CMS finalizes changes to bundled payment programs
(By Emily Rappleye for Becker’s Hospital Review) CMS issued a final rule Thursday to officially cancel the hip fracture and cardiac bundled
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Patients With Rare Diseases And Congress Square Off Over Orphan Drug Tax Credits
(By Sarah Jane Tribble for Kaiser Health News) As President Donald Trump talked tax reform on Capitol Hill Tuesday, Arkansas
Read MoreIf you are unhappy with your Medicare Advantage plan can you switch?
In Kimberly Lankford, Contributing Editor for Kiplinger, she answers a question that many Medicare Advantage enrollees worry about “If I
Read MoreCongressional inaction threatens states’ CHIP funding: 5 things to know
(By Kelly Gooch for Becker’s Hospital Review) States are bracing to potentially lose Children’s Health Insurance Program funding amid federal
Read MoreReinsurance, individual mandate repeal and more: 3 things to know about the healthcare provisions in the Senate tax plan
(By Leo Vartorella for Becker’s Hospital Review) The proposed Republican tax bill not only seeks to overhaul the tax code,
Read MoreStudy: Hospitals markup drugs 487%, receive 2.5 times what they paid after negotiations
(By Leo Vartorella for Becker’s Hospital Review) Hospitals markup brand-name drugs nearly 487 percent, according to a study performed by The Moran
Read MoreScientist concedes his controversial MS therapy, once a source of great hope, is ‘largely ineffective’
(By Helen Branswell for STAT) What many hope will be the final chapter in an unfortunate saga in multiple sclerosis research appears
Read MoreChoosing a Medicare Part D plan
Medicare Prescription Drug Plans or PDPs allows the individual to add prescription drug coverage to their original Medicare package. Prescription
Read MoreA Hospital Charged $1,877 to Pierce a 5-Year-Old’s Ears. This Is Why Health Care Costs So Much.
(By Marshall Allen for ProPublica) Two years ago, Margaret O’Neill brought her 5-year-old daughter to Children’s Hospital Colorado because the
Read MoreThe Ratcheting Cost Of The Pneumococcal Vaccine: What Gives?
(By Shefali Luthra for Kaiser Health News) Every November, like clockwork, she gets the same letter, said Dr. Lindsay Irvin,
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