A Couple Will Need $275,000 to Cover Healthcare Costs Throughout Their Retirement
Fidelity Investments said in its annual cost estimate, a 65-year-old couple retiring this year will need $275,000 – that is excluding
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Anthem expands discretionary ED coverage policy to Indiana
(By Morgan Haefner for Becker’s Hospital Review) Indianapolis-based Anthem will stop covering emergency department visits it deems unnecessary for Indiana
Read MoreIntent On Reversing Its Opioid Epidemic, A State Limits Prescriptions
(By Patty Wright for NPR) A year ago, Maine was one of the first states to set limits on opioid
Read MoreTo Ensure The Doctor Is Always In, New Panel Tackles Health Worker Shortage
(By Anna Gorman for California Healthline) Health and education leaders across California have joined forces with business and labor leaders
Read MoreMoody’s: Canceling bundles would be credit positive for hospitals
(By Ayla Ellison for Becker’s Hospital Review) CMS’ proposal to cancel major Medicare bundled payment initiatives would be credit positive
Read MoreWar on Opioids Moves to Veterinarians’ Offices
(By Marsha Mercer for Stateline, an initiative of The Pew Charitable Trusts) Some states are taking the war on opioids
Read More‘Smart’ Pill Bottles Aren’t Enough To Help The Medicine Go Down
(By Lauren Silverman for NPR) What if I told you there was a way to use technology to save an
Read More‘Breakthrough’ Leukemia Drug Also Portends ‘Quantum Leap’ In Cost
(By Liz Szabo for Kaiser Health News) When doctors talk about a new leukemia drug from Novartis, they ooze enthusiasm,
Read MoreMilestone: Hacking incidents overtake insider breaches for 1st time in 2017
(By Jessica Kim Cohen for Becker’s Hospital Review) Almost half — 47.2 percent — of healthcare breaches were caused by
Read MoreStudy: Measuring life-years lost could provide better assessment of mortality trends
(By Mackenzie Bean for Becker’s Hospital Review) Assessing the years of life lost due to a disease, as opposed to
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