June 2018 – Page 9 – medicarereport.org

Patients face large bills as air ambulance rides proliferate: 5 things to know

(By Kelly Gooch for Becker’s Hospital Review) As the number of air ambulance flights in the U.S. has nearly doubled

We are facing a shortage of primary care physicians (PCPs) in United States. This shortage creates a challenge for some

(By Elizabeth Cooney for STAT) A patient comes into a hospital emergency department, troubled by chest pain that comes and

Worldwide approximately 47 million people are living with Alzheimer’s disease (AD) and other dementias. In the US, more than five

(By John Freedman for STAT) California spends approximately $367 billion a year on health care. That’s more than the gross domestic product

(By Alia Paavola for Becker’s Hospital Review) Chicago-based Rush University Medical Center received the largest single donation in its history

A new approach to killing C. difficile, the most common hospital-acquired bacterial infection in the US, is called antisense therapy.

Rising healthcare costs are an ever-growing source of concern for many current and future retirees. Retiree healthcare expenses are expected

(By Kelly Gooch for Becker’s Hospital Review) A number of U.S. health system executives plan to implement Medicare Advantage strategies,

(By John Poole for NPR) A hunter with bow and arrow, in a steamy sub-Saharan savannah, stalks a big, exotic