Medigap Plan F and Plan C to be phased out
In Kimberly Lankford’s “Ask Kim” column appearing on Kiplinger.com, she answers a reader’s question on what will happen to their
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Month: August 2018
Advances In Treating Hep C Lead To New Option For Transplant Patients
(By Julie Appleby for Kaiser Health News) After her kidneys failed from the same illness that took the lives of
Read MoreClinicians Who Learn Of A Patient’s Opioid Death Modestly Cut Back On Prescriptions
(By Anna Gorman for Kaiser Health News) Physicians and other medical providers modestly reduced the volume of opioids they prescribed
Read MorePennsylvania man receives 2 echocardiograms at same hospital — one cost $170, the other $3,101
(By Morgan Haefner for Becker’s Hospital Review) A Pennsylvania man received two echocardiograms at Paoli (Pa.) Hospital: the first diagnosed
Read MoreKey California Lawmaker Calls Eli Lilly’s Behavior ‘Disingenuous And Offensive’
(By Barbara Feder Ostrov for California Healthline produced by Kaiser Health News) Seven months after a controversial California law took effect
Read MoreDo American patients have better access to cancer drugs?
Do U.S. patients have better access to cancer drugs? When comparing the U.S. and the European Union, the question isn’t
Read MoreLax Oversight Leaves Surgery Center Regulators And Patients In The Dark
(By Christina Jewett, Kaiser Health News and Mark Alesia, USA Today Network) The first man died in April 2014. Another
Read MoreAI can save $7 billion in administration costs
By using artificial intelligence to automating certain core administrative functions, U.S. insurers can save $7 billion in total or 10
Read MoreUnitedHealth scoops up physicians in purchase of 63K-member plan
(By Morgan Haefner for Becker’s Hospital Review) UnitedHealth Group will acquire four clinics through its purchase of Peoples Health, a
Read More22% of Americans say cost is an obstacle to healthcare, survey shows
(By Kelly Gooch for Becker’s Hospital Review) American households continue to struggle with healthcare costs, and most are concerned about
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