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The Federal Trade Commission, which is reviewing the business practices of the largest PBMs – including CVS, Express Scripts, OptumRx, and Humana – grilled two nominees on the subject at their confirmation hearing.

Three influential medical organizations say the reimbursement proposal reductions for 2024 - a 3.3% cut in the conversion factor, the formula used to determine Medicare's physician payments - would hurt providers.

The nation's leading lobbying group for seniors filed an amicus brief on Monday in Washington, D.C., urging a federal court to dismiss a lawsuit filed by Merck to challenge Medicare's Drug Price Negotiation Program.

Many health care professionals and scientists expressed outrage after the CDC released a draft of its proposals in June, concluding that N95 face masks are equivalent to looser, surgical face masks in certain settings.

Employee Fiduciary, a small business retirement plan advisory, called on the DOL to make fees more transparent for plan participants, in response to a feedback request on its new SECURE 2.0 Reporting and Disclosure requirements.

Hospitalizations and deaths due to COVID have risen in recent weeks, with roughly 7,300 people dying of the disease in the past 3 months, however, data suggests that the people getting shots are often not those most at risk.

Spurred by the sharp rise in email messaging during the pandemic, a growing number of health systems have started charging patients when physicians send replies to their messages.

There are still many questions about how to integrate artificial intelligence into health care systems, however, the race is on: The Mayo Clinic is integrating a chatbot into its system.