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(By Phil Galewitz for Kaiser Health News) WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — On the day abdominal pain and nausea struck

Is It About Fighting Fraud or Effort to Decrease Utilization

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS) is testing a new initiative in effort to help cut down on fraud

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates 25 percent of Puerto Rico’s population could be infected with Zika during

(By Rachel Bluth for Kaiser Health News) Tens of thousands of American lives could be saved each year with a

(By Michell Elroy, WABE for Kaiser Health News) Zac Talbott sees the irony of running an opioid treatment program from

University of Pennsylvania is waiting for federal approval for a proposed experiment that would remove certain cells of the immune

(By Zhai Yun Tan for Kaiser Health News) Everything from our plastic water bottles and cosmetics to our non-stick frying

(By Phil Galewitz for Kaiser Health News) PEMBROKE PINES, Fla. — A late-morning thunderstorm had just passed when Evaristo Miqueli reached

U.S. Supreme Court in their opinion on Universal Health Services Inc. v. U.S. ex rel Escobar, a lawsuit filed by

Alzheimer’s disease is the top cause of disability in later life. One in nine people over age 65 has it;