By Law, Hospitals Now Must Tell Medicare Patients When Care Is ‘Observation’ Only
(By Susan Jaffe for Kaiser Health News) Under a new federal law, hospitals across the country must now alert Medicare patients
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Trump expected to nominate Scott Gottlieb to lead FDA
(By Sheila Kaplan for STAT) WASHINGTON — President Trump is expected to nominate Dr. Scott Gottlieb, a longtime drug industry financier and
Read MoreScientists Closer To Creating A Fully Synthetic Yeast Genome
(By Rob Stein for NPR) Scientists have taken another important step toward creating different types of synthetic life in the
Read MoreHMO Doctors Take Pains To Slash Opioid Prescriptions
(By Sam Quinones for California Healthline produced by Kaiser Health News) On a summer afternoon in 2009, eight Kaiser Permanente
Read MoreSave Nearly $16 Billion A Year
If Medicare paid the same prices as Medicaid and the Department of Veterans Affairs for brand name drugs, the federal
Read MoreSenators take aim at surprise billing for colorectal cancer screenings
(By Kelly Gooch for Becker’s Hospital Review) U.S. senators are banding together to protect seniors from surprise billing after a
Read MorePBM Express Scripts Fights Back
After Gilead Sciences’ head of worldwide commercial operations blamed PBMs for keeping drug prices high in an article appearing on
Read More273 physician groups urge CMS to move forward with APMs in Medicare Advantage
(By Morgan Haefner for Becker’s Hospital Review) In a letter to CMS, 273 physician groups and independent practice associations called
Read MoreVerma Advancing
On Thursday, the Senate voted 54-44 on advancing President Trump’s nominee to lead the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services,
Read MoreClears Second Hurdle
After a 27-hour session, the House Energy and Commerce Committee approved the bill to repeal Obamacare. Read article here… Notice:
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