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Month: October 2017

Medicare - General 

Medicare’s Little-Known Two-Midnight Rule

October 31, 2017 Eileen Cook 0 Comment

Under Medicare’s little-known rule called the Two-Midnight rule, Medicare beneficiaries should be admitted to the hospital as inpatients only if they’re likely

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Medicare Spends Three Times as much on Older Adults with Functional Limitations

October 31, 2017October 31, 2017 Eileen Cook 0 Comment

Medicare spends an average of three times as much on an older adult who has functional limitations than on a

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Trump opioid panel will recommend nationwide drug courts, tightened requirements for prescribers

October 31, 2017 Eileen Cook 0 Comment

(By Lev Facher for STAT) WASHINGTON — President Trump’s commission on combating the opioid epidemic plans to encourage the federal government to

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Past-Due Premiums, Missing Tax Forms May Hamstring Marketplace Customers

October 31, 2017 Eileen Cook 0 Comment

(By Michelle Andrews for Kaiser Health News) The 2018 annual open-enrollment period for coverage on the health insurance marketplaces starts

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Shop Around: Subsidies May Offset Your 2018 Health Insurance Price Hike

October 31, 2017 Eileen Cook 0 Comment

(By Alison Kodjak for NPR) It’s time to start shopping for health insurance if you’re one of the millions who

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Health Care - General Health Care Finance 

6 things to know about Las Vegas shooting victims’ medical expenses

October 30, 2017 Eileen Cook 0 Comment

(By Kelly Gooch for Becker’s Hospital Review) Nearly a month has passed since the Las Vegas mass shooting, and survivors

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Health Care - General 

Study: Payers, providers struggle to meet changing consumer engagement expectations

October 30, 2017 Eileen Cook 0 Comment

(By Kelly Gooch for Becker’s Hospital Review) While payers and providers are focused on investing in consumer engagement, many patients

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Affordable Care Act (ACA) 

Open Enrollment for Obamacare starts November 1st

October 30, 2017October 30, 2017 Eileen Cook 0 Comment

Obamacare will continue to be the way millions of Americans sign up for their healthcare coverage next year, and Wednesday,

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Health Care - General Health Care Finance 

Med school on the cheap: Why becoming a doctor in Texas is a bargain

October 30, 2017 Eileen Cook 0 Comment

(By Megha Satyanarayana for STAT) AUSTIN — When Caitlin Comfort decided to go to medical school, the Yale grad had

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Legal Actions/Court Decisions Part D/Prescription Drugs 

Flurry Of Federal And State Probes Target Insulin Drugmakers And Pharma Middlemen

October 30, 2017 Eileen Cook 0 Comment

(By Sarah Jane Tribble for Kaiser Health News) With the price of a crucial diabetes drug skyrocketing, at least five

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