Oscar Health rolls out improved medical cost transparency calculator
(By Nick Moran for Becker’s Hospital Review) Oscar Health is providing members with an enhanced virtual cost estimation tool in
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Health Care Finance
Monthly Part B Premiums and Annual Percentage Increases
(By Tricia Neuman, Juliette Cubanski, and Meredith Freed for Kaiser Family Foundation published January 12, 2022) In November 2021, CMS
Read MoreHow to get insurance to pay for at-home COVID tests, according to the White House
(By Jonathan Franklin for NPR) The Biden administration announced Monday new details on how Americans can get free COVID-19 tests
Read MoreClinics Say California’s New Medicaid Drug Program Will Force Them to Cut Services
(By Samantha Young for Kaiser Health News) SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California’s sweeping new program to buy prescription drugs for its
Read MoreBecerra orders Medicare to reconsider premium hike following price drop for Biogen’s Aduhelm
(By Rachel Cohrs for STAT) WASHINGTON — Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra on Monday took the
Read MoreHigher out-of-pocket costs may sway cancer patients’ decisions, study says
(By Nick Moran for Becker’s Hospital Review) Cancer patients who have health plans with high deductibles may approach treatment differently because of
Read MoreBehind the Medicare Part B increase
Although Social Security recipients will see the highest cost-of-living adjustment in almost 40 years; however, for Medicare beneficiaries, the raise
Read More‘The Charges Seem Crazy’: Hospitals Impose a ‘Facility Fee’ — For a Video Visit
(By Michelle Andrews for Kaiser Health News) When Arielle Harrison’s 9-year-old needed to see a pediatric specialist at Yale New
Read MoreMedicaid, CHIP enrollment up 8.9%: 7 statistics
(By Nick Moran for Becker’s Hospital Review) After providing coverage to more than a quarter of the U.S. population in
Read MoreAfter ‘Truly Appalling’ Death Toll in Nursing Homes, California Rethinks Their Funding
(By Samantha Young for Kaiser Health News) SACRAMENTO, Calif. — About 1 in 8 Californians who have died of covid
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