Massachusetts pricing committee says patients need protection from excessive bills
(Bye Kelly Gooch for Becker’s Hospital Review) The committee of hospital leaders, healthcare policy experts and government officials assembled to
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Medicaid
Changing it to Save it
Representative Keven Brady of Texas, The head of the Ways and Means Committee, said during an interview with The Associated
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(By Dylan Scott for ST A T) W ASHINGTON — The upcoming fight over repealing and replacing the Affordable Care
Read MoreHealth Law’s Test Kitchen For Payment Reforms Could Offer Tool For GOP Ideas
(By Julie Appleby for Kaiser Health News) Joint replacements. Cardiac care. Chemotherapy. What do those things have to do with
Read MoreTighter Prescribing Rules: An Anti-Abuse Strategy That Could Hurt Patients In Pain
(By Shefali Luthra for Kaiser Health News) As rates of prescription painkiller abuse remain stubbornly high, a number of states
Read MoreTrump’s choice for CMS wants Medicaid recipients to have more ‘skin in the game’
(By Casey Ross for ST A T) M edicaid could be in for a major overhaul. Continue reading article here…
Read MorePence Expanded Health Coverage As Governor, Now Threatens To Take It Away
(By Phil Galewitz for Kaiser Health News) Chris Cunningham was so thrilled with Indiana Gov. Mike Pence’s Medicaid expansion under
Read MoreCalifornia Braces For Medi-Cal’s Future Under Trump And The GOP
(By Anna Gorman and Pauline Bartolone for Kaiser Health News) California grabbed the first opportunity to expand Medicaid and ran
Read MoreHoping to attack opioid epidemic at its source, state Medicaid programs are limiting prescriptions
(By Shefali Luthra for Kaiser Health News published in partnership with ST A T) A s the abuse of prescription
Read MoreMylan refuses to testify at Senate hearing about EpiPen rebates to Medicaid
(By Ed Silverman for ST A T) I n a move that angered a key Senate lawmaker, Mylan Pharmaceuticals has
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