December 2018 – Page 9 – medicarereport.org

With new drug pricing legislation, Grassley and Wyden hint at the next steps for a powerful Senate committee

(By Ike Swetlitz for STAT) WASHINGTON — A powerful, bipartisan pair of lawmakers introduced new legislation Tuesday that would give

(By Rick Battelle for STAT) “Are you in pain?” Millions of Facebook users saw an ad asking this question and

(By JoNel Aleccia for Kaiser Health News) When Patrick Mannion heard about the Michigan woman denied a heart transplant because

(By Jessica Kim Cohen for Becker’s Hospital Review) Low-income and rural patients are least likely to access healthcare services delivered

(By David Balto for STAT) While policymakers are giving considerable attention to escalating drug prices and ways to rein them

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services announced that more than half of the 2,800 hospitals participating in Medicare’s Value-Based

(By Richard Harris for NPR) A study published Monday is pushing back against the notion that up to 40 percent

(By Rachel Bluth for Kaiser Health News) For more than a decade, the latest Apple products have been the annual

(By Kelly Gooch for Becker’s Hospital Review) CMS intends to give states flexibility to reroute funding of ACA premium subsidies

(By Leo Vartorella for Becker’s Hospital Review) After years of seeing employee deductibles rise, employers are looking for novel ways