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Scaling back on vaccine clinics and not updating staff vaccine requirements has slowed down booster rates at nursing homes, advocates say.

Drugmakers will be required to pay Medicare back for price increases that outpace inflation. The industry is expected to put up a fight over implementation.

WASHINGTON — The Biden administration’s plan to unwind the public health emergency tied to the COVID-19 pandemic will spur a whirlwind of changes related to telehealth, Medicaid, pharmaceuticals and other priorities.

The public health emergency created an array of health flexibilities, impacting everything from Medicaid to telehealth coverage.

Health plans will be allowed to pocket hundreds of millions of dollars in overcharges for audits before 2018

Plans to protect parents from abusive ex-partners come after coroner calls for reform following the tragic death of Emma Day

The federal Medicare agency will require next to nothing from insurers for excess payments they got from 2011 to 2017 and won’t impose big penalties until audits for 2018 and beyond are conducted, which could be years.

The US Medicare agency will seek about $4.7 billion over 10 years in clawback payments from private insurers that manage its programs under a long-awaited rule finalized Monday, a blow to the industry that sets up a likely court fight.

This month, the Food and Drug Administration approved a new drug, lecanemab, for the treatment of Alzheimer’s disease. The drug, sold under the brand name Leqembi, was developed by Japanese pharmaceutical company Eisai and will be marketed commercially in partnership with American pharmaceutical company Biogen. Biogen, notably, is the maker…

Previously secret government audits reveal millions of dollars in overpayments to Medicare Advantage health plans

Panel of experts at Insider breakfast event states that existing oil and gas industry must be supported in move to renewables