Medicare ambulance rides could include option of going to a urgent care or doctor’s office
Medicare officials announced a pilot project to change how it pays for emergency ambulance services to give seniors more options
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Health Care Redesign
Can California Beat The Federal Government In Lowering Drug Prices?
(By Samantha Young for Kaiser Health News) California Gov. Gavin Newsom says he’s done waiting for the federal government to
Read MoreUtah’s Novel Plan For Medicaid Expansion Opens Door To Spending Caps Sought By GOP
(By Phil Galewitz for Kaiser Health News) Utah this week became the 35th state to approve expanding Medicaid under the Affordable
Read MoreProviders can now request Uber rides for patients: 6 notes
(By Jackie Drees for Becker’s Hospital Review) Uber Health and ambulance services provider Ambulnz teamed up to enable healthcare providers
Read MoreBCBS plans launch food delivery service in Chicago, Dallas
(By Morgan Haefner for Becker’s Hospital Review) Health Care Service Corp. and the Blue Cross Blue Shield Institute launched a food delivery
Read MoreUnitedHealth updates opioid policy
(By Morgan Haefner for Becker’s Hospital Review) UnitedHealthcare, the health insurance arm of UnitedHealth Group, changed its policy for opioids used to
Read MoreDrug prices in TV commercials coming soon
Johnson & Johnson announced they will start giving the list price of its prescription drugs in television ads. The company’s
Read MoreLyft expands partnership with Medicare plans
(By Morgan Haefner for Becker’s Hospital Review) Ride-sharing company Lyft will expand its nonemergency medical transportation services for Medicare Advantage members. Four
Read MoreNew voices at patients’ bedsides: Amazon, Google, Microsoft, and Apple
(By Casey Ross for STAT) At first it was a novelty: Hospitals began using voice assistants to allow patients to
Read MorePremier has pledged to attack hospital drug shortages
Premier, healthcare management company, has created a new subsidiary to focus exclusively on drugs that are perpetually in shortage. ProvideGX
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