8-fold price difference for knee surgery exists between Minnesota hospitals
(By Morgan Haefner for Becker’s Hospital Review) The Minnesota Department of Health uncovered “huge swings” in pricing across four common procedures performed
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Fewer Americans are getting cancer and more are surviving the disease
The American Cancer Society released a recent report stating cancer deaths dropped to 158.6 per 100,000 people in 2015. Although
Read MoreOregon VA hospital allegedly turned patients away to increase quality rating: 6 things to know
(By Megan Knowles for Becker’s Hospital Review) The Roseburg (Ore.) Veterans Administration Medical Center allegedly attempted to limit the patients
Read MoreMaine Voters Chose Medicaid Expansion. Why Is Their Governor Resisting?
(By Sarah Varney for Kaiser Health News) Donna Wall cares for her three adult autistic children at her home in
Read MoreCDC plans session on ‘preparing for the unthinkable’: a nuclear detonation
(By Helen Branswell for STAT) With this week’s bellicose boasting about who has the bigger red button on his desk,
Read MoreCloud Of Uncertainty Over Legalized Pot As Feds End Obama-Era Accommodation
(By Anna Groman and Phil Galewitz for California Healthline produced by Kaiser Health News) Three days after California businesses began
Read MoreMedicare begins paying for fractional flow reserve-computed tomography test
As of January 1, 2018, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services began paying for the technical component of the
Read MoreVA is using acupuncture to curb the use of opioid painkillers
Doctors at Baltimore’s VA Medicare Center has started offering a version of acupuncture to treat some veterans’ chronic pain. The
Read MoreFrom Retirement To The Front Lines Of Hepatitis C Treatment
(By Julio Ochoa, WUSF for Kaiser Health News) When a hepatitis C treatment called Harvoni was released in 2014, Dr.
Read MoreFreeStyle Libre wins Medicare coverage
On Thursday, Abbott Laboratories announced their FreeStyle Libre, a continuous glucose monitor, received Medicare coverage one month after it was
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