New Rules to Limit Medi-Cal ‘Death Fees’
(By Emily Bazar for California Healthline produced by Kaiser Health News) Six months after her mother died in 2014, Karen
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RAC improper payment recoveries plunge 91%
(By Ayla Ellison for Becker’s Hospital Review) The Recovery Audit Contractor program, which has a mission to correct improper Medicare
Read MoreA mayor fights to save a small-town hospital: ‘It’s life or death’
(By Max Blau for STAT) Mayor Adam O’Neal wants his hospital back. He was born in Pungo District Hospital in
Read MoreLatest Hospital Injury Penalties Include Crackdown On Antibiotic Resistant Germs
(By Jordan Rau for Kaiser Health News) The federal government has cut payments to 769 hospitals with high rates of
Read MoreMedicare Pays For A Kidney Transplant, But Not The Drugs To Keep It Viable
(By Richard Harris for NPR) The federal government will pay more than $100,000 to give someone a kidney transplant, but
Read MoreNew Medicare Rules Should Help ‘High Need’ Patients Get Better Treatment
(By Judith Graham for Kaiser Health News) Doctors have complained for years that they’re not paid adequately for time-consuming work
Read MoreAlleged Scheme To Fix Generic Drug Prices Started At Dinners And ‘Girls Nights Out’
(By Liz Szabo and JoNel Aleccia, and Mark Zdechlik, Minnesota Public Radio published by Kaiser Health News) The high prices
Read MoreCMS finalizes cardiac bundle, expands CJR: 10 things to know
(By Ayla Ellison for Becker’s Hospital Review) CMS released a rule on Tuesday that finalizes a mandatory bundled payment program
Read MoreReplicating Nature
In the science journal Angewandte Chemie, Timothy Noel at Eindhoven University of Technology, revealed he and his colleagues have developed
Read MoreIs Trump the first crack in the drug industry’s right flank?
(By Dylan Scott for STAT) WASHINGTON — Donald Trump is unorthodox, to say the least, when it comes to his opinions
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