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OIG Finds Major Medicare Advantage Plans Often Deny Rehab Care and Then Reverse Those Decisions

The inspector general urged CMS to collect detailed prior-authorization records to expose contractor practices that may be blocking patient access.

Bankruptcy Judge Weighs Emergency Bid to Keep Jackson Hospital Open

Blue Cross Blue Shield and Michigan Medicine Reach Tentative Long-Term Contract

Night Inspections Expose Staffing Lapses at Kolkata Medical Colleges

UnitedHealthcare to Scrap Prior Authorization for 30% of Services by the End of 2026

FDA Proposes Blocking Bulk Compounding of GLP-1 Drugs by Outsourcing Facilities

Pushback Grows Over Plan To Rename Mumbai’s KEM Hospital After BMC Panel Nod

Supreme Court Sets 3-Week Deadline for States to Roll Out ICU Standards

CMS and FDA Launch RAPID Pathway to Speed Medicare Coverage for Breakthrough Devices

Aetna Hits 88% Standardized Prior Authorization as UnitedHealthcare Targets 70%

NHS Caps Ramipril 1.25mg Supplies at One Month Under UK-Wide Shortage Protocol

Memorial Hermann Out of Network for Blue Cross Texas Plans After Talks Collapse

Rawalpindi Drug Prices Leap Up to 500% in Market Shock

Novartis to Acquire Excellergy in Up to $2 Billion Deal for Next-Gen Anti-IgE

Telangana To Send Aarogyasri Patients To Teaching Hospitals In Health Overhaul

Bundestag Backs Overhaul to Boost Living Kidney Donation

Germany’s Hospital ePA Rollout Lags, With Only 26% Fully Live

CMS Finalizes Rule to Replace Faxed Claims Attachments With Standardized Electronic Exchange

Germany to Cut Psychotherapy Fees by 4.5% From April as Therapists Rally in Protest

Tallahassee Memorial Sues to Remove Former Patient Occupying Room Since October