September 2017 – Page 4 – medicarereport.org

HHS ups reimbursement to 110% of Medicare for hospitals treating patients affected by Hurricane Irma

(By Morgan Haefner for Becker’s Hospital Review) For the first time since an earthquake devastated Haiti in 2010, HHS activated a national

(By Adam Feuerstein for STAT) The age of RNA interference drugs has arrived. Alnylam Pharmaceuticals announced positive results Wednesday from

Kimberly Lankford, Contributing Editor for Kiplinger, answers a reader’s question on how much can they expect to pay for health

(By Julie Spitzer for Becker’s Hospital Review) CMS issued an informal request for information seeking feedback on what it calls

With Health Savings Accounts becoming more popular than ever before; the attached article answers eight of the most common questions asked

(By Rob Stein for NPR) For the first time, scientists have edited the DNA in human embryos to make a

(By Ayla Ellison for Becker’s Hospital Review) Sierra Nevada Memorial Hospital in Grass Valley, Calif., included wage data errors in

(By Leo Vartorella for Becker’s Hospital Review) Though New York’s $1.1 billion Indigent Care Pool was created to reimburse hospitals

(By Chad Terhune for California Healthline produced by Kaiser Health News) Health insurance giant Anthem predicts Californians will pop a

(By Phil Galewitz for Kaiser Health News) Family health insurance premiums rose an average 3 percent this year for people