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Health Care - GeneralTelehealth
Eileen Cook May 21, 2018 0 Comments

Digital tools and web presence play key roles when patients select a doctor

In a new healthcare customer experience study conducted by Doctor.com, found digital tools and web presence play key roles when

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Health Care - GeneralHealth Care Finance
Eileen Cook May 21, 2018 0 Comments

When Is Insurance Not Really Insurance? When You Need Pricey Dental Care.

(By David Tuller for Kaiser Health News) I’m 61 years old and a San Francisco homeowner with an academic position

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CMSLegislative UpdatePart D/Prescription Drugs
Eileen Cook May 21, 2018 0 Comments

CMS will no longer tolerate Medicare Part D gag clauses

As part of a larger federal effort, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Administrator Seema Verma issued a

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Part D/Prescription Drugs
Eileen Cook May 21, 2018 0 Comments

ALS patients losing time and hope as they wait for insurers to cover a pricey new drug

(By Ed Silverman for STAT) For the past two years, Sarah Benoit has been getting around with the help of

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Eileen Cook May 20, 2018May 18, 2018 0 Comments

New Type Of Drug To Prevent Migraines Heads To Market

(By Richard Harris for NPR) The Food Drug Administration has approved a first-of-its-kind drug that reduces the number of migraines

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FDALegislative UpdatePart D/Prescription Drugs
Eileen Cook May 20, 2018May 18, 2018 0 Comments

Right-to-try bill headed for vote puts bigger burden on FDA to protect patients, Gottlieb says

(By Ike Swetlitz and Erin Mershon for STAT) WHITE OAK, Md. — The House is set to take up a

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Health Care - GeneralMedical Technology
Eileen Cook May 19, 2018May 18, 2018 0 Comments

More patients are taking home recordings of their doctor visits. But who else could listen?

(By Casey Ross for STAT) Doctors across the U.S. have begun doing what once seemed unthinkable in a litigious health

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Health Care - General
Eileen Cook May 19, 2018May 18, 2018 0 Comments

CDC: End in sight for 32-state E. coli outbreak linked to romaine

(By Mackenzie Bean for Becker’s Hospital Review) The harvest season for romaine lettuce linked to a national E. coli outbreak ended April

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Legislative UpdatePart D/Prescription Drugs
Eileen Cook May 19, 2018May 18, 2018 0 Comments

Vermont Legislators Pass A Drug Importation Law. So What?

(By Shefali Luthra for Kaiser Health News) This week, Vermont passed a first-in-the-nation law that would facilitate the state’s importation of prescription

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Emerging Health IssuesVeterans Benefits
Eileen Cook May 18, 2018 0 Comments

Army ‘Leans In’ To Protect A Shooter’s Brain From Blast Injury

(By Jon Hamilton for NPR) For the first time, the U.S. military is speaking publicly about what it’s doing to

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