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Medicare's push to improve chronic care attracts businesses, but not many doctors
Medical Xpress· 11 hours agoAt least two-thirds of Medicare enrollees have two or more chronic health conditions, federal data...
CMS Publishes Final Rules Implementing Part C and Part D Program Changes
The National Law Review· 4 hours agoOn April 23, 2024, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) published final rules setting forth Changes to the Medicare Advantage and the < ...
Was President Biden correct in saying Medicare Part D will cap costs at $2,000 for drugs?
Gannett via AOL· 3 days agoKFF found that, if the $2,000 cap on out-of-pocket drug spending had been in place in 2021, 1.5...
Fact check: Biden is right about $35 insulin cap but exaggerates prior costs for Medicare enrollees
Boston Herald· 6 days agoThe cost of insulin in the United States has risen considerably in recent years, with some estimates...
TikTok’s reckoning
Politico· 6 hours agoConcern about cost is the biggest impediment to extending Medicare coverage of telehealth, which Congress first expanded during the pandemic’s height....
Caring for older Americans’ teeth and gums is essential, but Medicare generally doesn’t cover that...
The Conversation via Yahoo News· 4 days agoIn 2016, only 21% of beneficiaries in traditional Medicare had purchased a stand-alone dental plan,...
Most working-age cancer survivors suffer financial hardship
United Press International via Yahoo News· 6 hours agoA team led by Dr. Robin Yabroff... Cancer Society. "With nearly half of cancer survivors of working...
Medicare’s Push To Improve Chronic Care Attracts Businesses, but Not Many Doctors | naked capitalism
Naked Capitalism· 5 days agoA Medicare scheme to lower costs of chronic care patients gets a thumbs down from most MDs, perhaps because it was designed for middlemen?
Can the gender of your doctor affect the quality of your care? A new study points to an answer
TODAY via Yahoo News· 2 hours agoHospitalized women are less likely to die or be readmitted to the hospital if they are treated by...
Rise seen in use of antibiotics for conditions they can’t treat – including COVID-19
Newswise· 2 days agoThe study, published in the journal Clinical Infectious Diseases by a team from the University of Michigan, Northwestern University and Boston Medical Center, is based on data from more than ...