Ten ERs In Colorado Tried To Curtail Opioids And Did Better Than Expected
(By John Daley, Colorado Public Radio for Kaiser Health News) DENVER — One of the most common reasons patients head
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Month: February 2018
Evaluations Of Medicaid Experiments By States, CMS Are Weak, GAO Says
(By Phil Galewitz for Kaiser Health News) With federal spending on Medicaid experiments soaring in recent years, a congressional watchdog
Read MoreDon’t miss this important deadline when signing up for Medicare
If you recently signed up for Medicare, you are guaranteed coverage by Medigap policy during your initial six-month period. However,
Read MoreFluMist is back: Vote reopens the way to wider use of popular vaccine
(By Helen Branswell for STAT) FluMist, the only non-injected flu vaccine licensed in the United States, has regained a place
Read MoreCerner integrates Surescripts for prescription drug price transparency
(By Julie Spitzer for Becker’s Hospital Review) Cerner is bringing Surescripts’ Real-Time Prescription Benefit tool to its Millennium EHR to
Read MoreMedtronic’s new business model: You only pay if it works
(By Julie Spitzer for Becker’s Hospital Review) Medtronic CEO Omar Ishrak, PhD, is taking the medical device company in a
Read MoreHere are 20 health organizations that received the most NIH funding in 2017
(By Alia Paavola for Becker’s Hospital Review) Baltimore-based Johns Hopkins University, University of California San Francisco and Ann Arbor-based University
Read More3 things states should know about the future of value-based payment models under Trump
(By Kelly Gooch for Becker’s Hospital Review) Many states put value-based payment models on hold after the election of President
Read MoreDoctors In China Lead Race To Treat Cancer By Editing Genes
(By Rob Stein for NPR) Shaorong Deng is sitting up in bed at the Hangzhou Cancer Hospital waiting for his
Read MoreTrump Administration Proposes Rule To Loosen Curbs On Short-Term Health Plans
(By Julie Appleby for Kaiser Health News) Insurers will again be able to sell short-term health insurance good for up
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