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Month: April 2017

Health Care - General 

‘Center Of Excellence’ Designation Doesn’t Rule Out Complications Of Bariatric Surgery

April 30, 2017April 28, 2017 Eileen Cook 0 Comment

(By Michelle Andrews for Kaiser Health News) Getting bariatric surgery at a “center of excellence” doesn’t mean that patients can

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Emerging Health Issues Part D/Prescription Drugs 

Try This At Home: Program Brings Drug Addiction Treatment To Patients

April 30, 2017April 28, 2017 Eileen Cook 0 Comment

(By Jack Rodolico, New Hampshire Public Radio for Kaiser Health News) Hannah Berkowitz is 20 years old. When she was

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Health Care Finance 

Hospital bad debt: 10 trends to know

April 29, 2017April 28, 2017 Eileen Cook 0 Comment

(By Kelly Gooch for Becker’s Hospital Review) With the increasing popularity of high-deductible health plans, hospitals and health systems are

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Emerging Health Issues 

Phony peer review: The more we look, the more we find

April 29, 2017April 28, 2017 Eileen Cook 0 Comment

(By Adam Marcus and Ivan Oransky for STAT) An unknown number of published studies have a hidden flaw: The “peers”

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Health Care Redesign Part D/Prescription Drugs 

Drug effectiveness should influence what doctors prescribe

April 29, 2017April 28, 2017 Eileen Cook 0 Comment

(By Larry Blandford for STAT) Two decades ago, our system for getting drugs from doctors’ prescription pads to their patients

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Medical Technology 

In the Near Future, Mass Production of Bones, Organs and Implants

April 28, 2017 Eileen Cook 0 Comment

For more than a decade medical researchers have been able to create certain kinds of living cells with 3D printers.

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Part D/Prescription Drugs 

Drug Donor Repository

April 28, 2017 Eileen Cook 0 Comment

According to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, on a national scale, unused drugs generated 740 tons of waste. However, in

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Legislative Update Part D/Prescription Drugs 

Creating and Restoring Equal Access to Equivalent Samples Act (CREATES)

April 28, 2017 Eileen Cook 0 Comment

Leaders of the Senate and House Judiciary Committees, led by Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-VT), re-introduced legislation to combat anticompetitive practices

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Medicare - General Medicare Advantage 

AMGA calls for CMS to streamline MA, MSSP and Medicare FFS

April 28, 2017 Eileen Cook 0 Comment

(By Emily Rappleye for Becker’s Hospital Review) The American Medical Group Association penned a letter to CMS Monday calling for

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Affordable Care Act (ACA) Part D/Prescription Drugs 

How To Ease The Financial Pain of High-Deductible Health Plans

April 28, 2017 Eileen Cook 0 Comment

(By Emily Bazar for California Healthline produced by Kaiser Health News) No matter what happens to Obamacare, one health care

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