34 statistics for Medicare admissions, costs, margins and charges at hospitals
(By Laura Dyrda for Becker’s Hospital Review) Medicare’s fee-for-service program paid 4,700 hospitals $178 billion in 2015 for inpatient admissions,
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Suing to Recover Medicare and Medicaid Payments
Four of the largest asbestos bankruptcy trusts are being sued by the Attorney General of Utah in effort to force
Read MoreGAO To Launch Investigation Of FDA’s Orphan Drug Program
(By Sarah Jane Tribble for Kaiser Health News) Acting on a request from three influential U.S. senators, the government’s accountability
Read MoreTrump’s Promise To Rein In Drug Prices Could Open Floodgate To Importation Laws
(By Rachel Bluth for Kaiser Health News) With prescription drug prices soaring and President Donald Trump vowing to take action,
Read MoreHouse GOP unveils changes to AHCA: 3 things to know
(By Emily Rappleye for Becker’s Hospital Review) Republicans in the House released changes late Monday to their healthcare plan in
Read MoreCMS delays major bundled payment initiatives: 6 things to know
(Ayla Ellison For Becker’s Hospital Review) CMS issued an interim final rule Monday that delays implementation of cardiac care bundled
Read MoreGOP Scraps Individual Mandate But Sets Up New Penalty For Those Skipping Coverage
(By Anna Gorman and Jordan Rau for Kaiser Health News) The Affordable Care Act’s tax penalty for people who opt
Read MoreInsurers weigh a simpler, cheaper treatment for artery disease: supervised workouts
(By Eric Boodman for STAT) When Char Zinda’s doctors discovered that she had had a couple of small, undiagnosed heart
Read MoreWith a Daily Dial, Police Reach Out to Seniors
(By Jenni Bergal for Stateline produced by The PEW Charitable Trusts, published March 21, 2017) Living alone can be tough
Read MoreWe Check Our Phones on Average Sixty Times Per Day
Larry Rosen, a psychology professor emeritus at California State University, Dominguez Hills, says “when a cell phone, laptop computer or
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