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By Susan Morse | 10:57 am | August 22, 2018
The amendment would give funding to the Department of Health and Human Services to require drug pricing in direct-to-consumer advertising.
By Jeff Lagasse | 04:21 pm | August 21, 2018
Almost a quarter of healthcare security directors at hospitals think their facilities are unprepared for incidents involving a shooter.
By Susan Morse | 03:14 pm | August 21, 2018
The pharma industry is skating to where they know the puck is going on drug price transformation, HHS Secretary Alex Azar says.
By Jeff Lagasse | 01:00 pm | August 21, 2018
Providers were more likely to anticipate savings than were payers, with 75 percent of provider execs foreseeing that kind of return, compared to 44 percent of payers.
By Susan Morse | 12:45 pm | August 21, 2018
Eligible consumers will be able to use their over-the-counter allowance on medications and health-related items such as first- aid supplies, support braces, and pain relievers.
By Susan Morse | 10:57 am | August 21, 2018
Bipartisan Policy Center recommends CMS give MA plans flexibility in targeting supplemental benefits to members with chronic care conditions.
By Beth Jones Sanborn | 10:46 am | August 21, 2018
David Hoke, who focuses on healthcare for the retail giant, said he's never seen anyone code empathy and for that reason warns developers against being seduced by AI.
By Jeff Lagasse | 05:16 pm | August 20, 2018
Electronic health records play a big part and the problem is especially prevalent in emergency medicine, family medicine, internal medicine and pediatrics.
By Beth Jones Sanborn | 01:51 pm | August 20, 2018
Funding is part of $250 million provided by the ACA for state rate review grants meant to improve the process for how states review proposed health insurance rates.
By Jeff Lagasse | 12:19 pm | August 20, 2018
Although readmissions have fallen by 3 percent, patients discharged from nonteaching hospitals faced a significantly higher risk of readmission.