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By Natalie Alms   Agencies “generally” should not require vaccination for federal employees or contractors to come back into the office, and they shouldn’t require those individuals to disclose their vaccination status, according to new guidance issued on Tuesday by the White House-led Safer Federal Workforce Task Force. The guidance does note that individuals can choose to voluntarily disclose that information Agencies should, however, use any information agencies do receive about emplo...

(Photo courtesy of CVS Health) CVS Caremark, the pharmacy benefit manager of CVS, is entering into a larger PBM contract with the Government-wide Service Benefit Plan, otherwise known as the Federal Employee Program. CVS Health has been the pharmacy benefit manager for the Service Benefit Plan, which has provided benefits to the federal workforce, since 1993. The new contract, which will be effective on January 1, 2022, allows CVS Health to regain the specialty pharmacy business it lost in 2018...

Highmark Makes a $220M Impact in the Fight Against Healthcare Fraud, Waste and Abuse in 2020 Share Article Highmark’s Financial Investigations and Provider Review (FIPR) department generated more than $220 million in savings related to fraud, waste and abuse in 2020, and has made a cumulative financial impact of nearly $1.1 billion in such activity since 2015. By deploying sophisticated artificial intelligence programs and partnering with health systems, public health officials, law enforceme...

Employee program meant to encourage good work ends up sparking bad behavior. yes, it all comes at your expense. wait until you hear this. you are not going the like it. plus, usually an honor to have things named after you. one thing that former president george w. bush wishes did not have his name? what is it? you will hear from president bush coming up. onus. and who doesnt want 50% more cash? ugh, the baby. huh! and then the baby bear said, "i want 50% more cash in my bed!" phhht! 50% more ca...

increases are a job killer, particularly when you have over 9% unemployment. >> norm orn steen, that is disingenuous to say the least, that he realized they were a job killer, why he extended the bush era tax cuts. theres one reason only the president extended those bush era tax cuts and thats because he needed a deal to extend unemployment. this is the kind of misinformation campaign that is continuing on capitol hill. i sent out a tweet a couple of hours ago, i said, could anybody, a...

Engaging discussion for republican party or get out? >> speaker gingrich certainly does engage the public in many different issues. he is one of the best idea guys we have in our nation. he is certainly helping to lead the debate on many, many issues. i have a great appreciation for what he does. but to me, it looks like romney certainly has a strong lead right now. especially with governor -- with senator santorum getting out of the race, too. and certainly got a large amount of delegates and s...