The White House on Sunday released text of an executive order that aims to tie Medicare payments for outpatient and pharmacy drugs to the lowest price offered in comparable developed countries. The order revokes a similar order that only would have applied to outpatient drugs, which the White House refused to release for more than… Read More »
White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany reiterated that spikes in coronavirus cases are a function of increased access to testing, an argument that public health officials have debunked. “When you lead the world in testing, that means that you identify more cases,” McEnany told reporters Monday. President Trump has often touted the U.S. capacity for… Read More »
The chair of the House subcommittee charged with legislative oversight of the VA’s Cerner electronic health record implementation is concerned about the agency’s decision to delay the EHR’s initial go-live. “I’m concerned that as we’ve moved closer to the go-live date, we have been told repeatedly that there were no showstoppers in the implementation, that… Read More »
President Donald Trump signed the $ 2 trillion coronavirus stimulus package into law on Friday, after the House voted to pass it. For hospitals, it means a $ 100 billion influx of cash. But how the money will be able to be used and when it will arrive are questions still being figured out by… Read More »