July 2017 – Page 9 – medicarereport.org

(By Alia Paavola for Becker’s Hospital Review) Despite the drastic amount of money and effort poured into expanding primary care

Feds announce largest-ever crackdown on opioid-related health care fraud

(By David Armstrong for ST A T) F ederal law enforcement agencies announced Thursday what they called “the largest opioid-related

(By Phil Galewitz for Kaiser Health News) The Trump administration said Thursday that the financial outlook for Medicare’s hospital insurance

(By Michelle Andrews for Kaiser Health News) A growing number of employers are offering workers insurance that links to health

(By Morgan Haefner for Becker’s Hospital Review) New York City-based Oscar Health and Louisville, Ky.-based Humana will offer small employer

(By Morgan Haefner for Becker’s Hospital Review) Delaware is rebidding its Diamond State Health Plan and Diamond State Health Plan

(By Alyssa Rege for Becker’s Hospital Review) MinuteClinic, the retail medical clinic chain belonging to Woonsocket, R.I.-based CVS Health, joined

(By Kate Sheridan for ST A T) A ll kinds of evidence point to the positive effects a good diet

(By Charles Ornstein for NPR and produced by ProPublica) In Washington, D.C., a Medicare beneficiary filled prescriptions for 2,330 pills

(By JoNoel Aleccia for Kaiser Health News) Contamination at a German factory that makes crucial machines used during open-heart surgery