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Higher-cost Medicare Advantage plan not linked to better quality health care for seniors

Enrolling in a higher-cost Medicare Advantage plan may not always get seniors better quality health care, according to a new RAND Corporation study.

29 Aug 2022

Study finds increase in use of chest, abdominopelvic CT for trauma-related ED encounters from 2011–18

According to ARRS' American Journal of Roentgenology (AJR), from 2011 to 2018, national utilization of chest and abdominopelvic CT for trauma-related emergency department (ED) encounters increased in commercially insured patients - especially for single-encounter thoracabdominopelvic CT examinations and for minor injuries.

24 Aug 2022

The $18,000 breast biopsy: When having insurance costs you a bundle

When Dani Yuengling felt a lump in her right breast last summer, she tried to ignore it.

23 Aug 2022

COVID vaccine mandates found to be effective for nursing home staff

In he summer of 2021, states began announcing COVID vaccine mandates for nursing home staff as a strategy to improve vaccination rates and help control COVID infections in nursing homes.

22 Aug 2022

Some rural hospitals are in such bad shape, local governments are practically giving them away

Kyle Kopec gets a kick out of leading tours through the run-down hospitals his boss is snapping up, pointing out what he calls relics of poor management left by a revolving door of operators. But there's a point to exposing their state of disrepair — the company he works for, Braden Health, is buying buildings worth millions of dollars for next to nothing.

18 Aug 2022

Expert panel identifies critical challenges in recruiting study participants

Unless cures are found, Alzheimer's dementia is projected to affect nearly 13 million Americans by 2050 - overwhelming families, caregivers and our healthcare system. Yet only one new therapeutic, aducanumab, has come to market in the past 20 years, and therapeutic progress remains hampered for several reasons: recruiting study participants in clinical trials for Alzheimer's is more challenging than other disease areas, the trials take longer to complete and they are more costly.

17 Aug 2022

Buy and bust: Collapse of private equity-backed rural hospitals mired employees in medical bills

The first unexpected bill arrived in December, just weeks before Tara Lovell's husband of 40 years died from bladder cancer.

16 Aug 2022

Financial incentives from pharma companies can influence how vision care practitioners prescribe branded eyedrops

In a lookback study of prescribing patterns among thousands of American ophthalmologists and optometrists, Johns Hopkins Medicine researchers concluded that eye doctors who receive even small financial incentives from pharmaceutical companies, such as free food, sponsored travel to attend meetings or consulting fees, are up to twice as likely to prescribe the companies' brand name eyedrops for glaucoma instead of cheaper generic versions.

15 Aug 2022

ACR appreciates the passage of key drug pricing reforms in the Inflation Reduction Act

The American College of Rheumatology today applauded the passage of key drug pricing reforms in the Inflation Reduction Act that will improve rheumatology patients' access to needed drug therapies and treatments.

15 Aug 2022

Costly Chemicals; The Health and Economic Impact of 'Forever Chemicals'

With PFAS being commonly found in households worldwide, what are the health and economic impacts of these forever chemicals? In this interview, we speak to Dr. Linda Kahn to find out more!

15 Aug 2022

Community health centers’ big profits raise questions about federal oversight

Just off the deserted town square, with its many boarded-up businesses, people lined up at the walk-up pharmacy window at Genesis Health Care, a federally funded clinic.

15 Aug 2022

Democrats didn’t achieve all their goals, but inflation reduction act makes historic Medicare changes

The giant health care, climate, and tax bill expected to pass the House on Friday and be sent to the president for his signature won’t be as sweeping as the Democrats who wrote it had hoped, but it would help millions of Americans better afford their prescription drugs and health insurance.

12 Aug 2022

Big pharma went all in to kill drug pricing negotiations

For decades, the drug industry has yelled bloody murder each time Congress considered a regulatory measure that threatened its profits.

12 Aug 2022

Health inequalities amongst ethnic minorities with diabetes have worsened during the pandemic, study shows

Existing health disparities amongst ethnic minorities with diabetes have worsened during the COVID-19 pandemic, a new study published in the journal Diabetes Care has reported.

11 Aug 2022

No, the Senate-passed reconciliation bill won’t strip $300 billion from Medicare

As Senate Democrats raced to pass what could be their final piece of major legislation before the midterm elections, critics went to the airwaves to blast the proposal as hurting older Americans who rely on Medicare.

11 Aug 2022

Pressure ulcers' number and severity found to be underreported by U.S. nursing homes

Researchers at the University of Chicago have found that the number and severity of pressure ulcers suffered by Medicare residents in U.S. nursing homes is substantially underreported, leading to unreliable data that many consumers use to determine where to receive long- or short-term care.

10 Aug 2022

New CDC Vital Signs report: Few people diagnosed with hepatitis C receive timely treatment

A new CDC Vital Signs report finds that too few people diagnosed with hepatitis C are being treated, despite availability of medications capable of curing this viral infection.

10 Aug 2022

Formulary restrictions may increase the risk of stroke in patients with atrial fibrillation

Atrial fibrillation (AF) is a major risk factor for stroke, and for decades the anticoagulant warfarin was the standard treatment for lowering that hazard. However, numerous drug and food interactions make warfarin burdensome for patients.

10 Aug 2022

Rapper Fat Joe says no one is making sure hospitals post their prices

Rapper Fat Joe takes on hospital industry executives in an advertisement, contending that many hospitals are disobeying a law that requires them to publicly post the prices they charge cash-paying patients and insurance companies for every service they offer.

10 Aug 2022

Patients and doctors trapped in a gray zone when abortion laws and emergency care mandate conflict

Each week, Dr. Kim Puterbaugh sees several pregnant patients at a Cleveland hospital who are experiencing complications involving bleeding or infection.

8 Aug 2022

Medicare News and Research

Higher-cost Medicare Advantage plan not linked to better quality health care for seniors

Study finds increase in use of chest, abdominopelvic CT for trauma-related ED encounters from 2011–18

The $18,000 breast biopsy: When having insurance costs you a bundle

COVID vaccine mandates found to be effective for nursing home staff

Some rural hospitals are in such bad shape, local governments are practically giving them away

Expert panel identifies critical challenges in recruiting study participants

Buy and bust: Collapse of private equity-backed rural hospitals mired employees in medical bills

Financial incentives from pharma companies can influence how vision care practitioners prescribe branded eyedrops

ACR appreciates the passage of key drug pricing reforms in the Inflation Reduction Act

Costly Chemicals; The Health and Economic Impact of 'Forever Chemicals'

Community health centers’ big profits raise questions about federal oversight

Democrats didn’t achieve all their goals, but inflation reduction act makes historic Medicare changes

Big pharma went all in to kill drug pricing negotiations

Health inequalities amongst ethnic minorities with diabetes have worsened during the pandemic, study shows

No, the Senate-passed reconciliation bill won’t strip $300 billion from Medicare

Pressure ulcers' number and severity found to be underreported by U.S. nursing homes

New CDC Vital Signs report: Few people diagnosed with hepatitis C receive timely treatment

Formulary restrictions may increase the risk of stroke in patients with atrial fibrillation

Rapper Fat Joe says no one is making sure hospitals post their prices

Patients and doctors trapped in a gray zone when abortion laws and emergency care mandate conflict

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