On February 8, 2023, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) held a webinar on a recently proposed rule on advancing interoperability and improving prior authorization. The…
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Thirteen years after the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) implemented a new framework for reducing improper payments nationwide, the program remains divisive, with proponents pointing to…
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Many of Applied Policy’s clients are global organizations with a keen interest in what challenges and opportunities exist for diagnostic lab tests around the world. Particularly as healthcare…
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When the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) granted accelerated approval for the use of lecanemab-irmb (Leqembi) for the treatment of Alzheimer’s disease last month, patients diagnosed with…
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The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has released its Advance Notice of Methodological Changes for Calendar Year (CY) 2024 for Medicare Advantage (MA) Capitation Rates and…
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On January 12 and 13, 2023, the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC) held a virtual public meeting. The meeting included sessions on the following: Assessing payment adequacy and…
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If you’ve had a prescription filled in the last year, you probably already know that the United States is facing a shortage of retail pharmacists. Across the nation,…
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Effective January 1, the companies which manufacture certain drugs in single dose containers and the providers who administer them are subject to new regulations specific to discarded drugs.…
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Two decades ago, value-based purchasing (VBP) and health equity were emerging concepts in healthcare, largely unknown outside of policy conversations or schools of public health or health administration.…
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In a welcome development for the laboratory industry, on December 29, 2022, President Biden signed the Continuing Appropriations Act of 2023 which instructs the Centers for Medicare &…
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On December 8 and 9, 2022, the Medicaid and Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) Payment Advisory Commission (MACPAC) held a virtual public meeting. The meeting included sessions on…
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The end of the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency will result in a historic realignment of Medicaid funds and enrollees as state Medicaid programs shed beneficiaries they have previously…
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