Can Smartphones Diagnose Cancer?
Currently there are more than 165,000 smartphone apps on health and wellness available for you to download but some are
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MedPAC Votes for Sweeping Revisions to Medicare Part D
(Source – www.policymed.com) The Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC) an important advisory panel to congress, voted to back a package of changes to
Read MoreCMS launches largest-ever multi-payer initiative to improve primary care in America
(Source – CMS.gov) New Affordable Care Act initiative, designed to improve quality and cost, gives doctors and patients more control
Read MoreCancer Doctors Recoil at Experimental Change in Drug Reimbursements
The Associated Press reports that medicare’s proposal for changes to reimbursement processes for chemotherapy and other drugs administered in the
Read MoreA Dearth Of Hospital Beds For Patients In Psychiatric Crisis
(By – Jenny Gold, Kaiser Health News) When Pam Lipp’s 18-year-old daughter Amanda needed to be admitted to a psychiatric
Read MoreEven Under Parity Rules, Plans May Charge Higher Specialty Copays For Counseling
(By – Michelle Andrews, Kaiser Health News) This week I addressed reader questions about insurance coverage for mental health counseling and infertility,
Read MorePrescription Drug Costs Projected to Continue Upward Spiral
It’s no secret to anybody that the cost of prescription drugs is continuing its upward march–over 12% in 2014, with
Read MoreThe Role of Technology in Managing Diabetes
The number of Americans dealing with diabetes, coupled with the even larger number of Americans with prediabetes conditions, is so enormous
Read MoreCalifornia Insurance Marketplace Imposes New Quality, Cost Conditions On Plans
(By – Ana B. Ibarra and David Gorn, Kaiser Health News) Moving into a realm usually reserved for health care
Read MoreHospitals Eye Community Health Workers To Cultivate Patients’ Successes
(By – Shefali Luthra, Kaiser Health News) Donnie Missouri, 58, doesn’t have medical training. He started his health career in the
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