Medicare 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
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A Peer Recovery Coach Walks The Frontlines Of The Opioid Epidemic
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(By Bret Stetka for NPR) In a disappointment to Alzheimer’s patients and researchers, drugmaker Eli Lilly said in late November
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(By Benedic N. Ippolito and Jeffrey Clemens for AEI) While headlines fixate on the future of the Affordable Care Act’s
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(By Charlotte Huff for STAT) CHILDRESS, Texas — To get to the hospital, you drive. And drive. It’s 220 miles
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(By Karen Weintraub for STAT) Molecular biologist Elizabeth Blackburn shared a Nobel Prize for her research on telomeres — structures
Read MoreRepublicans Take The First Step To Repeal Obamacare
(By Alison Kodjak for NPR) Lawmakers returned to Washington and wasted no time getting to work on the repeal of
Read MoreBundled Payments Work, Study Finds, But HHS Nominee No Fan
(By Rachel Bluth for Kaiser Health News) A recent change in the way Medicare pays for joint replacements is saving
Read MoreNew Nursing Home Rules Offer Residents More Control Of Their Care
(By Susan Jaffe for Kaiser Health News) About 1.4 million residents of nursing homes across the country now can be
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(By Heather Punke for Becker’s Hospital Review) Though the flu season started slow in October, influenza activity has been increasing
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