August 2016 – Page 15 – medicarereport.org

There is a a “growing correlation between obesity rates and those applying for SSI and SSDI,” accoridng to a report

One Patient Equals Two Patient When it comes to Opiate Addiction

Some doctors and their staff are finding the health insurance prior authorization process to treat patients with opiate addiction it’s

(By Ed Silverman for STAT) Even though various federal laws were designed to promote clinical trials for testing products in

(By Ivan Oransky and Adam Marcus for STAT) In the past decade, only three scientists in the United States have

(By Ed Silverman for STAT) After the Obama administration proposed overhauling Medicare Part B earlier this year, a plethora of

(By April Dembosky, KQED, for Kaiser Health News) There was a hot pink suitcase on the floor of Shariah Vroman-Nagy’s bedroom. The

Advocate Health Care Network, which operate twelve hospitals and more than 200 other treatment locations in Illinois, will pay $5.55

(By Meghana Keshavan for STAT) Should researchers make public all the data they collect when testing drugs and medical devices

Two babies have been born with Microcephaly; a Zika virus related birth defect, in California to mothers who were infected

In response to rising cost of prescription drugs, a handful of organizations have developed frameworks for assessing the value of