Pharmacy benefit managers negotiated $18 billion worth of rebates in 2016
According to a new Government Accountability Office report, it found Pharmacy benefit managers negotiated $18 billion worth of rebates from
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Appeals court revives changes to Medicaid DSH payment rules
(By Ayla Ellison for Becker’s Hospital Review) A federal appeals court on Aug. 13 overturned a ruling that rolled back
Read MoreTrump Administration Hits Brakes On Law To Curb Unneeded Medicare CT Scans, MRIs
(By Phil Galewitz for Kaiser Health News) Five years after Congress passed a law to reduce unnecessary MRIs, CT scans
Read MoreAs States Strive To Stabilize Insurance Marketplaces, Insurers Return
(By Steven Findlay for Kaiser Health News) Felicia Morrison is eager to find a health plan for next year that
Read MoreCharity Care Spending By Hospitals Plunges
(By Harriet Blair Rowan for Kaiser Health News) California hospitals are providing significantly less free and discounted care to low-income
Read MoreMedicare to save $650M under site-neutral pay proposal
(By Ayla Ellison for Becker’s Hospital Review) CMS’ 2020 Medicare Outpatient Prospective Payment System proposed rule would finish phasing in a site-neutral
Read MoreHealthcare in retirement could cost you $335,000
According to a survey from Charles Schwab, it found the average worker expects to need around $1.7 million to make
Read MoreCanadians are hopping mad about Trump’s drug importation plan. Some of them are trying to stop it.
(By Nicholas Florko and Lev Facher for STAT) WASHINGTON — Canadians are furious about the Trump administration’s plan to import their prescription
Read MoreTo Save Money, American Patients And Surgeons Meet In Cancun
(By Phil Galewitz for Kaiser Health News) CANCUN, Mexico — Donna Ferguson awoke in the resort city of Cancun before
Read MoreWhere Tourism Brings Pricey Health Care, Locals Fight Back
(By Julie Appleby for Kaiser Health News) Colorado’s ski resort areas in Summit County have a high cost of living, among
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