CMS accepting applications for primary care payment models
(By Kelly Gooch for Becker’s Hospital Review ) CMS is accepting applications from primary care physician practices, health systems and
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Drug importation plan will be released ‘soon,’ Trump tweets
(By Maia Anderson for Becker’s Hospital Review) President Donald Trump tweeted Nov. 22 that he will “soon” release a plan
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(By Robert McLean and Gary Leroy for ST A T) T he ongoing relationship between primary care physicians and their
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(By Maia Anderson for Becker’s Hospital Review ) Some of the physicians who helped Pfizer develop its recently-approved blockbuster heart
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(By Kelly Gooch for Becker’s Hospital Review ) The U.S. House has approved a measure to delay $4 billion in
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Most people over 65 rely on Medicare for their healthcare coverage. If you are looking for the most basic Medicare
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(By Julie Rovner for Kaiser Health News) It was a moment of genuine bipartisanship at the House Ways and Means
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(By Kelly Gooch for Becker’s Hospital Review ) The improper payment rate for Medicare fee-for-service declined $7 billion from fiscal
Read MoreThe Startlingly High Cost Of The ‘Free’ Flu Shot
(By Phil Galewitz for Kaiser Health News) In the Byzantine world of health care pricing, most people wouldn’t expect that
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