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CMS releases quality data showing racial, ethnic and gender differences in Medicare Advantage health care during National Minority Health Month

(Source: www.cms.gov) Announcement – April 13, 2017 In recognition of National Minority Health Month, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid

(By Anna Gorman for Kaiser Health News) ARCO, Idaho — Just before dusk on an evening in early March, Mimi

(By Pauline Bartolone for Kaiser Health News) California lawmakers this month will consider legislation that would impose a tax on

(By Julie Appleby for Kaiser Health News) Repeal and replace is on-again, off-again, but that doesn’t mean the rules affecting

(By Andrew Joseph for STAT) AKRON, Ohio — Last May, a low-level drug dealer named Bruce Griggs was released from

According to Dutch researchers, different types of problems are most likely to afflict people at different times of life, so

(By Sharon Begley for STAT) If the genome-editing powerhouse CRISPR were a dog, it would be the kind you can

(By Morgan Haefner for Becker’s Hospital Review) The American Hospital Association called on CMS to address parts of a worksheet used to

As more states deal with budget shortfalls and increased spending on medical care, they are moving more of their Medicaid

A pattern is emerging among the drug companies willing to trumpet their pricing on approval day and those that make