January 2018 – Page 4 – medicarereport.org

In a scientific first, cloned monkeys are born. Will they accelerate biomedical research?

(By Sharon Begley for STAT) There have been mice and cows and pigs and camels, bunnies and bantengs and ferrets

Since 2007, the Medicare Fraud Strike Force has charged more than 3,500 individuals with allegations of defrauding Medicare of $12.5

(By Julie Spitzer for Becker’s Hospital Review) Apple plans to integrate patient health records into its Health app in an attempt to

(By Judith Graham for Kaiser Health News) Surgery can be hard on older adults, resulting in serious complications and death

(By Sydney Lupkin for Kaiser Health News) Alex Azar’s job hop from drugmaker Eli Lilly to the Trump administration reflects

With a $1.6 million grant from the Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust, the University of Florida Diabetes

(By Ayla Ellison for Becker’s Hospital Review) Weston-based Cleveland Clinic Florida is hoping to attract at least 300 patients to

(By Casey Ross for STAT) When most hospitals close, it’s plain to see. Equipment and fixtures are hauled out and

(By Ayla Ellison for Becker’s Hospital Review) CMS will form an interagency group to examine the regulatory barriers of Stark

(By Morgan Haefner for Becker’s Hospital Review) While healthcare spending depends on price and service use, substantial hikes in healthcare