Fixing a ‘market failure’: To develop new antibiotics, upend the incentive structure, experts urge
(By Meghana Keshavan for STAT) LOS ANGELES — Superbugs, and our dwindling arsenal of drugs that can successfully combat them,
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CBO’s Report On Single-Payer Health Care Holds More Questions Than Answers
(By Shefali Luthra for Kaiser Health News) Progressive Democrats have rallied around “Medicare-for-all,” a single-payer health plan popularized by Sen.
Read MorePharmaceutical Company Agrees to Pay $17.5 Million to Resolve Allegations of Kickbacks to Medicare Patients and Physicians
(Source – www.justice.gov) The Justice Department announced today that US WorldMeds LLC (USWM) has agreed to pay $17.5 million to
Read MoreFeel the pressure—blood pressure, that is
(Source – www.medicare.gov/blog) About 1 in 3 U.S. adults have high blood pressure—and you could be one of them. If
Read MoreHow Did We Get Here? 7 Things To Know About Measles
(By Jonathan Lambert for NPR) Americans could be forgiven for not knowing that much about measles. After all, it’s been
Read MoreAs Artificial Intelligence Moves Into Medicine, The Human Touch Could Be A Casualty
(By Richard Harris for NPR) When Kim Hilliard shows up at the clinic at the New Orleans University Medical Center,
Read MoreAfter amyloid failures, it’s time to take a new tack for treating Alzheimer’s
(By Raymond J. Tesi for STAT) If insanity is doing the same thing over and over again but expecting different
Read MoreDrone delivers kidney for transplant at U of Maryland
(By Jackie Drees for Becker’s Hospital Review) An unmanned aircraft system transported a donor kidney for the first time to Baltimore-based University
Read MoreTrump administration considering mandatory payment models, Verma says
(By Morgan Haefner for Becker’s Hospital Review) CMS Administrator Seema Verma said April 25 that the agency will consider developing
Read More5 common questions about HIPAA, answered
(By Andrea Park for Becker’s Hospital Review) 2018 saw the federal Office for Civil Rights issue a record-breaking $28 million
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