Maine 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
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CDC 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
Read MoreHospitals Nationally Hit Hard By Medicare’s Safety Penalties
(By Jordan Rau for NPR) As the federal government penalizes 751 hospitals for having too many infections and patient injuries,
Read MoreDrugmakers’ annual price hikes lower in 2018 than previous years: 3 things to know
(By Mackenize Bean for Becker’s Hospital Review) After a year filled with immense scrutiny over high drug prices, drug companies
Read MoreMedicare and Health Savings Account contributions
For workers who are approaching age 65 and Medicare eligible, they need to understand how Medicare, HDHPs and HSAs interact
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