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        "uri": "/2024/04/26/drugmakers-hospitals-in-dispute-over-new-340b-drug-discount-dispute-resolution-process/",
        "title": "Drugmakers, hospitals spar over new 340B drug discount 'dispute resolution' process",
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        "prettyDate": "April 26, 2024",
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        "summary": "The new dispute resolution process is designed to use government officials to oversee disagreements, however, lobby group PhRMA said the new process \"panders to 340B hospitals\" while ignoring drugmakers' concerns.",
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        "title": "30% of younger generations worry about finances, study finds",
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        "prettyDate": "April 26, 2024",
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        "summary": "Almost 7 in 10 young adults agree their employer should provide services that address financial stress.",
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        "uri": "/2024/04/25/as-medicare-part-d-grows-so-does-need-for-fraud-audits/",
        "title": "As Medicare Part D grows, so does need for fraud audits",
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        "prettyDate": "April 25, 2024",
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        "summary": "CMS is required to audit the financial records of at least one-third of Part D plan sponsors annually.",
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        "title": "Drug shortages at all-time high: Supplies are low for Amoxicillin, chemo meds, Ozempic",
        "byline": "Alan Goforth",
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        "prettyDate": "April 25, 2024",
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        "summary": "In the first quarter of 2024, 323 drugs were in short supply, up from the previous high of 320 in 2014, says the University of Utah Drug Information Service, as policymakers propose giving the FDA more power over Big Pharma.",
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        "title": "UnitedHealth admits ransom was paid to bad actors, 'substantial' data stolen in hack",
        "byline": "Alan Goforth",
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        "prettyDate": "April 24, 2024",
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        "summary": "For the first time, UnitedHealth acknowledged that it paid ransom to \"protect patient data,\" even though the feds have asked health-care organizations not to pay ransom so stealing patient data becomes less lucrative.",
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        "title": "Health care M&A: Pharma makes moves, hospitals consolidate, scrutiny grows",
        "byline": "Alan Goforth",
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        "prettyDate": "April 24, 2024",
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        "summary": "M&A activity among health care service providers likely will remain soft over the next 12 to 18 months, with only a modest rebound from recently depressed levels.",
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        "byline": "Alan Goforth",
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        "prettyDate": "April 23, 2024",
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        "summary": "Forty-three percent of people 25 or younger say that they already lost a job because of AI.",
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        "title": "FTC, DOJ, HHS launch health care antitrust portal for unfair competition 'complaints'",
        "byline": "Alan Goforth",
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        "prettyDate": "April 23, 2024",
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        "summary": "Last week, the Federal Trade Commission, Justice Department, and the Department of Health and Human Services launched an easily accessible online portal for the public to report health care practices that may harm competition.",
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        "title": "UnitedHealth CEO to testify before Congress about cyberattack that could cost firm $1.6B",
        "byline": "Alan Goforth",
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        "prettyDate": "April 23, 2024",
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        "summary": "After UnitedHealth was a no-show at the House hearing last week on the Change Healthcare cyberattack, UnitedHealth Group CEO Andrew Witty is now scheduled to testify before a House panel on May 1.",
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        "title": "Trauma activation fees vary significantly by payer type, study finds",
        "byline": "Alan Goforth",
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        "prettyDate": "April 22, 2024",
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        "summary": "Because there currently is no standard fee schedule or uniform approach, calculating trauma activation fees is left to the discretion of each individual trauma center.",
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