The HHS Office of Inspector General scolded CMS for failing to follow a prior recommendation on how to pay for infusion drugs, costing the program over $200 million.
In a serious move, Gravie obtained another $12.5 million in capital, all gravy, for its platform that facilitates companies in moving employees to the insurance exchanges to get coverage.
Express Scripts annual workers' compensation drug trend report shows a 1.9% increase in spending in 2014, the result of a 7% increase in unit price mitigated by a 5.4% decline in utilization.
According to a Tractica report, more than 78 million people worldwide will be using some form of a home health technology by 2020, including monitoring and wellness devices.
The Healthy Skeptic is a website about the health care system, and is written by Kevin Roche, who has many years of experience working in the health industry. Mr. Roche is available to assist health care companies through consulting arrangements through Roche Consulting, LLC and may be reached at khroche@healthy-skeptic.com.
The Healthy Skeptic is a website about the health care system, and is written by Kevin Roche, who has many years of experience working in the health industry. Mr. Roche is available to assist health care companies through consulting arrangements through Roche Consulting, LLC and may be reached at khroche@healthy-skeptic.com.