Change In Texas Medicaid Payments Helps Cut Number Of Premature Births
(By Michelle Andrews for Kaiser Health News) Even though the health risks to babies born before they reach full term
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Month: March 2017
$89,000 Orphan Drug Gets A New Owner — And Likely A New Price
(By Sarah Jane Tribble for Kaiser Health News) Marathon Pharmaceuticals’ controversial $89,000-a-year drug that has drawn outrage from patients and
Read MoreTotal signups for 2017 open enrollment fall 4% year-over-year
(By Morgan Haefner for Becker’s Hospital Review) The number of Americans who enrolled in health plans for 2017 through the
Read MoreAverage price for heart attack hospitalization in the 30 largest US cities
(By Laura Dyrda for Becker’s Hospital Review) Of the 30 largest cities in the U.S., San Jose, Calif., is the
Read MoreMayo Clinic to give preference to privately insured over Medicaid, Medicare patients
(By Ayla Ellison for Becker’s Hospital Review) Mayo Clinic CEO John Noseworthy, MD, told employees in a recent speech that
Read MoreHow Partners HealthCare’s miscalculations altered Medicare payments nationwide
(By Ayla Ellison for Becker’s Hospital Review) Fifty-six Massachusetts hospitals received Medicare overpayments and hospitals across the nation received underpayments
Read MoreSmall Business Owners, Self-Employed and Medicare: What You Need to Know
Normally, workers age 65 and older can delay enrolling in Medicare if they continue to have a group health insurance
Read MoreCancer Drug That Might Slow Parkinson’s, Alzheimer’s Headed For Bigger Tests
(By Jon Hamilton for NPR) Scientists are hoping that a single drug can treat two devastating brain diseases: Parkinson’s and
Read MoreExperimental Stem Cell Treatment Leaves Three Women Blind
(By Carmen Heredia Rodriguez for Kaiser Health News) An experimental treatment — which blinded three women after stem cells from abdominal
Read MoreSticker Shock Forces Thousands Of Cancer Patients To Skip Drugs, Skimp On Treatment
(By Liz Szabo for Kaiser Health News) John Krahne received alarming news from his doctor last December. His brain tumors
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