Maine Rejected Medicaid Expansion and Found Success. Now, House Health Bill Would Send Us Backward.
(By Mary Mayhew for The Daily Signal) As conversations swirl on Capitol Hill and across the nation regarding the repeal
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Month: March 2017
Top 10 states for Medicaid fraud recoveries
(By Ayla Ellison for Becker’s Hospital Review) Medicaid Fraud Control Units were responsible for 1,564 convictions and had $1.8 billion
Read MoreMedicaid Expansion
On Friday, House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy said “pulling back the expansion before the current date of 2020 would be
Read MoreBefore You Take Medicare Benefits
Before you take your Medicare benefits, it is essential to make the right decisions and you’ll need to pay special
Read MorePrivate ER Services
A private ER Services facility in Texas wants you to know: The Centers for Medicare Services does not yet recognize
Read MoreBy Law, Hospitals Now Must Tell Medicare Patients When Care Is ‘Observation’ Only
(By Susan Jaffe for Kaiser Health News) Under a new federal law, hospitals across the country must now alert Medicare patients
Read MoreTrump expected to nominate Scott Gottlieb to lead FDA
(By Sheila Kaplan for STAT) WASHINGTON — President Trump is expected to nominate Dr. Scott Gottlieb, a longtime drug industry financier and
Read MoreScientists Closer To Creating A Fully Synthetic Yeast Genome
(By Rob Stein for NPR) Scientists have taken another important step toward creating different types of synthetic life in the
Read MoreHMO Doctors Take Pains To Slash Opioid Prescriptions
(By Sam Quinones for California Healthline produced by Kaiser Health News) On a summer afternoon in 2009, eight Kaiser Permanente
Read MoreSave Nearly $16 Billion A Year
If Medicare paid the same prices as Medicaid and the Department of Veterans Affairs for brand name drugs, the federal
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