January 2020 – Page 7 – medicarereport.org

Gene therapy drugs could cost healthcare $45B in the next 5 years, report says

(By Maia Anderson for Becker’s Hospital Review) Gene therapy drugs have the potential to relieve or cure genetic disorders that

(By Sydney Lupkin for NPR) The Food and Drug Administration has gotten faster at approving new prescription drugs over the

(By Ayla Ellison for Becker’s Hospital Review) Two organizations representing hospitals and health systems across the nation and several individual

For those with Original Medicare there is an important Medicare rule called Medicare Outpatient Observation Notice (MOON) you should be

Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services announced that the Next Generation accountable care organizations (ACOs) reduced spending by about 1.11

(By Sharon Begley for STAT) One 50-year-old has the nimble metabolism of a teenager, while another’s is so creaky he

(By Selena Simmons-Duffin) Some people pay $200 a month on the golf course or a fancy cable TV package, says

(By Ed Silverman for STAT) The high cost of multiple sclerosis treatments has forced 40% of patients to take “drastic

Over 52 million seniors get health coverage through Medicare. Although Medicare may not be a perfect program, but there are

(By Andrew Joseph for STAT) Health authorities on Monday identified a pneumonia case caused by a previously unknown virus in