Rachel Bluth
Rachel Bluth, Peggy Girshman Web Reporting Fellow, recently earned her master’s from the Philip Merrill College of Journalism at the University of Maryland. At Merrill, she reported on health disparities in Baltimore, and her work was published on npr.org and pbs.org. She was previously the lead political correspondent for the Annapolis Bureau of Capital News Service, where she covered the Maryland General Assembly and Gov. Larry Hogan. She has also written for the Maryland Reporter and the Prince George’s Sentinel.
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HHS explores drug importation to combat rising domestic prices
Determined to explore more avenues to curb price hikes, the Trump administration is signaling that it is willing to consider what the industry regards as something of a nuclear option to address a recalcitrant problem.
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Trump administration takes an axe to budget used to promote ACA open enrollment
“The Trump administration is deliberately trying to sabotage our health care system,” said Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-New York).
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Payer’s Place: Dawn Maroney
Dawn Maroney, President, Markets of Alignment Health and CEO of Alignment Health Plan, to discuss how they are using technology to provide better service and care to consumers.
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Survey: An increasing number of physicians would support a single payer system
A long-term trend away from physicians owning their practices may be another reason that single payer is winning some over. Last year was the first in which fewer than half of practicing physicians owned their practice.
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Concerns over women’s health funding cause Senate Democrats to delay HHS nominee vote
The position for which Giroir is nominated includes oversight of the Office of Population Affairs, which administers Title X grants, and the Office of Adolescent Health, which oversees the Teen Pregnancy Prevention Program.
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Lacking the votes, Senate Majority Leader pulls healthcare bill
Without McCain, and with at least two senators opposed to the current bill, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell doesn’t have the 50 votes he needs to move the measure.
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Lacking enough support, Senate GOP forced to push back Better Care Reconciliation Act vote
Once Republican leadership emerged to explain why the vote was being delayed, they defaulted to a familiar script: bashing the Affordable Care Act.
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HHS Secretary Tom Price spars with Democrats over budget cuts, individual insurance marketplace
In appearances on Capitol Hill Price cited Medicaid, the federal-state insurance program for low-income people, as an example of where rising costs require reforms.
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Andy Slavitt is leaving CMS, but his tweets defending Obamacare aren’t going anywhere
As the Affordable Care Act is coming under attack by the new Republican-controlled Congress and incoming Trump administration, Slavitt, acting administrator of CMS, isn’t being shy online.
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Burwell: Let Medicare negotiate drug prices, don’t be so quick to repeal ACA
Burwell compared the Affordable Care Act to Jenga, a game where players take turns removing one wooden block at a time from a tower of 54 without making it topple. Republicans, she said, are looking for easy pieces to take out of the law.
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Applying Remote Patient Monitoring to Surgery Prep and Recovery, Oncology and Women’s Health
Join us to learn about the latest trends in remote monitoring and how to extend its benefits beyond chronic conditions to more patients – all while using fewer staff resources.
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Payer’s Place: Dr. Anil Singh
Dr. Anil Singh shares his insights into the strategies employed by the organization to identify the most effective digital solutions for their members.
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Discover the Next-Gen Platform for Integrated Collaborative Care
Beyond EHRs and digital front doors, reducing the gaps in patient care journeys.
