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With Medicare Open Enrollment Period in full swing, con-artists are seizing the opportunity to trick seniors into unknowingly giving away

Shopping Guide for Medicare Part D Plans

In Philip Moeller’s column “Ask Phil” for PBS Newshour, he reviews the basics of the Medicare Part D benefit and

Kyle Simon, the Director of Government Affairs and Communications for the Home Care Association of Florida, writes “eliminating fraud and

(By April Dembosky for NPR) San Francisco Bay Area companies say Sutter Health is strong-arming them into a contract that

(By Ed Silverman for STAT) More than 1,200 hospitals around the country want to know if they were overcharged by

(By Morgan Haefner for Becker’s Hospital Review) Indianapolis-based Anthem will consider pulling back its 2018 ACA exchange footprint if it

(By Emily Rappleye for Becker’s Hospital Review) UnitedHealth Group plans to launch a national ACO called NexusACO beginning in 2017,

(Source – www.cms.gov) announcement Today, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) finalized the 2017 Physician Fee Schedule final

(By Casey Ross for STAT) We hear a lot about the wonders of genetic testing, how it can revolutionize medicine

(By Meghana Keshavan for STAT) The simmering public outrage over drug prices finally seems to be catching up to the