June 2018 – Page 9 – medicarereport.org

(By Kelly Gooch for Becker’s Hospital Review) As the number of air ambulance flights in the U.S. has nearly doubled

Regulatory changes have paved the way for Nurse Practitioners to take a larger role in rural areas

We are facing a shortage of primary care physicians (PCPs) in United States. This shortage creates a challenge for some

(By Elizabeth Cooney for ST A T) A patient comes into a hospital emergency department, troubled by chest pain that

Worldwide approximately 47 million people are living with Alzheimer’s disease (AD) and other dementias. In the US, more than five

(By John Freedman for ST A T) California spends approximately $367 billion a year on health care. That’s more than

(By Alia Paavola for Becker’s Hospital Review ) Chicago-based Rush University Medical Center received the largest single donation in its

A new approach to killing C. difficile, the most common hospital-acquired bacterial infection in the US, is called antisense therapy.

Rising healthcare costs are an ever-growing source of concern for many current and future retirees. Retiree healthcare expenses are expected

(By Kelly Gooch for Becker’s Hospital Review ) A number of U.S. health system executives plan to implement Medicare Advantage

(By John Poole for NPR) A hunter with bow and arrow, in a steamy sub-Saharan savannah, stalks a big, exotic