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Health Care Finance

California Aims To Tackle Health Care Prices In Novel Rate-Setting Proposal

(By Chad Terhune for California Healthline produced by Kaiser Health News) Backed by labor and consumer groups, a California lawmaker

(By Sarah Jane Tribble for Kaiser Health News) Even though the $550 yellow pills sold as Korlym have a controversial

(By Michael Ollove for Stateline, an initiative of The PEW Charitable Trusts) A couple of years ago, the health insurance exchange

(By Alison Kodjak, NPR News for Kaiser Health News) Benjamin Hynden, a financial adviser in Fort Myers, Fla., hadn’t been

(By Megan Knowles for Becker’s Hospital Review) The majority (53 percent) of millennials are extremely or very satisfied with out-of-pocket

According to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, Medicare will pay hospitals close to its standard mark-up rate for

(By Kelly Gooch for Becker’s Hospital Review) The Medicare Payment Advisory Commission on April 5 approved reducing payments for a

(By Mackenzie Bean for Becker’s Hospital Review) The Ohio Department of Insurance issued a bulletin April 4 to boost drug

(By Julie Spitzer for Becker’s Hospital Review) Walmart — which is already in early acquisition talks with insurer Humana —

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), announced it will increase payments to privately run health plans, known as