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Government Investigation Finds Flaws In the FDA's Orphan Drug Program

Dec 03, 2018 at 02:53 pm by Staff

  Sarah Jane Tribble, and Sydney Lupkin, Kaiser Health News The Food and Drug Administration has failed to ensure that drugs given prized rare-disease status meet the i.... Read More

Final Policy, Payment, and Quality Provisions Changes to the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule for Calendar Year 2019

Dec 03, 2018 at 12:28 pm by Staff

. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has issued its final rule that includes updates to payment policies, payment rates, and quality provisions for servi.... Read More

New Online Tool Displays Cost Differences for Certain Surgical Procedures

Nov 30, 2018 at 09:26 pm by Staff

Procedure Price Lookup will help patients with Medicare consider potential cost differences when choosing among safe and clinically appropriate settings Today, the Centers fo.... Read More

CMS Strengthens Nursing Home Oversight and Safety to Ensure Adequate Staffing

Nov 30, 2018 at 02:41 pm by Staff

Agency works with states, facilities to identify and address potential cases of inadequate staffing Today, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced ac.... Read More

Democrats Taking Key Leadership Jobs Have Pocketed Millions From Pharma

Nov 29, 2018 at 09:17 pm by Staff

  Emmarie Huetteman, Kaiser Health News Three of the lawmakers who will lead the House next year as Congress focuses on skyrocketing drug costs are among the biggest re.... Read More

Is Trump Pushing Health Insurance Innovation Or An ACA Rollback?

Nov 29, 2018 at 09:11 pm by Staff

  Julie Appleby, Kaiser Health News On his first day in office, as part of his mission to dismantle the Affordable Care Act, President Donald Trump signed an order prom.... Read More

Under Trump, Number Of Uninsured Kids Rose For First Time This Decade

Nov 29, 2018 at 09:06 pm by Staff

.   Phil Galewitz, Kaiser Health News After years of steady decline, the number of U.S. children without health insurance rose by 276,000 in 2017, according to a Georg.... Read More

CMS Administrator Discusses Initiatives to Strengthen Health Insurance Markets

Nov 29, 2018 at 06:17 pm by Staff

New Policies Empower States and Deliver Flexibility to Make Health Insurance More Affordable and More Accessible for Millions of Unsubsidized Americans Centers for Medicare &.... Read More

Deadly Shootings Are Rising In U.S. After Steady Declines

Nov 12, 2018 at 08:14 pm by Staff

.   Carmen Heredia Rodriguez, Kaiser Health News After steadily declining for more than two decades, deadly shootings are rising across the country, according to a new.... Read More

GOP's Latest Campaign Punch On Health Care Relies On Classic Hook: Medicare

Nov 01, 2018 at 10:56 pm by Staff

. Julie Rovner, Kaiser Health News Once again, Medicare is front and center in this fall's campaigns. Democrats throughout the election season have been hammering Republica.... Read More

Republicans' Drive To Tighten Immigration Overlooks Need For Doctors

Nov 01, 2018 at 10:48 pm by Staff

.   Max Blau, Andy Miller and Katja Ridderbusch, Georgia Health News and Kaiser Health News ATLANTA -- Dr. Alluri Raju, a native of India, vividly remembers how his et.... Read More

With One Hand, Administration Boosts ACA Marketplaces, Weakens Them With Another

Nov 01, 2018 at 10:45 pm by Staff

.   Julie Appleby, Kaiser Health News In the span of less than 12 hours last week, the Trump administration took two seemingly contradictory actions that could have pr.... Read More

CMS Proposes to Modernize Medicare Advantage, Expand Telehealth Access for Patients

Oct 27, 2018 at 06:35 pm by Staff

. Proposed rule would strengthen the popular system for private health insurance plans to provide Medicare coverage, increase plan flexibility to offer telehealth benefits,.... Read More

Booming Economy Helps Flatten Medicaid Enrollment And Limit Costs, States Report

Oct 25, 2018 at 08:19 pm by Staff

. Phil Galewitz, Kaiser Health News Medicaid enrollment fell by 0.6 percent in 2018 -- its first drop since 2007 -- due to the strong economy and increased efforts in some s.... Read More

States Explore Paths To Pay Their Share For Medicaid Expansion -- Using Political GPS

Oct 25, 2018 at 08:08 pm by Staff

.   Shefali Luthra, Kaiser Health News Last year, nearly 60 percent of Maine residents voted to expand the state's Medicaid program -- an option provided by the Afford.... Read More

Fixing Obamacare's 'Family Glitch' Hinges On Outcome Of November Elections

Oct 25, 2018 at 08:04 pm by Staff

.   Shefali Luthra, Kaiser Health News Last Christmas Eve, Justine Bradford-Trent slipped on ice, slamming to the ground. Her elbow swelled. Was it broken? She couldn'.... Read More

Politicians Hop Aboard 'Medicare-For-All' Train, Destination Unknown

Oct 22, 2018 at 09:45 pm by Staff

.   Elisabeth Rosenthal and Shefali Luthra, Kaiser Health News After decades in the political wilderness, "Medicare-for-all" and single-payer health care are suddenly.... Read More

As Billions In Tax Dollars Flow To Private Medicaid Plans, Who's Minding The Store?

Oct 22, 2018 at 09:29 pm by Staff

Chad Terhune, Kaiser Health News Photos by Heidi de Marco With no insurance through his job, Jose Nuñez relied on Medicaid, the nation's public insurance program that assi.... Read More

Medicare Eases Readmission Penalties Against Safety-Net Hospitals

Oct 07, 2018 at 08:24 pm by Staff

  Jordan Rau, Kaiser Health News   On orders from Congress, Medicare is easing up on its annual readmission penalties on hundreds of hospitals serving the most lo.... Read More

CMS to Strengthen Oversight of Medicare's Accreditation Organizations

Oct 04, 2018 at 10:47 pm by Staff

. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) took action to improve quality and safety in healthcare facilities and empower patients with information to make dec.... Read More