Robert Gordon, the previous director of the Michigan health department, has been nominated for a position within the Biden administration. Gordon, who abruptly resigned from the leadership role earlier this year before testifying in front of a House Oversight Committee following a subpoena, has been nominated to serve as the assistant secretary for financial resources in the Department of Health and Human Services.
A West Central Illinois hospital has agreed to pay the government over $2.8 million to resolve false Medicare and Medicaid claims over unnecessary procedures performed by a doctor. Blessing Hospital in Quincy, Illinois, has agreed to pay approximately $2.82 million to resolve allegations that it violated the False Claims Act by submitting claims for medically unnecessary cardiac catheterization procedures performed by a physician who no longer practices in the Central District of Illinois.
Clover Health (CLOV) today announced its latest internal restructuring and appointment of Mark Herbers as Interim Chief Financial Officer following the decision of prior CFO Joseph Wagner to step down. Shares of the company were trading 0.55% lower to $8.18 a share on Monday.
WASHINGTON, Aug 12 (Reuters) - President Joe Biden on Thursday called on U.S. lawmakers to enact legislation aimed at lowering drug prices, including allowing Medicare to negotiate drug prices and imposing penalties on drugmakers that hike prices faster than inflation. The Democratic president's remarks laid out his vision to help reduce the costs for prescription medications as part of the Build Back Better agenda he is seeking to push through Congress as the nation continues to grapple with the COVID-19 pandemic.
The Biden-Harris Administration announced last week that it is providing nearly $90 million to help rural communities combat opioid use disorders (OUD) and other forms of substance use disorders (SUD) and to improve access to maternal and obstetrics care. This funding is being distributed by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) through the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA).
ARKANSAS (KNWA/KFTA) — Every year the American Hospital Association (AHA) surveys U.S. hospitals — it includes bed occupancy and now COVID-19 bed occupancy projection, due to the pandemic. Governor Asa Hutchinson (R) has been working with the agency to make sure beds are available during this COVID-19 surge.