Amid rising concern, pay-to-play clinical trials are drawing federal scrutiny
(By Rebecca Robbins for STAT) Michele Russell-Einhorn has spent 23 years working in the world of institutional review boards, which
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Insured Americans increasingly turning to charity to pay for healthcare: 5 takeaways
(By Kelly Gooch for Becker’s Hospital Review) Insured Americans are relying more on charity to pay for healthcare due to
Read MoreTrump Wants To Take Guns Away From People In Crisis. Will That Work?
(By Liz Szabo for Kaiser Health News) In his response Monday to mass shootings in El Paso, Texas, and Dayton,
Read MoreChanges coming that would help some rural and other hospitals in their labor markets
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has made public policy changes that will increase the wage index for certain
Read MorePreventing pneumonia is easy
(Source: www.medicare.gov/blog) Did you know that about 1 million Americans go to the hospital with pneumonia every year? Pneumonia is
Read MoreSuperstar Athletes Popularize Unproven Stem Cell Procedures
(By Liz Szabo for Kaiser Health News) Baseball superstar Max Scherzer — whose back injury has prevented him from pitching for
Read MoreDrugmakers Now ‘Masters’ At Rolling Out Their Own Generics To Stifle Competition
(By Jay Hancock and Sydney Lupkin for Kaiser Health News) When PDL BioPharma’s $40 million blood-pressure medicine faced the threat
Read MoreFinding the right post-hospital care
For those Medicare beneficiaries who are very sick or have complex needs, the question of here to go after the
Read MoreA Look at Recent Proposals to Control Drug Spending by Medicare and its Beneficiaries
The affordability of prescription drugs is a pressing concern for many Americans, with broad agreement across the political spectrum that
Read MoreThe Health Savings for Seniors Act
A new bill in Congress aims to give older Americans a tax break for setting aside money for medical expenses.
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