More Than A Job: Home Care For A Mom With Alzheimer’s Disease
(By Franziska Monahan for WBUR in cooperation with NPR) Celina Raddatz quit her job at a nursing home in 2014
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Month: March 2018
Paying Hospitals To Keep People Out Of Hospitals? It Works In Maryland.
(By Jay Hancock for Kaiser Health News) Saturdays at Mercy Medical Center used to be perversely lucrative. The dialysis clinic
Read More6 state bills targeting balance billing in Q1
(By Morgan Haefner for Becker’s Hospital Review) Here are six bills addressing surprise billing that were proposed, approved or moved
Read MoreCongress not waiting for CMS to reform Medicare Skilled Nursing reimbursement
The Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC) called for cuts to Medicare’s skilled nursing reimbursement, but lawmakers in Congress appeared ready
Read MoreQuestions about new Medicare cards answered
Concerns about the potential for fraud and identity theft led the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) to come
Read More20 metros areas with highest, lowest physician compensation
(By Megan Knowles for Becker’s Hospital Review) Physicians across the U.S. saw a 4 percent increase in physician compensation from
Read MoreBiologists Trace Genetic Roots Of Evolution, One Cell At A Time
(By Nell Greenfield Boyce for NPR) Genetic mutations are the driving force of evolution, and now scientists have managed to
Read MoreCongress turning its attention to the lack of accountability of the 340B drug prescription program
Congress is turning its attention toward hospital participating in the 340B drug prescription program following a series of studies that
Read MoreMedicare Payment Advisory Commission wants Congress to cut reimbursement rates to SNF
The Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC) has asked Congress to scrap the Medicare market basket rate increases for fiscal years
Read MoreGenetic tests ordered by doctors race to market, while ‘direct-to-consumer’ tests hinge on FDA approval
(By Ike Swetlitz for STAT) WASHINGTON — The Food and Drug Administration is keeping tight watch on “direct-to-consumer” genetic tests
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