KHN IMPACT: “I believe there was some tomfoolery,” says a former corporate controller for the private equity-backed Noble Health during a state hearing. The company shuttered two rural Missouri hospitals last year. 📝 : @sjtribble

@propublica - sadly that’s been going on for decades, common w/ #insurers as nobody checks. It’s not just #cigna - Employers, time to audit your #health programs & denials, put claims & operations performance guarantees. If you’re with #Medicare, #Medicaid, or individual.

@amyklobuchar - #Medicare needs to negotiate down the cost of ALL drugs, not just SELECT drugs. What’s the point of lowering the cost of #insulin #drugs when manufacturers can pass on more profitability to say cancer drugs? There are 19,000 FDA approved drugs. #Health

#Healthcare #Innovation - why not? With virtual visits and house calls, Byron nurse practitioner launches his own health care practice

@statnews - With so much data reporting @CMSGov requires from health plans - we can only hope it can detect & manage these #healthAI denials - seems basic area @cms should review for quality human care. Any thoughts @SecBecerra @BrooksLaSureCMS @DHCS_CA ?.

@KHNews It will help to educate #employers #companies that increasing copay/coins/ded for their employees is not always the best solution to save costs. Only pushes burden to #employees, doesn’t incentivize them to get care. Better options exists but they don’t get to the top