DeSantis sues FDA in push to import prescription drugs from Canada

DeSantis sues FDA in push to import prescription drugs from Canada

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) announced Wednesday that he has filed a lawsuit against the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), claiming the federal agency has unlawfully delayed approval of a state program that would allow the state to import prescription drugs from Canada to lower medication costs for Floridians. DeSantis said the FDA has violated federal law by dragging out […]

Medicare Shared Savings Program saved more than $1.6B in 2021, CMS says – MedCity News

Medicare Shared Savings Program saved more than $1.6B in 2021, CMS says – MedCity News

The Medicare Shared Savings Program saved Medicare $1.66 billion in 2021, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services announced Tuesday. This is the fifth consecutive year the program has created savings. The Medicare Shared Savings Program works with Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs), which are groups of physicians, hospitals and other healthcare providers. These ACOs collaborate to provide high quality care […]

CMS proposes big changes to Medicaid, CHIP enrollment

CMS proposes big changes to Medicaid, CHIP enrollment

Applying for Medicaid or Children’s Health Insurance Program benefits would become much easier under a proposed rule the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services published Wednesday. The draft regulation includes several policies that would ease access to the low-income health programs, such as limiting eligibility checks to once every 12 months, requiring renewal forms to be pre-populated with certain information and establishing […]

Cargo Denim Is 2022’s Anti-Skinny Jeans Trend

Cargo Denim Is 2022’s Anti-Skinny Jeans Trend

A similar phenomenon has happened with its denim counterpart. On the runways, designers showed club-ready versions of cargo jeans, as well as styles more suited for errands. Y2K-ready brand Blumarine showed a set of denim cargo pants, paired with a butterfly-motif chain belt for spring 2022. Meanwhile, Diesel — another popular brand from the aughts — included a dark wash […]

Children’s Hospitals Find Space to Grow Through the Cloud

Children’s Hospitals Find Space to Grow Through the Cloud

Until recently, Children’s National researchers got around their computational limitations either by working with preprocessed data or by breaking large data sets into smaller portions that their systems could digest. But today, Kaplarevic says, they’re taking a different approach, leveraging what he calls the “enormous horsepower and versatility” of the cloud. Children’s National, primarily through its electronic health records system, […]

7 Reasons to Love Red Lipstick

7 Reasons to Love Red Lipstick

1. Red lips do so much heavy makeup lifting. You totally have the option to phone the rest of your look in if ya want! With red lips, I know I can get away with wearing minimal makeup on the rest of my face — brows, mascara, concealer and bronzer. 2. There are so many different shades of red. Blueish […]

There’s a Ton of Sick Pants on Sale Right Now

There’s a Ton of Sick Pants on Sale Right Now

Against all odds, there are finally signs of fall’s return (and no, those signs don’t include Heat Domes—or any other kind of existentially terrifying domes, for that matter). Autumn’s imminent arrival entails many things, but for the purposes of these pages it mostly entails pants. And at the risk of getting ahead of the weather here, we can’t stop looking […]