Tuesday morning, I spent the first half of the day convinced it was Wednesday, and yet, despite that mental setback, the rest of the week has flown by. Feels like a win. Killing me softly. Overall, glad to see the stories recognizing how the uncertainty of federal research dollars is impacting NIH summer internships, graduate…
Tariffic. This week Eli Lilly announced they were investing at least $27 billion in US manufacturing, which is pretty cool. Was it to buy favor with the new Administration? It certainly does not hurt. I get the allure of manufacturing in the United States. If a country wanted to hurt us, they could stop sending…
Discontinued: A flu vaccination campaign got pulled by the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). It is off the air and the website was taken offline and now directs users to older information and not the new campaign (“Wild to Mild”.) 1 in 5. Did you know that 1 in 5 people in the…
Crab cakes and … horse racing. That’s what Maryland does. Mine will come with a side of Smith Island cake which I’m making tomorrow morning. Wish me luck. Odds aren’t stacked. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced that the Medicaid rule won’t contain the stacking provision. A little odd to pre-announce it,…
Just… wow. Healthcare has a lot of rabbit holes but as the head of the Department of Health and Human Services, copay accumulators should be understood at a basic level. I’m not asking about alternative funding and to draw up a case study. Just that accumulators can’t be used in Medicare. Basics. Heck a simple…
One of the policies I’m stalking emails from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is the final “Misclassification of Drugs, Program Administration and Program Integrity Updates Under the Medicaid Drug Rebate Program” rule. The draft came out last May and included a policy on the stacking of Best Price, but the final is…