Medicare Failed To Recover Up To $125 Million In Overpayments, Records Show
(By Fred Schulte for Kaiser Health News) Six years ago, federal health officials were confident they could save taxpayers hundreds
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Medicare Will Reimburse Doctors
Medicare will reimburse primary care doctors for the time it takes to test patients with cognitive impairment such as Alzheimer’s
Read MoreDrug Companies Will Be Fined
Health and Human Services’ Resources and Services Administration released a final rule that imposes fines on drug companies that overcharge
Read MoreVeterans and Long-Term Care Benefits
A little known veterans benefit called the Aid and Attendance benefit for long-term care is available to veterans and their
Read MoreMedicare bundled payments for joint replacement cut costs by 20%
(By Brooke Murphy for Becker’s Hospital Review) A study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association found bundled
Read MoreA Peer Recovery Coach Walks The Frontlines Of The Opioid Epidemic
(By Bram Sable-Smith, Side Effects Public Media with Meredith Rizzo, Carmel Wroth, Nancy Shute, Gisele Grayson and Diane Webber edited
Read MoreWhere Does Alzheimer’s Treatment Go From Here?
(By Bret Stetka for NPR) In a disappointment to Alzheimer’s patients and researchers, drugmaker Eli Lilly said in late November
Read MoreMedicaid reform: The elephant in the room
(By Benedic N. Ippolito and Jeffrey Clemens for AEI) While headlines fixate on the future of the Affordable Care Act’s
Read MoreIn a small town in Texas, a rural hospital thrives against all odds
(By Charlotte Huff for STAT) CHILDRESS, Texas — To get to the hospital, you drive. And drive. It’s 220 miles
Read MoreYou may have more control over aging than you think, say ‘The Telomere Effect’ authors
(By Karen Weintraub for STAT) Molecular biologist Elizabeth Blackburn shared a Nobel Prize for her research on telomeres — structures
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