CMS estimates nearly $17.2 billion in Medicare Part B savings with new drug pricing model
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) says the new drug pricing model with international component could save Medicare
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Health care can be one of the biggest expenses in retirement
According the a HealthView Services’ report, it found that 69 percent of adults aged 65 and older believed they’d need
Read MoreThat’s A Lot Of Scratch: The $48,329 Allergy Test
(By Barbara Feder Ostrov for Kaiser Health News) Janet Winston had a rash that wouldn’t go away. The English professor
Read More24 cities with higher-than-average healthcare prices
(By Morgan Haefner for Becker’s Hospital Review) Overall healthcare prices in Anchorage, Alaska and San Jose, Calif., are 65 percent
Read MoreCOMPARISON OF U.S. AND INTERNATIONAL PRICES FOR TOP MEDICARE PART B DRUGS BY TOTAL EXPENDITURES
(Source – aspe.hhs.gov) The prices charged by drug manufacturers to wholesalers and distributors (commonly referred to as exmanufacturers prices) in
Read MoreHospital-acquired conditions cost billions, killed thousands in 2016
(By Kelly Gooch for Becker’s Hospital Review) Hospital-acquired conditions, such as air embolism, falls and trauma, and vascular catheter-associated infection,
Read MoreCrowdfunding raises millions for unproven — and potentially harmful — treatments
(By Megan Thielking for STAT) Crowdfunding campaigns have raked in millions of dollars for scientifically unproven — and potentially dangerous
Read MoreWho is responsible for high drug prices?
As pharmaceutical companies face heat for their pricing practices, the pharmaceutical lobby developed a PR strategy: blame the middlemen. The
Read MoreMarketplace Subsidies May Be Option In 2020 For Plans That Skirt Obamacare
(By Phil Galewitz and Julie Appleby for Kaiser Health News) States would be able to use federal funding to provide
Read MoreUnitedHealthcare nearing 50% value-based reimbursement — 3 insights
(By Eric Oliver for Becker’s Hospital Review) UnitedHealth Group paid $69 billion, or nearly half of its annual reimbursement, toward
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