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Health Care Finance

Health insurers upcharged Medicare $9B for prescription drug plans

(By Morgan Haefner for Becker’s Hospital Review) Medicare overpaid health insurers $9.1 billion for providing prescription drug plans after they

(By Blake Farmer, Nashville Public Radio, for Kaiser Health News) Rural hospitals close when they don’t have enough paying patients

(By Matthew Herper for STAT) Eli Lilly, the Indianapolis-based drug giant, said Monday that it will purchase Loxo Oncology, a

According to new data from the American Hospital Association (AHA), many hospitals are making significant investments in community programs despite

(By Adam Feurerstein and Matthew Herper for STAT) In a blockbuster deal between two of biopharma’s largest players, Bristol-Myers Squibb

Millions of older Americans are getting essential healthcare coverage through Medicare; however, it isn’t free, and the cost involved are

(By Ayla Ellison for Becker’s Hospital Review) Below are the adjusted expenses per inpatient day in 2016, organized by hospital

(By Julie Appleby for Kaiser Health News) As of Jan. 1, in the name of transparency, the Trump administration required

(By Shefali Luthra for Kaiser Health News) There seems to be no end in sight for the current partial government shutdown,

(By Morgan Haefner for Becker’s Hospital Review) While General Electric is spinning off its healthcare unit, the company is facing challenges when