Scientists Precisely Edit DNA In Human Embryos To Fix A Disease Gene
(By Rob Stein for NPR) Scientists have been tinkering with the DNA in humans and other living things for decades.
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Month: August 2017
When Wounds Won’t Heal, Therapies Spread — To The Tune Of $5 Billion
(By Marisa Taylor for Kaiser Health News) PHILADELPHIA — Carol Emanuele beat cancer. But for the past two years, she
Read MoreCVS Releases 2018 Formulary Drug List with an Outcomes-based Management Program
On Wednesday, CVS Health (one of the largest PBMs) announced its standard control formulary for 2018 with an outcomes-based management
Read MoreCMS releases final inpatient rehabilitation payment rule: 7 things to know
(By Kelly Gooch for Becker’s Hospital Review) CMS released its final fiscal year 2018 rule for Medicare inpatient rehabilitation facilities, which includes payment policies
Read More4 steps to reversing the epidemic of opioid use disorders
(By Brian D. Sites and Matthew A. Davis for STAT) Health care professionals share a common and lofty goal: to
Read MoreCMS finalizes FY 2018 payments for skilled nursing facilities: 3 things to know
(By Morgan Haefner for Becker’s Hospital Review) CMS released its final rule for fiscal year 2018 payment rates and quality
Read MoreAnthem to leave California’s ACA marketplace in 16 of 19 regions
(By Morgan Haefner for Becker’s Hospital Review) Next year Indianapolis-based Anthem will exit the majority of California’s ACA exchange rating
Read MoreSenate To Hold Bipartisan Hearings To Stabilize Insurance Markets
(By Alison Kodjak for NPR) Sen. Lamar Alexander (R-TN) and Sen. Patty Murray (D-WA) announced today that the Senate Health,
Read MoreCovered California Expects 12.5% Average Rate Rise In 2018
(By Emily Bazar and Pauline Bartolone for California Healthline) Covered California said Tuesday that premiums on its health insurance plans
Read MoreDrug Puts A $750,000 ‘Price Tag On Life’
(By Julie Appleby for Kaiser Health News) Jana Gundy and Amanda Chaffin live within two hours of each other in
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