Chris Harrop

CVS Holds Off on Offering Covid Vaccines in 16 States

Will a hiccup in retail pharmacy vaccinations in some of the nation's biggest states mean an uptick this fall for physician offices? www.nytimes.com/2025/08/28/w...

Judge: Trump Must Restore Federal Health Websites A federal judge finds federal agencies violated the law when they deleted “hundreds or even thousands” of pages about treating HIV and other medical conditions.

Trump administration has restored 67 of +200 webpages deleted in January. More to come, feds say.

“The decision serves as a reminder that the government must follow the law, just like the rest of us.”
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One of the bigger questions being answered is the future of virtual care and the "#telehealth cliff." While some practices see #telemedicine volumes declining, the strategic path forward just got easier: www.mgma.com/mgma-stat/br...

Trump administration reverses course, lifts pause on NIH grant awards The order applies to the entirety of new and, possibly, ongoing research grant dollars that go to universities and academic medical centers.

Vought flip-flop: White House lifts OMB halt to NIH grant awards www.statnews.com/2025/07/29/t...

There are short- and long-term strategies that medical group practice leaders should consider to confront rising costs for labor, supplies, facilities, technology and more, all in our most recent #MGMA Stat data story: www.mgma.com/mgma-stat/co...

How health systems are reshaping their strategies in the face of federal policy uncertainty Hospitals, health systems and physician practices are shifting their operational and financial strategies in the face of rapidly changing federal regulations. | In the face of federal policy uncertain...

How health systems are reshaping their strategies in the face of federal policy uncertainty www.fiercehealthcare.com/providers/ho...

CMS deletes Medicare Advantage vision statement, signaling another shift from health equity The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) wiped away the agency’s stated intentions for the future of Medicare Advantage (MA), underlining new uncertainty for the future of health-rela | The ...

CMS deletes Medicare Advantage vision statement, signaling another shift from health equity www.fiercehealthcare.com/regulatory/c...

MGMA | A conversation with DirectTrust’s Kathryn Ayers Wickenhauser at HIMSS25 The discussion with Kathryn Ayers Wickenhauser at the 2025 HIMSS Global Conference covers the evolution of Direct messaging to incorporate FHIR, the benefits for under-resourced organizations, the rol...

Such a great chat with @kawickenhauser.bsky.social of @directtrust.bsky.social this week at #himss25 RE: #FHIR on Direct, what we were seeing at HIMSS Global and the evolution of the #interop space — oh, and thanking her for being a longtime #MGMA Stat user: www.mgma.com/articles/the...

What is being corrected?

Weight Loss Drug Will Be Offered for $499 a Month for Some Patients Some commercially insured patients stand to save $150 per month on Wegovy, a popular obesity medication. Patients on Medicare and Medicaid are not eligible.

Novo Nordisk will cut the price of its weight loss medication Wegovy to $499 per month for certain patients who pay using their own money instead of going through insurance, the drug maker said on Wednesday.

MGMA | Are you leading your AI or is AI leading you? The AI in Healthcare Forum at HIMSS 2025 highlighted the importance of strategic governance, cultural alignment, and iterative learning in AI adoption. Panelists discussed AI's potential to improve ef...

Are you leading your AI or is AI leading you? AI in Healthcare Forum explores process, governance and learning from friction and failure at #himss25: www.mgma.com/articles/are...

MGMA | Breaking the ransomware attack chain and accelerating incident response The Healthcare Cybersecurity Forum at HIMSS 2025 highlighted the increasing threat of ransomware attacks and the importance of adopting an adversarial mindset to understand and counter these threats. ...

Highlights from the the early sessions of #himss25 Healthcare Cybersecurity Forum - Breaking the ransomware attack chain and accelerating incident response: www.mgma.com/articles/bre...

With #HIMSS25 you can't even escape AI before you get there: Conference app has AI-enabled suggestions for sessions you should see, people you should connect with.

Fired HHS civil servants, veterans fear for the future of US healthcare This month, the federal government fired thousands of probationary federal workers spanning critical health agencies and the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), taking a chainsaw to the workforce | T...

How will federal health agencies fare amid DOGE worker purge? www.fiercehealthcare.com/regulatory/f...

Labor Costs and Payer Rates Are Still Squeezing Providers’ Margins - MedCity News New research found that most healthcare CFOs anticipate minimal financial gains this year due to high labor costs and insufficient payer rates. While providers are leveraging more data to improve fina...

Healthcare CFOs anticipate minimal financial gains in 2025 due to high labor costs, stagnant payer rates medcitynews.com/2025/02/labo...

Eli Lilly unveils plan for four U.S. "mega-sites" In addition to "reshoring" the production of key ingredients used to make some of their drugs, Lilly said it will create 3,000 jobs at the sites.

Eli Lilly unveils plan for four U.S. "mega-sites" www.axios.com/2025/02/26/l...

PBM legislation gets fresh push at House hearing Congress came within inches of enacting major pharmacy benefit manager restrictions in December. Supporters see an opportunity to try again.

PBM legislation gets fresh push at House hearing www.modernhealthcare.com/politics-pol...

MGMA urges Congress to establish permanent or long-term access to telehealth (February 24, 2025) This letter, dated February 24, 2025, is addressed to Senate Majority Leader John Thune, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, and House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffr...

MGMA urges Congress to establish permanent or long-term access to telehealth www.mgma.com/advocacy-let...

Healthcare was most breached sector in 2024: report Last year, the healthcare industry accounted for 23% of data breaches handled by financial and risk advisory firm Kroll, compared with 18% in 2023.

Healthcare was most breached sector in 2024, accounting for 23% of data breaches handled by Kroll www.healthcaredive.com/news/healthc...

Status of Medicare Telehealth Waivers An overview of flexibilities instituted by HHS that waived many of the generally applicable rules governing Medicare telehealth services in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.

A full breakdown of specific Medicare telehealth policies and their dates for reverting back to pre-PHE status is available to MGMA members here: www.mgma.com/federal-poli...

Baxter’s Asheville site now fully operational after damage from Helene Hurricane Helene devastated the North Carolina manufacturing site, causing a nationwide shortage of IV solutions.

Baxter’s Asheville site now fully operational after damage from Helene healthexec.com/topics/healt...

The critique of there being too much attention given to SNL turning 50 is best presented as drawing further attention to SNL turning 50.

Judge rules lawsuit over UnitedHealth’s AI care denials can move forward Medicare Advantage beneficiaries who are suing UnitedHealth Group over allegedly wrongful denials of care that were based on artificial intelligence scored a victory Thursday.

NEW: Medicare Advantage beneficiaries who are suing UnitedHealth Group over allegedly wrongful denials of care that were based on artificial intelligence scored a victory Thursday, as a judge ruled their case could move forward. Could open up discovery. www.statnews.com/2025/02/13/l...

Jamie Dimon really should have a talk the fella who was CEO of the org when all those initiatives were planned, built and implemented.

TOTE ASTRICT COLOR DOCTORS FOR AMERICA, Plaintiff, Civil Action No. 25-322 (JDB) OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT et al., Defendants. ORDER Upon consideration of [6] Plaintiff's motion for a temporary restraining order, [8] Plaintiff's supplemental declarations, [9] Defendants' opposition, [10] Plaintiff's reply, the hearing on February 10, 2025, and the entire record herein, and for the reasons stated in the accompanying Memorandum Opinion, it is hereby ORDERED that 1. Defendants Department of Health and Human Services, Center for Disease Control, and Food and Drug Administration (hereinafter "defendants") shall, by not later than 11:59 pm on February 11, 2025, restore to their versions as of January 30, 2025, each webpage and dataset identified by Plaintiff on pages 6-12 of its Memorandum of Law in Support of the Motion for a Restraining Order [ECF No. 6-1]; 2. Defendants shall, in consultation with Plaintiff, identify any other resources that DF A members rely on to provide medical care and that defendants removed or substantially modified on or after January 29, 2025, without adequate notice or reasoned explanation; and defendants shall, by February 14, 2025, restore those resources to their versions as of January 30, 2025;

BREAKING: In response to doctors' lawsuit, Judge John Bates, a George W. Bush appointee, orders CDC, NIH, and FDA to put back up websites and datasets cited by the doctors in their lawsuit as having been relied upon and pulled down without notice. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

AAMCOrd021025

Judge last night temporarily blocked NIH indirect cost cuts in the lawsuit from AAMC and teaching hospitals.

This applies US-wide www.documentcloud.org/documents/25...

Should I dust off my TikTok account to post about this?

Q&A: How institutions have responded to the gender-affirming care executive order, one week later Yale assistant professor of pediatrics Meredithe McNamara talks with STAT about how institutions have responded to Trump's executive order on gender-affirming care, one week later.

Q&A: How institutions have responded to the gender-affirming care executive order, one week later www.statnews.com/2025/02/05/a...

ICE Enforcement Implications for Medical Groups The memorandum, dated January 30, 2025, addresses the heightened immigration enforcement under the Trump Administration and its impact on medical group practices. It provides practical steps for medic...

MGMA members have access to a new memorandum on increased immigration enforcement and implications for medical groups: www.mgma.com/federal-poli...

I seem to remember there being a previously existing apparatus for protecting the integrity of HHS programs.