Health Care / Medicine
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Health Care / Medicine, Labor / Employment
Mount Sinai Doctors Vote To Strike Over Pay, Benefits Disparities
Resident physicians at Mount Sinai's Elmhurst Hospital in Queens have voted to authorize a strike. The union that represents these residents has noticed significant disparities in Mount Sinai's compensation and benefits when compared to the resident physicians employed at the health system's flagship hospital in Manhattan. -
Government
Telehealth Companies Applaud DEA For Delaying Telemedicine Restrictions Of Controlled Substances
The Drug Enforcement Administration received 38,000 comments on its proposed rule that would roll back COVID-19 flexibilities for the prescribing of controlled substances via telemedicine. In response, the DEA chose to temporarily extend the flexibilities. - Sponsored
Is The Future Of Law Distributed? Lessons From The Tech Adoption Curve
The rise of remote work has dramatically reshaped the relationship between Lawyers and Law Firms, see how Scale LLP has taken the steps to get… -
Government
Medicare, VHA Made $128M In Duplicate Payments, OIG Report Shows
Medicare could have saved $128 million if the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services had the correct controls in place to avoid duplicate payments with the Veterans Health Administration, an audit by the Office of Inspector General found.
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Government
Reading Between The Lines Of The DEA’s Proposed Rules On Telemedicine
In some ways, the Drug Enforcement Agency’s proposed rules for prescribing controlled substances via telemedicine are a sign of progress. Behavioral health could be getting some much-needed clarity, but at what cost? -
Government, Health Care / Medicine
In Rare Move, CMS Fines 2 Hospitals for Price Transparency Violations
These fines are only the third and fourth penalties issued by the agency since the rule took effect on January 1, 2021. -
Government, Health Care / Medicine
The Public Health Emergency Is Expiring, So What Is The Future Of COVID-19 Vaccines?
The FDA will decide this summer which strains the next COVID-19 vaccines should address. -
Health Care / Medicine, Technology
Healthcare Leaders Must Come Together to Mitigate ChatGPT Risks, Experts Urge
Technology experts at the HIMSS conference in Chicago said that while the AI model is certainly exciting, the healthcare sector must establish an accountability framework to address the risks of new technologies like ChatGPT moving forward. -
Government
2 Senators Release Framework Targeting PBMs
Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Mike Crapo (R-Idaho) and Chair Ron Wyden (D-Oregon) introduced a bipartisan framework that lays out the key challenges federal prescription drug programs are dealing with, as well as potential solutions. - Sponsored
The Business Case For AI At Your Law Firm
ChatGPT ushers in the age of generative AI – even for law firms. -
Health Care / Medicine
Thinking Of Providing Telehealth Abortion Services? Here Are 3 Legal Frameworks You Need To Understand First
As telehealth providers navigate the ever-evolving abortion terrain, it is important that they evaluate all avenues for potential exposure and risk. -
Government
Payers Can Reform Prior Authorization To Make It Faster, Smoother But Will It Satisfy The AMA?
In a recent interview, Dr. Jesse Ehrenfeld, the president-elect at the American Medical Association, outlined how the major pain point of physicians has gone from the EHR to prior authorizations requests. But none of the individual efforts that payers are making is enough. -
Government, Health Care / Medicine
Biden Administration Introduces Plan To Expand Medicaid, ACA Coverage To DACA Recipients
By the end of the month, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is expected to release a proposed rule that would allow DACA recipients to apply for healthcare coverage through the Health Insurance Marketplace or through their state Medicaid organization. -
Finance, Health Care / Medicine
Hospital M&A Activity Remained Strong In Q1 With 15 Deals Announced
Hospital M&A activity remained strong during the first quarter of 2023, according to a new report from Kaufman Hall. Hospitals and health systems announced 15 M&A transactions in the first quarter of 2023, which almost matches the 17 transactions announced in the fourth quarter of 2022. -
Health Care / Medicine
Former Outcome Health Execs Found Guilty Of 47 Counts Of Fraud
The convictions come after a 10-week trial that investigated the former leaders’ role in a billion-dollar scheme in which the company lied to its customers about how many physicians' offices their advertisements would appear in.
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Early Adopters Of Legal AI Gaining Competitive Edge In Marketplace
How to best leverage generative AI as an early adopter with ethical use.
Sponsored
Is The Future Of Law Distributed? Lessons From The Tech Adoption Curve
The rise of remote work has dramatically reshaped the relationship between Lawyers and Law Firms, see how Scale LLP has taken the steps to get…
Sponsored
The Business Case For AI At Your Law Firm
ChatGPT ushers in the age of generative AI – even for law firms.
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Navigating Financial Success by Avoiding Common Pitfalls and Maximizing Firm Performance
In this CLE-eligible webinar, we’ll explore the most common accounting pitfalls and how to avoid them for your firm.
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Legal AI: 3 Steps Law Firms Should Take Now
If 2023 introduced legal professionals to generative AI, then 2024 will be when law firms start adapting to utilize it. Things are moving fast, so…
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Courts, Health Care / Medicine
Abortion Pill Access In 2023: A Timeline
The final outcome for abortion pill access in the U.S. is still unclear among conflicting federal rulings — the issue will likely end up before the Supreme Court. -
Government, Health Care / Medicine
FDA Partial Hold On Cancer Drug Adds To Molecular Templates’ Growing List Of Woes
The FDA has asked for more information about cardiac complications reported last year in a Phase 1 study for the Molecular Templates cancer drug, MT-0169. The partial clinical hold comes as the biotech works through a corporate restructuring as well as second Nasdaq de-listing notice. -
Government, Health Care / Medicine
Advocates Of Digital Therapies Hope Bill Can Ease Reimbursement
A similar bill appeared last year but did not progress. Given the potential costs of reimbursing prescription digital therapeutics, Congress could be skeptical. Still, with growing attention on mental health, advocates are optimistic. -
Courts, Health Care / Medicine
Pear Therapeutics Files For Bankruptcy And Plans For Asset Auction In May
Pear Therapeutics’ Chapter 11 bankruptcy filing follows three corporate restructurings and the inability to secure additional financing to support commercialization of its FDA-cleared prescription digital therapeutics. An auction of Pear’s assets is expected to happen in early May. -
Health Care / Medicine
3 Cano Health Board Members Resign & Vow To Oust CEO Amid ‘Decimated’ Stock Price
Three of Cano Health's board members recently resigned in protest of the company's management strategy and announced they will form a group to enact comprehensive changes at Cano, including replacing the CEO. They said Cano's governance structure has caused the company’s stock price ‘to be decimated, dropping over 90% from its debut’ and has saddled the firm with a ‘crippling debt burden.’ -
Health Care / Medicine
Stop, Drop, And Reenroll: How Medicaid Redeterminations, Renewals, And Disenrollment Can Affect The Revenue Cycle
Florida healthcare providers are prone to experience unpredictable changes in the revenue cycle when Medicaid plans begin the redetermination, renewal, and disenrollment process. -
Government
FTC Orders Illumina To Divest Grail, Says Deal Stifles Cancer Test Competition
The agency said Illumina’s proposed remedies are insufficient and the tie-up is likely to reduce competition in the R&D and commercialization of new cancer tests.