social determinants of health and a personalized member experience can improve medication adherence and health outcomes.
HHS Secretary Tom Price wants to ease health IT burden on doctors but is committed to interoperability
"We need our physicians to be patient facing, not computer facing," he said in a keynote speech delivered at the Health Datapalooza conference. "We simply have to do a better job of reducing the burden on healthcare providers."
CMS pushes back CJR expansion, cardiac bundled payment initiatives by 3 months
HHS Secretary Tom Price is no fan of mandatory bundled payments, and not surprisingly, CMS is now delaying multiple bundled payment initiatives.
Price will defer to physicians, says ex-AMA lobbyist who’s known him since ’94
"He will first and foremost look at how public policy will affect the practice of medicine," said Julius W. Hobson, a former American Medical Association lobbyist who has known Price since 1994.
Price made dozens of health stock trades even as committee was investigated
Craig Holman, government affairs lobbyist with Public Citizen, described Price’s volume of stock trades during the SEC inquiry as “brazen,” given the congressman’s access to nonpublic information affecting the companies’ fortunes.
Maximize Revenue and Patient Care with Strategic Weight Loss Management
We will highlight Build My Health's revenue practice management tools, which could help physician practices add up to $250,000 to their practices.
HHS nominee Price clears Senate committee with no Democrats present (updated)
Senate Finance Committee Chairman Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) suspended rules requiring a quorum for a vote, allowing Price to advance to the full Senate.
Why have Democrats pushed back at HHS nominee Price?
The Senate Democrats have been asking for more time to look into questions that he may have misled the public about issues in his financial background.
What would Republican ACA replacement plan look like?
An interview with conservative health care expert Lanhee Chen, co-author of the influential American Enterprise Institute proposal to replace the Affordable Care Act.
Price grilled over Medicare innovation, Medicaid block grants
Senate Finance Committee ranking member Ron Wyden (D-Oregon) was rather relentless in questioning Price.
CMS documents highlight Rep. Tom Price’s Congressional record on special medical interests
As Tom Price's Senate confirmation hearing for the role of Secretary of Health and Human Services nears, letters from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services obtained by an open records request show his work in support of drug firms, device manufacturers, and higher physician payments.