Discoveries in Health Policy
Ideas for or from an evolving healthcare system
Friday, May 8, 2020
CMS Schedules Annual New Lab Codes Meeting: June 22, 2020
›
Update: Around May 29, CMS added some 30 new codes to the agenda. Here . ### Each summer, CMS holds two types of meetings for pricing new c...
Wednesday, May 6, 2020
FDA EUA for Biofire Panel Plus COVID: What's It Look Like?
›
A couple days ago, it was announced that Biofire had obtained an FDA Emergency Use Authorization for an elaborate respiratory pathogen panel...
Political Snapshots: Rick Bright Resigns BARDA, See 89pp Statement. Christine Grimm and Fireworks at HHS OIG.
›
There was a flurry of political news coming out of HHS the past couple weeks, and enough dust has probably settled for a quick lookback and ...
Tuesday, May 5, 2020
Very Brief Blog: Another Report Compares Medicare Prices and Other Prices
›
Reports that compare Medicare prices with commercial payer prices or other prices (Medicaid, Medicare Advantage) appear at regular intervals...
Monday, May 4, 2020
Very Brief Blog: Sudden FDA Pivot on Serology Testing; and Roche Describes Very Accurate Serology Test
›
It's commonplace in the healthcare, Covid, and lab industries that FDA was far too restrictive on molecular LDT COVID tests in February ...
Sunday, May 3, 2020
Offbeat Blog: McKinsey & Co Bonanza of COVID Business Strategy Articles
›
One of the news feeds I track is McKinsey & Company, the global consulting firm. Sunday's view provided thirteen articles. Thi...
‹
›
Home
View web version
