Can a phone app’s warnings to avoid risky friends and places prevent opioid addiction relapses?
(By Orly Nadell Farber for STAT) You’re in recovery from opioid addiction, and your walk to work takes you down
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Medicaid Expansion Making Diabetes Meds More Accessible To Poor, Study Shows
(By Pauline Bartolone for California Healthline produced by Kaiser Health News) Low-income people with diabetes are better able to afford
Read MoreFDA will broaden how it evaluates new addiction treatment drugs
(By Lev Facher for STAT) The Food and Drug Administration on Monday announced a shift in the way it evaluates drugs
Read MoreCMS drops proposal to reduce public reporting of hospital infections, safety issues
(By Megan Knowles for Becker’s Hospital Review) CMS will publicly disclose hospital errors, injuries and infections it proposed removing from one of its
Read MoreBCBS of Texas to stop reimbursing nonemergent ER visits
(By Julie Spitzer for Becker’s Hospital Review) Starting Aug. 6, Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Texas will no longer
Read MoreAdmission to skilled nursing facilities have declined
According to the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission’s (MedPAC) most recent data book, admissions to skilled nursing facilities have declined in
Read MoreMedicare Advantage opportunities in senior living
Due to policy changes implemented this year, Medicare Advantage health plans appear poised to become a more important payer for
Read MoreDoes a chemical imbalance contribute to Alzheirmer’s Disease
Scientists at Johns Hopkins Medicine say they have found new evidence in mouse brains cells called astrocytes, that one root
Read MoreHHS mulls changes to HIPAA
(By Julie Spitzer for Becker’s Hospital Review) HHS is considering changes to the way substance abuse and mental health information
Read MoreCMS’ final inpatient payment rule for 2019: 9 things to know
(By Ayla Ellison for Becker’s Hospital Review) CMS released its annual Inpatient Prospective Payment System rule Aug. 2, which increases price transparency
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