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Medicare Advantage Star Ratings proposal targets top performers
Modern Healthcare· 7 days agoAt issue is what's known as the "hold harmless" policy. Medicare Advantage contracts that earn at least 4 out of 5 stars can choose to disregard two highly weighted “quality ...
Older Americans worry they can’t afford their own health care | CNN
CNN.com· 6 days agoWhat weighs most heavily on older adults’ minds when it comes to health care? “It’s on our minds a...
States struggle to help patients navigate insurance hurdle known as ‘step therapy’
North Dakota Monitor via Yahoo News· 1 day agoCassidy Yermal, 32, began experiencing debilitating migraines when she was 17 years old. As a...
Senator Hyde-Smith Backs Bill to Improve Medicare Access for Seniors - Picayune Item
The Picayune Item· 6 days agoThe Improving Seniors’ Timely Access to Care Act (S.4532), introduced by U.S. Senator Roger Marshall, M.D. (R-Kan.), seeks to streamline the prior authorization process under ...
NYC teachers union torn over health care revolt
Newsday· 6 days agoPresident Michael Mulgrew’s allies in what is called the retirees’ chapter within the union have been voted out. The rebellious vote arose out of years...
Letter: We need alternatives to opioids
Bangor Daily News· 4 days agoAs a retired millworker, I have witnessed the devastating impact of the opioid crisis on mill towns throughout Maine and communities around the entire...
Kaine reintroduces ‘Medicare X’ bill alongside Colorado Senator
WRIC 8 News Richmond· 3 days agoLack of access to healthcare is a topic that can be overlooked in the more populous areas of...
Analysis | A closer look at state lawmakers’ efforts to bring down health-care costs
Washington Post· 5 hours agoWade, which eliminated the nearly 50-year-old constitutional right to abortion. Today’s edition: A...
Wednesday's letters: Bending knees to Trump: What a humiliating spectacle.
Greensboro News & Record· 5 days agoWhat a humiliating spectacle last week in Washington when Donald Trump arrived to visit his...
Health Groups Have High Hopes for the Latest Prior Authorization Bill
MedPage Today· 3 days agoMedical groups are optimistic that a recently reintroduced bill to rein in prior authorization has a...