The nursing home data is part of the Biden administration’s effort to shine a light on an industry that receives substantial federal funding.
Author: Ken Alltucker, USA TODAY
HIV groups struggle to get insurance coverage for expensive prevention drugs, lab tests
HIV activists say people who are eligible for free HIV prevention care often don’t get full coverage even though federal law says they should.
‘Guardrails’ needed? Telehealth fraud cost Medicare $128M in first year of COVID pandemic, feds say
Improper claims from doctors and telehealth providers cost Medicare $128M in the first year of the COVID pandemic, according to a new federal report.
Patients seek relief from spiraling drug prices. Will the Inflation Reduction Act deliver?
Cancer and multiple sclerosis patients insured by Medicare are among those awaiting lower drug prices from the Inflation Reduction Act.
How the Inflation Reduction Act would save Medicare drug costs
The Democrats’ Inflation Reduction Act would grant Medicare the authority to negotiate drug prices and cap out-of-pocket costs at $2,000 a year.
‘Almost useless’: Patients, advocates critical of federal pace to unlock hospital prices
Consumers are left in the dark about hospital prices before getting care. Now they want Medicare to enforce a new federal price transparency law .
After pausing Juul ban, FDA focuses on synthetic nicotine vapes that critics say lure kids
Companies that make synthetic nicotine vapes like Puff Bar faced a July 13 deadline to get approval. Will the FDA remove these products?
Hospitals must say how much they charge for hundreds of procedures. Here’s why many don’t.
More than half of U.S. hospitals have not shared pricing information as required by a new federal law. Consumer advocates urge federal enforcement.
Juul’s appeal allows it to sell vaping devices, pods as federal court weighs FDA ban.
In appealing the ban, Juul says the FDA acted on political pressure from Congress blaming it for the youth vaping epidemic.
Employees push back against wellness programs requiring they get medical checks or pay fees
With no clear federal rules on incentives for health screenings, a lawsuit at Yale University spotlights measures that penalize some workers.