Humana is waiving copayments when you see your primary care doctor
Humana, the nation’s second-largest provider of Medicare Advantage plans, announced that it is waiving copayments, deductibles and other out-of-pocket costs
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Gilead signals steps to widen global access to remdesivir for Covid-19 patients
(By Ed Silverman for STAT) Amid questions about access to remdesivir, its treatment for Covid-19, Gilead Sciences (GILD) says it
Read MoreA robotic alternative to pet therapy for Alzheimer’s patients
According to the Alzheimer’s Association, social distancing has changed everything on how to care for a loved one with Alzheimer’s
Read MoreIs $4,460 per course of treatment a fair price to treat COVID-19?
Gilead has not yet set a price for the first coronavirus treatment to have shown clinical benefits; however, the Institute
Read MoreMay is Osteoporosis Month—are your bones strong?
(Source – www.medicare.gov/blog) Are you doing what you can to keep your bones strong? Each year, more Americans are diagnosed
Read MoreFDA Cracks Down On Antibody Tests For Coronavirus
( By Richard Harris for NPR) The Food and Drug Administration is stiffening its rules to counteract what some have called a
Read MorePalliative Care Helped Family Face ‘The Awful, Awful Truth’
(By Will Stone for Kaiser Health News) Seattle mourned the news: Elizabeth and Robert Mar died of COVID-19 within a
Read MoreNew CMS panel seeks answers for nursing homes fighting coronavirus
(By Anuja Vaidya for Becker’s Hospital Review) CMS has created an independent commission to make recommendations for responding to the COVID-19
Read MoreDo formulary exclusion list benefit the patient?
Express Scripts and CVS Caremark, the two largest pharmacy benefit managers, increased the numbers of drugs on their 2020 exclusion
Read MoreCost of cancer drugs not linked to clinical benefit, study finds
(By Maia Anderson for Becker’s Hospital Review) The costs of dozens of cancer drugs were about 2.3 times higher in the
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