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Vendor Notebook: Salesforce extends AI to public health services, DrFirst acquires Myndshft

Healthcare It News

a software-as-a-service that focuses on automated prior authorization services for both medical and pharmaceutical benefits. DrFirst to speed up medication approvals Rockville, Maryland-based DrFirst announced that it purchased all assets of the Myndshft Technologies, Inc.

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340B Court Cases

Healthcare ECONOMIST

The Public Health Service Act ( PHSA ) in 1992, created a program to allow hospitals providing care for underserved communities to be able to access discounted drugs. Novartis Pharmaceutics v Espinoza. ” Sanofi-Aventis v US Department of Health and Human Services. While the Novartis v.

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State Strategies to Increase Diversity in the Behavioral Health Workforce

NASHP

California’ s plan notes that services and supports can be individualized and may include resources such as subsidized childcare and dependent care, transportation vouchers, substance use disorder treatment, and housing supports. Build diversity into state contracting and Medicaid payment strategies.

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CMS Releases Guidance on Implementation of Rebate Programs for Certain Medicare Part B and Part D Drugs

Sheppard Health Law

With respect to the Part D Rebate Program, CMS is also soliciting comments on (i) the extent to which CMS should consider rebatable drugs that are not covered under the Medicaid Drug Rebate Program, and (ii) penalties for manufacturers who fail to pay rebates. The thirty-day public comment period ends on March 11, 2023. 9, 2023). [2]

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Medicare moving to reference pricing?

Healthcare ECONOMIST

These include: (i) Medicaid best price, (ii) Federal supply schedule (FSS) price, and (iii) Big Four price [i.e., price for Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), DoD, the Public Health Service, and the Coast Guard] U.S.

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Healthcare Reforms Under the IRA: Expanding Access to Care

Sheppard Health Law

With respect to biological products, however, such drugs must be licensed in accordance with the Public Health Service Act (“PHSA”) for at least 11 years, and marketed in conformance with the PHSA. A safe harbor applicable to flat fee arrangements paid by pharmaceutical manufacturers directly to PBMs for PBM services.

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How a National Emergency Can Bring the Monkeypox Outbreak Under Control

Bill Of Health

Grossly-underfunded and overwhelmed public health agencies are not able to conduct proper surveillance and face vast shortages of testing services, vaccines, and treatment. Persons experiencing symptoms of monkeypox can be effectively treated with known pharmaceuticals, but accessing them, like vaccines, has proven monumental.