Medicare Advantage membership for top 5 commercial plans
(By Morgan Haefner for Becker’s Hospital Review) America’s largest health insurers are seeing unprecedented growth in their Medicare Advantage businesses.
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FAIR Health outlines potential solutions to surprise billing problem
(By Kelly Gooch for Becker’s Hospital Review) FAIR Health, a national nonprofit focused on healthcare cost transparency, released a brief March 6
Read MorePatients Experiment With Prescription Drugs To Fight Aging
(By Marisa Taylor for Kaiser Health News) Dr. Alan Green’s patients travel from around the country to his tiny practice
Read MoreCities and Counties Unlikely To Heed FDA Warning On Importing Foreign Drugs
(By Phil Galewitz for Kaiser Health News) Cities and local governments in several states said they will continue to use
Read MoreHigh deductible health plans may threaten a woman’s breast cancer survival
In a study of more than three million U.S. women with health insurance found, women with high deductibles may delay
Read MoreStudy finds prescription drug prices can vary by thousands of dollars
According to a new report by the U.S. Public Interest Research Group, the price of the same prescription drug can
Read MoreIf Purdue Pharma declares bankruptcy, what would it mean for lawsuits against the opioid manufacturer?
(By Andrew Joseph for STAT) The legal battle over who’s at fault for the opioid crisis, which involves more than
Read MorePatients will shop around for lower-priced providers if rewarded, study finds
(By Kelly Gooch for Becker’s Hospital Review) Financial rewards programs that pay patients if they receive care from lower-priced providers
Read MorePatients Question How FDA Approves Medical Devices
(By Blake Farmer, Nashville Public Radio and Kaiser Health News) There’s no doubt that surgically implanted medical devices can improve
Read MoreBecome an informed Medicare consumer
(Source – www.medicare.gov/blog) Each day, you make important choices about your finances, health, privacy, and more. During National Consumer Protection Week (NCPW),
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