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House votes to abolish Medicare Independent Payment Advisory Board

(By Leo Vartorella for Becker’s Hospital Review) The House passed a bill Thursday to abolish the Independent Payment Advisory Board,

(By Megan Knowles for Becker’s Hospital Review) The Republican tax reform bill released Nov. 2 proposes a new excise tax on compensation

(By Sarah Jane Tribble for Kaiser Health News) As part of a sweeping tax reform bill, House Republicans on Thursday

Less than an hour after Centers of Medicare and Medicaid released the final rule, America’s Essential Hospitals, the American Hospital

(By Alia Paavola for Becker’s Hospital Review) While many analysts predicted CVS Health is in talks to buy Aetna to stay ahead

(By Ayla Ellison for Becker’s Hospital Review) CMS has released its final 2018 Medicare Outpatient Prospective Payment System rule, which cuts

On Tuesday, the Food and Drug Administration sent letter to four companies warning them about unsubstantiated claims that their marijuana-derived

In Kimberly Lankford’s column appearing on Kiplinger’s website, she reviews the 10 things you need to know about Obamacare open

(By Judith Graham for Kaiser Health News) What can be done about negative stereotypes that portray older adults as out-of-touch,

(By Allison Bond for STAT) For one month this spring, my job as a senior resident in a large teaching