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Medicare’s general enrollment period is still going until March 31st

Medicare provides critical health benefits to million of seniors. However, if you missed your chance to enroll during your initial

(By Maia Anderson for Becker’s Hospital Review) A fourth patient charity agreed to pay $3 million to settle claims it

(By Ed Silverman for STAT) As a novel coronavirus spreads through China and rattles the rest of the world, the

(By Shraddha Chakradhar and Andrew Joseph for STAT) It seemed like it was only a matter of time. Even before

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) announced that it plans to combine and standardize its eight separate Compare

(By Nicholas Florko for STAT) WASHINGTON — Pfizer, Johnson & Johnson, Merck, and the 31 other major drug makers that

(By Anna Almendrala and Phil Galewitz for Kaiser Health News) A highly publicized approach to lowering health costs failed to

(By Morgan Haefner for Becker’s Hospital Review) Medicare could be paying surgeons for postoperative care that isn’t provided, according to

The average Health Savings Account balance was $2,803 in 2018 according to data from the Employee Benefit Research Institute; however,

Since 2000, states are devoting more of their revenue to Medicaid and are at risk of having Medicaid spending overrun