The U.S. Department of Justice joined San Francisco-based Constantine Cannon's whistleblower lawsuit against Hopkins, Minn.-based UnitedHealth Group, saying the payer allegedly overcharged Medicare by several hundreds of millions of dollars.
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Former CMS CMO Jeffrey Kang, MD, penned a column for STAT in which he argues Medicare Advantage should convert other providers to transition to value-based care.
Japan-based Takeda and Leuven, Belgium-based TiGenix NB reported positive data from Admire-CD's Cx601 phase III clinical trial.
Seema Verma dodges ethical questions at confirmation hearing — Center for Medicare Advocacy responds
President Donald Trump's pick to lead CMS Seema Verma offered Senators very few specific answers during her Feb. 16, 2017, confirmation hearing, The Hill reports.