With Mergers, Concerns Grow About Private Medicare
(By – REED ABELSON, www.nytimes.com) As some of the nation’s largest health insurers plan to merge, a new report raises fresh
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Study looks at health care spending’s rise in the twilight years
(By – Jim Landers, www.dallasnews.com) A person’s health care spending tends to be high in the last year of life — but
Read MoreReport finds little competition in Medicare Advantage markets
(Source – theadvocate.com) There is little or no competition in Medicare Advantage insurance markets in 97 percent of U.S. counties, including
Read More‘Cowboy’ doctors account for a lot of unnecessary care, Medicare expenditures
(By – Ron Shinkman, www.fiercehealthfinance.com) So-called “cowboy doctors”–clinicians who provide intensive, but unnecessary care–account for more than a third of all Medicare expenditures
Read MoreLet Medicare negotiate lower drug prices
(Source – www.sun-sentinel.com) If any members of Congress are looking for compromise instead of confrontation, the August Kaiser Health Tracking Poll offers
Read MoreMedicare reconsiders rule that leaves dying patients facing a stark choice
(By Michael Ollove, www.washingtonpost.com) For more than 30 years, Medicare presented dying patients with a stark choice: They could continue treatments
Read MoreConsider Advance Care Planning Needs for LGBT Patients
(By – Nancy Berlinger, PhD, and Jane Lowers, www.medpagetoday.com) The recent announcement by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS) that it
Read MoreGAO Urges Curbs on 340B Spending Incentives
(By – Marie Rosenthal, www.pharmacypracticenews.com) Congress should consider reducing financial incentives that make it easier for 340B hospitals to prescribe more
Read More$25M Medicare scam may herald bigger woes
(By – Heather Caspi, www.healthcaredive.com) Although Medicare is not available outside the US.except under emergency circumstances, scammers, including two executives at Florida Healthcare Plus, have been
Read MoreHealth Insurance Snapshot: eHealth Publishes Data on Average Costs and Common Qualifying Life Events for the Month of July 2015
(Source – money.cnn.com) Today eHealth, Inc. (NASDAQ: EHTH), the nation’s first and largest private online health insurance marketplace, published an
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