September 2017 – Page 8 – medicarereport.org

Guess Who Pays The Price When Hospital Giants Hire Your Private Practitioner?

(By Jenny Gold for Kaiser Health News) MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. When Dr. Sarah Azad followed her mother into the field

Obamacare premiums for 2018 are forecasted to be increased by an average of 29.49 percent; however, there are still ways

(By Robert Siegel and Jessica Cheung for NPR) The opioid epidemic has been fueled by soaring numbers of prescriptions written

(By Kelly Gooch for Becker’s Hospital Review) A coalition supporting a Medicaid expansion ballot initiative in Maine launched its campaign

(By Morgan Haefner for Becker’s Hospital Review) CMS will temporarily suspend select Medicare Part B enrollment screening requirements for providers

As of 2020, people who are on Medicare and don’t already have Plan F or Plan C Medigap insurance won’t

A little-known option for those older Americans who are on Medicare and are healthy is called a Medicare Medical Savings

(By Morgan Haefner for Becker’s Hospital Review) A recent study published in International Journal for Quality in Health Care found

(By Jessica Kim Cohen for Becker’s Hospital Review) The artificial intelligence platform Watson for Oncology hasn’t met the high expectations

(By Morgan Haefner for Becker’s Hospital Review) Indianapolis-based Anthem said Wednesday it will scale back where it sells its individual