‘Pre-Hospice’ Saves Money By Keeping People At Home Near The End Of Life
(By Anna Gorman for Kaiser Health News) Gerald Chinchar isn’t quite at the end of life, but the end is
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Month: March 2017
House Leaders ‘Came Up Short’ In Effort To Kill Obamacare
(By Mary Agnes Carey for Kaiser Health News) Despite days of intense negotiations and last-minute concessions to win over wavering
Read MoreWant To Live Past 100? Centenarians Share Secrets Of Knee Bends And Nips Of Scotch
(By Sharon Jayson for Kaiser Health News) Gertrude Siegel is 101 and hears it all the time. “Everyone says ‘I
Read MoreTax Deduction and Medicare
Medicare premiums for Part B, Part D, supplement premiums for added insurance, out-of-pocket costs (such as copayments, prescription expenses) are
Read MoreA deadly strain of tuberculosis was killing homeless men. Here’s how one county fought back
(By Max Blau for STAT) ATLANTA ― Just three years ago, a tuberculosis outbreak here put Georgia on the verge
Read MoreAnthem says it’s ‘more successful’ than Cigna at cutting medical costs
(By Morgan Haefner for Becker’s Hospital Review) Although the Justice Department has said a merger between Indianapolis-based Anthem and Bloomfield,
Read MoreIn the state with the highest medical debt, it’s the middle class who carries the burden
(By Max Blau for STAT) Americans are no strangers to medical debt, and the burden is most severe in Mississippi, where
Read MoreStudy: Texans paid approximately 10 times more at EDs than urgent care centers for same diagnosis
(By Kelly Gooch for Becker’s Hospital Review) Texans are likely to pay more at freestanding emergency departments than at hospital-based
Read MoreTwo of the Six Counterclaims against Anthem Inc. Dismissed
U.S. District Judge Edgardo Ramos dismissed Express Scripts’ claim that Anthem breached an implied covenant of good faith and fair
Read MoreFamily Physicians Group Responds to Proposed Changes
The American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP) in a March 3rd letter to Health and Human Services officials offered detailed comments
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