Trump order on healthcare price transparency coming next week, Wall Street Journal says
(By Kelly Gooch for Becker’s Hospital Review) President Donald Trump plans to issue an executive order on healthcare price transparency
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Health Care Redesign
When There’s No Doctor Nearby, Volunteers Help Rural Patients Manage Chronic Illness
(By Maggie Mullen for NPR) Gary and Celeste Havener live 40 miles outside of Laramie in southeast Wyoming. They spend
Read MoreSenate surprise-billing proposal features payment benchmark
(By Kelly Gooch for Becker’s Hospital Review) Senate health committee leaders have introduced a bipartisan legislative package that protects patients from surprise
Read MoreStem Cell Company Persuades Employers To Steer Workers Toward Controversial Therapy
(By Liz Szabo for Kaiser Health News) A Midwestern grocery chain, Hy-Vee, is taking an unusual — and highly controversial
Read MoreTrump administration to expand health insurance options for small businesses
(By Emily Rappleye for Becker’s Hospital Review) The Trump administration expanded health reimbursement arrangements June 13 in a final rule that aims
Read MoreHow a rural Alabama town helped save its hospital
(By Kelly Gooch for Becker’s Hospital Review) Haleyville, Ala.-based Lakeland Community Hospital, previously on the brink of closure, continues to
Read MoreMedicare Advantage plans supplemental benefits
According to a new study, almost 21 percent of all Medicare Advantage (MA) enrollee were offered at least one supplemental
Read MoreA Medigap long-term care benefit?
House Ways & Means Committee Chair Richard Neal (D-MA) is reviewing a plan to add limited long-term care benefit to
Read MorePayroll Tax Is One State’s Bold Solution To Help Seniors Age At Home
(By Donna Gordon Blankinship for Kaiser Health News) Nearly a decade after federal officials discarded a provision in the Affordable
Read MoreCVS to open 1,500 HealthHub stores by the end of 2021
After success with its pilot sites in Houston, CVS Health plans to open 1,500 HealthHub stores by the end of
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