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Precautions are in place. Now U.S. hospitals and states ready for more cases of novel virus from China

(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

(By Elena Renken for NPR) More than three in five Americans are lonely, with more and more people reporting feeling

Civica, Rx, a non-profit venture works with generic drug companies to manufacture medications that are in short supply or subject

For some employees this year, instead of choosing plans preselected by their employer, these employees will receive tax-free dollars from