Wednesday, October 30, 2024
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A government watchdog finds that Medicare paid health insurers billions for what it says were questionable home diagnoses. UnitedHealth and home healthcare company Amedisys are reportedly appealing to regulators in an effort to finalize their proposed multi-billion-dollar merger. And, Novo Nordisk wants to block compounding pharmacies from creating Ozempic knockoffs. We’ll get that story—and more—coming up on today’s episode of the Gist Healthcare podcast.
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