Rethinking Rural Health Solutions To Save Patients And Communities
(By Adrienne St. Clair for NPR) Heidi Schultz grew up traveling from one end of South Dakota to the other,
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Never Too Late To Operate? Surgery Near End Of Life Is Common, Costly
(By Liz Szabo for Kaiser Health News) Nearly 1 in 3 Medicare patients undergo an operation in their final year
Read MoreTens of Thousands of Medicaid Recipients Skip Paying New Premiums
(By Phil Galewitz for Kaiser Health News) When Arkansas lawmakers debated in 2016 whether to renew the state’s Medicaid expansion,
Read MoreWalgreens, AmerisourceBergen reportedly end takeover discussions with no deal
(By Alia Paavola and Alyssa Rege for Becker’s Hospital Review) Deerfield, Ill.-based Walgreens Boots Alliance and AmerisourceBergen have reportedly ended
Read MorePrimary care physicians spend more time on EHR than face-to-face care, study suggests
(By Jessica Kim Cohen for Becker’s Hospital Review) Primary care physicians spend a large proportion of their time working on
Read MoreDOJ abandons most of lawsuit accusing UnitedHealth of Medicare fraud
(By Morgan Haefner for Becker’s Hospital Review) The Justice Department cast aside much of a False Claims Act lawsuit alleging
Read MoreNew opioid bill would impose sweeping limits on some prescriptions, boost funding
(By Lev Facher for STAT) A group of eight senators on Tuesday unveiled bipartisan legislation that would increase funding for
Read MoreMedicare benefits are overlooked, underused or misunderstood
Many of Medicare benefits are overlooked, underused or misunderstood. In 2012, less than 11 percent of Medicare beneficiaries took advantage
Read More20-state lawsuit argues ACA unconstitutional after individual mandate repeal: 5 things to know
(By Kelly Gooch for Becker’s Hospital Review) A 20-state coalition filed a lawsuit against the federal government Feb. 26 seeking to end
Read MoreAetna CEO: CVS deal will open ‘10,000 new front doors to the healthcare system’
(By Morgan Haefner for Becker’s Hospital Review) Mark Bertolini, CEO of Aetna, said the insurer’s $69 billion merger with CVS
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