A Search For New Ways To Pay For Drugs That Cost A Mint
(By Richard Harris for NPR) Researchers expect that three dozen new drugs will come on the market over the next
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National Preferred Flex Formulary by Express Scripts
Express Scripts announced it is introducing a novel formulary to provide employers and health plans a better opportunity to lower
Read MoreFitness trackers, free hospital rides: How Medicare Advantage insurers lure members
(By Morgan Haefner for Becker’s Hospital Review) In Minnesota, a new federal law will force more than 300,000 people to
Read MoreHow scammers are using telemedicine to defraud Medicare
(By Julie Spitzer for Becker’s Hospital Review) Donna Bell, MD, a Florida-based OB-GYN and primary care physician who practices via
Read MoreTraditional Medicare does not cover these medical expenses
For individuals once they turn 65, Medicare pays for the bulk of their medical expenses but surprising gaps in coverage
Read MoreNew Physical Activity Guidelines Urge Americans: Move More, Sit Less
(By Allison Aubrey for NPR) You’ve likely heard the idea that sitting is the new smoking. Compared with 1960, workers
Read MoreProtesters take anger over insulin prices to drug makers, some bearing children’s ashes
(By Megan Thielking for STAT) On Mother’s Day, Nicole Smith-Holt, whose son died last year after rationing his insulin, protested
Read MoreNew AI model from UCSF can detect Alzheimer’s 6 years before diagnosis
(By Jessica Kim Cohen for Becker’s Hospital Review) An artificial intelligence model can predict a patient’s likelihood of developing Alzheimer’s
Read MoreIf you are a caregiver to someone who’s Medicare eligible
In the United States, there are nearly 44 million unpaid caregivers to loved ones and 72 percent are taking care
Read MoreFish Oil And Vitamin D Pills No Guard Against Cancer Or Serious Heart Trouble
(By Liz Szabo for Kaiser Health News) A widely anticipated study has concluded that neither vitamin D nor fish oil supplements prevent
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