February 2018 – Page 6 – medicarereport.org

In An Effort To Curb Drug Costs, States Advance Bills To Prod Feds On Importation

(By Shefali Luthra for Kaiser Health News) Norm Thurston is a “free-market guy” — a conservative health economist in Republican-run

(By Sarah Jane Tribble and Liz Szabo for Kaiser Health News) Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Scott Gottlieb said he

(By Morgan Haefner for Becker’s Hospital Review) A fourth of payers believe offering incentives for positive health behavior is the

(By Kelly Gooch for Becker’s Hospital Review) Many Americans still struggle to pay for medical care, according to a CarePayment/

(By Elizabeth Cooney for STAT) Fecal transplants are increasingly becoming a mainstream treatment. For the first time, an influential medical

Currently the IRS doesn’t allow those on Medicare to contribute to health savings accounts; however, in a provision in President

(By Julie Appleby for Kaiser Health News) That didn’t take long. It’s barely been two weeks since Idaho regulators said

(By Alia Paavola for Becker’s Hospital Review) Walgreens Boots Alliance is reportedly in talks to purchase the portion of AmerisourceBergen

(By Brian Zimmerman for Becker’s Hospital Review) The nation’s ongoing opioid overdose and addiction crisis cost the U.S. economy more

(Source: blog.medicare.gov) Each year, about 8,000 people die waiting for an organ transplant, and just one donor can save and