<乌鸦传媒>Health Spending Rose 4.1% in 2022, Government Report Says But spending on physician and clinical services grew more slowly, at 2.7% Dec 13, 2023
<乌鸦传媒>MedPAC Draft Recommendation Calls for 1.3% Pay Bump for Medicare Clinicians Concerns raised about doctors' ability to absorb the increased costs of running their practices Dec 07, 2023
<乌鸦传媒>Orphan Drug Costs; Digital Devices for Diabetes Also in TTHealthWatch: smoking cessation benefits Dec 02, 2023 podcast
<乌鸦传媒>'Medicarelessness' Revisited After 50 Years Privatization of the public program has simply bolstered corporate profits Nov 27, 2023
<乌鸦传媒>States Making Progress Toward Setting Payment Limits for Some Drugs Prescription drug affordability boards are now the law in eight states Nov 21, 2023
<乌鸦传媒>The Broken Medicare System Is Forcing Physicians Out Yet another physician pay cut will prevent timely access to care Nov 20, 2023
<乌鸦传媒>Want Lower Obesity Drug Costs? Medicare Holds the Key Medicare coverage will catalyze market competition Nov 17, 2023
<乌鸦传媒>Senators Discuss Making Medicare's Relaxed Telehealth Rules Permanent "We have proved the concept," says Sen. Steve Daines Nov 15, 2023
<乌鸦传媒>To Minimize Patient 'Note Bloat,' Cut to the Chase Repeating data over and over just adds noise that buries the signal Nov 13, 2023
<乌鸦传媒>U.S. to Cover PrEP for Older Americans to Stem the Spread of HIV Biden administration hopes to catch up with other parts of the world Nov 12, 2023
<乌鸦传媒>Medicine Is Not Just at a Crossroads, It's in a Crisis, AMA President Says Jesse Ehrenfeld, MD, MPH, uses his interim speech to "shine a light" on the challenges docs face Nov 11, 2023
<乌鸦传媒>MedPod Today: So-Called 'Abortion Reversal'; CMS Cuts; Tinnitus After COVID Vax 乌鸦传媒 reporters offer further insights on these recently covered topics Nov 10, 2023 podcast
<乌鸦传媒>10 Ways MedPAC Commissioners Think Regulators Should Fix Medicare Advantage Plans Improvements needed in network accuracy and transparency regarding denial rates, they say Nov 09, 2023
<乌鸦传媒>Senate Committee Advances Bill on Mental Health, PBMs, and 'Ghost Provider' Networks Measure would also lessen the cut to the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule in 2024 Nov 08, 2023
<乌鸦传媒>CMS Proposes Rule to Limit Medicare Advantage Plan Sales Commissions No more golf parties or free trips to brokers who "steer" beneficiaries to higher-paying plans Nov 07, 2023
<乌鸦传媒>Medicare Finalizes 3.4% Payment Cut for Physician Fees in 2024 Specialty groups decry "untenable" payment cuts Nov 03, 2023
<乌鸦传媒>HHS Proposes 'Disincentive' Penalties for Information-Blocking Providers Clinicians could see cuts in Medicare payments if found to have violated the rule Oct 31, 2023
<乌鸦传媒>COVID and Flu Vaccine Risk; Medicare Advantage Fraud; $1.4B Missing Health Funds Health news and commentary from around the Web gathered by 乌鸦传媒 staff Oct 27, 2023
<乌鸦传媒>AI Can Be a Boon to Clinicians -- If Used Correctly, Says AMA President "We can provide things to make it easier for people to practice medicine," says Jesse Ehrenfeld Oct 25, 2023
<乌鸦传媒>House Members Mull Bills to Cut Red Tape and Improve Docs' Medicare Pay But Democrats say they weren't given enough input in many of the measures Oct 20, 2023
<乌鸦传媒>Incoming AAFP President Optimistic About Family Medicine's Future Yes, there are challenges, but they can be overcome, says Steven Furr, MD Oct 18, 2023
<乌鸦传媒>Feds Hope to Cut Sepsis Deaths by Hitching Medicare Payments to Treatment Stats Treatment delays can undermine a patient's chance of survival Oct 15, 2023
<乌鸦传媒>UNC Health Publicly Threatens to Cancel UnitedHealthcare Contracts Letters blame improper denials, inadequate pay; patients urged to look for other plans for 2024 Oct 13, 2023
<乌鸦传媒>Feds Rein in Predictive Software That Limits Care for Medicare Advantage Patients A computer program isn't always a crystal ball for care Oct 08, 2023
<乌鸦传媒>Ob/Gyn Accused of Sex Abuse Found Dead; Massive Medicare Scam; Veggies in the Genes? Health news and commentary from around the Web gathered by 乌鸦传媒 staff Oct 06, 2023
<乌鸦传媒>Should 'Site Neutrality' Be Used to Set Payments? MedPAC Members Disagree "I don't think 'site-neutral' is neutral," one commissioner says Oct 05, 2023
<乌鸦传媒>MedPod Today: Big Medical Bill; GLP-1 Agonist Plateau; Grateful Patient Fundraising 乌鸦传媒 reporters offer further insights on these recently covered topics Sep 29, 2023 podcast
<乌鸦传媒>Blue Shield of California Has Fix for MA Enrollees Worried About Co-Pays An "underwriting holiday" doesn't require supplemental plan applicants to answer health questions Sep 28, 2023
<乌鸦传媒>With Shutdown Likely, Policy Experts Weigh Health Risks Food safety, innovation, and community health centers all could see trickle-down effects Sep 28, 2023
<乌鸦传媒>Medicare Advantage Ads Should Look Different This Year KFF examines past predatory ads as new CMS regulation goes into effect Sep 21, 2023
<乌鸦传媒>Many Medicare Patients Travel 50-Plus Miles for Neurology Visits Telemedicine can improve access to care, researchers argue Sep 15, 2023
<乌鸦传媒>A 'SAD' Story: Patient Stuck With $176K Bill After Medicare Policy Switch CMS abruptly decided patients can self-administer Stelara -- even those with Parkinson's Sep 14, 2023
<乌鸦传媒>Drug Companies, Allies Fight Back on Medicare Drug Price Negotiations They argue that the government is using coercion while claiming sellers have options Sep 14, 2023
<乌鸦传媒>Drug Prices Are Too Damn High It's been a long road to Medicare price negotiation ... and there's still work to be done Sep 01, 2023
<乌鸦传媒>Deeper Medicare Cuts Won't Reduce the $50B Spending on Older Adult Falls Cutting physical therapy reimbursement is bad for patients and bad for spending Aug 10, 2023
<乌鸦传媒>An Analysis of the Blizzard of Lawsuits to Block Drug-Price Negotiations Industry is using the same old playbook Aug 09, 2023
<乌鸦传媒>CMS Announces New Dementia Care Model for Medicare Patients Aims to provide more coordinated, ongoing care Jul 31, 2023
<乌鸦传媒>CMS Proposes Nearly 3.4% Cut in Medicare Physician Fees for 2024 Cut "raises significant concerns for medical groups," one organization says Jul 14, 2023
<乌鸦传媒>Registry Enrollment for Alzheimer's Drug Coverage Won't Help Much A minimalist policy for a minimalist treatment Jul 11, 2023
<乌鸦传媒>Without Early Detection, Fighting Dementia Is an Uphill Battle A brief assessment in primary care can help identify patients most at risk Jun 27, 2023
