Virtual care reimbursement proposed by Medicare: 5 things to know
(By Julie Spitzer for Becker’s Hospital Review) CMS made a series of suggestions to expand telehealth in its latest Medicare Physician Fee
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Health Insurers Are Vacuuming Up Details About You — And It Could Raise Your Rates
(By Marshall Allen for NPR ) To an outsider, the fancy booths at a June health insurance industry gathering in
Read moreStaggering Prices Slow Insurers’ Coverage Of CAR-T Cancer Therapy
(By Michelle Andrews for Kaiser Health News) Patients whose blood cancers have failed to respond to repeated rounds of chemotherapy
Read moreExpensive drugs are playing a major role in the cost of health care
According to a new report conducted by Sun Life, the largest independent stop-loss provider in the U.S., the number of
Read morePotential DNA damage from CRISPR has been ‘seriously underestimated,’ study finds
(By Sharon Begley for STAT) From the earliest days of the CRISPR-Cas9 era, scientists have known that the first step
Read more5 reasons companies are bringing back retired workers
(By Leo Vartorella for Becker’s Hospital Review) As the pool of workers has shrunk with declining unemployment rates, companies are
Read moreTo Improve Treatments, Researchers Want To Hunt For Clues In Medical Records
(By Richard Harris for NPR) When you go to your doctor’s office, sometimes it seems the caregivers spend more time
Read morePlanning for healthcare expenses in retirement
While Medicare does pay for the bulk of hospital related expenses, there can be thousands of dollars in out-of-pocket healthcare
Read moreFDA forming a task force to focus on drug shortages
Although new drug shortages have declined in recent years, the Food and Drug Administration is forming a new task force
Read moreCMS releases proposed physician payment rule for 2019: 6 things to know
(By Ayla Ellison for Becker’s Hospital Review) CMS issued its annual update to the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule July 12,
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