Medicare Fails To Recover Hundreds Of Millions Of Dollars In Lab Overcharges
(By Fred Schulte for Kaiser Health News) Five years ago, Companion DX Reference Lab hoped to cash in on cutting-edge
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A health care paradox: measuring and reporting quality has become a barrier to improving it
(By Jerry Penso for STAT) We are at an inflection point in our efforts to measure the quality of U.S.
Read MoreIs being stubborn a key to a longer life?
Researchers from both the University of Rome La Sapienza and University of California San Diego School of Medicine studied 29
Read MorePharmacy Costs Continue To Soar For California’s Public Employee Health System
(By Pauline Bartolone for California Healthline produced by Kaiser Health News) Spending on prescription drugs by the California Public Employees’
Read MoreMedicare and Health Savings Account
Anyone age 65 or older receiving Social Security benefits must, by law, also be signed up for Medicare Part A
Read MoreAetna to waive copays for opioid overdose antidote Narcan: 3 things to know
(By Morgan Haefner for Becker’s Hospital Review) Aetna will waive copays for Narcan, a brand-name drug used to reverse opioid overdose, for
Read MoreGood Friends Might Be Your Best Brain Booster As You Age
(By Judith Graham for Kaiser Health News) Ask Edith Smith, a proud 103-year-old, about her friends, and she’ll give you
Read MoreBCBS of Massachusetts to pay members up to $250 per procedure when they shop
(By Morgan Haefner for Becker’s Hospital Review) Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts will pay members to shop for lower-cost providers with
Read MoreTelemedicine For Addiction Treatment? Picture Remains Fuzzy
(By Emily Forman, Side Effects Public Media in partnership with NPR and Kaiser Health News) When President Donald Trump declared
Read MoreCMS investigate whether the Part D formulary and benefit offerings are being administered as approved
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services may hire a contractor to track whether the companies that sell Medicare Part
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