The Role of Earned Income Tax Credits Would Pay in Health Care Reform
In the current health care debates, the role of earned income tax credits (EITC) has been absent from the possible
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Health Care Finance
Aetna Owed $698 Million by the State of Illinois
Aetna Better Health, a subsidiary of the national insurance company (Aetna, Inc.) has given the state of Illinois notice that
Read MoreAlso Using Your HSA as a Savings Option to Help Fund Your Retirement
If you have a Health savings account (HSA) are you also using it as a savings option to help fund
Read MoreCMS releases Open Payments data for 2016: 5 things to know
(By Alia Paavola for Becker’s Hospital Review) CMS recently published Open Payments data for 2016, which shows payments from drug and device
Read MoreBillionaire Dr. Patrick Soon-Shiong’s company acquires majority stake in Integrity Healthcare
(By Alyssa Rege for Becker’s Hospital Review) Patrick Soon-Shiong, MD, and his company NantWorks, acquired a majority stake in Boynton Beach, Fla.-based
Read MoreThe Price of Two Cancer Drugs Were Raised for the Second Time this Year
Amgen Inc. and Teva Pharmaceutical Industries have raised the price of their cancer drugs (Blincyto and Treanda, respectively) last week
Read MoreEmployees Clamoring for Voluntary Benefit Supplement Plans to Help Pay for Out-of-Pocket Expenses
According to Colonial Life’s white paper, “Big Picture Benefits: Looking past health care reform to a stronger benefits program,” found
Read MoreThe ice bucket challenge, made famous by ALS patient Pete Frates, raised millions. Here’s how the money was used
(By Rebecca Robbins for STAT) Pete Frates, the ALS patient behind the fundraising juggernaut known as the “ice bucket challenge,”
Read MoreStates with no fee schedules see higher hospital outpatient payments per episode, study finds
(By Morgan Haefner for Becker’s Hospital Review) Hospitals in states with percent-of-charge-based fee regulations or no fee schedules saw higher
Read MoreRoche acquires digital health firm mySugr
(By Jessica Kim Cohen for Becker’s Hospital Review) Roche, a Basel, Switzerland-based pharmaceutical company, signed an agreement to acquire all shares of
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