MedPAC Report on Medicare Advantage Growth, High Costs Generates Kerfuffle Commissioners reveal growing unease with MA practices: Not the "glowing success" everybody says Jan 16, 2024
How Should Health Plans Respond to Surging Interest in Weight Loss Drugs? Studies suggest coverage is warranted for certain populations Jan 16, 2024
Would You Switch a Patient's Medication if You Knew the Cost? Optimizing price estimate alert design and logic should be a priority Jan 13, 2024
Medicare Doc Payment Fix Bill Moving Along, GOP Doctors Caucus Co-Chair Says Rep. Greg Murphy, MD, is hoping for action within a week Jan 12, 2024
COVID Takes Center Stage at Trump Town Hall Former president also calls for compromise on abortion "to win elections" Jan 11, 2024
Contraceptive Use in Medicare Varies by Enrollment Type Study examines use among enrollees ages 20 to 50 with disabilities Jan 08, 2024
Patients Are Lucky Cigna Dropped Its Plans to Buy Humana But Washington should prepare now for the next major merger announcement Dec 27, 2023
Medicare Cuts Beg the Question: Do Doctors Know How to Make 'Good Trouble'? The health of American healthcare may depend on physicians taking it to the streets Dec 27, 2023 video
Fatal Christmas Tree; A Whole Lot of Fraud; Chatbots Relieve Seniors' Loneliness Health news and commentary from around the Web gathered by 鶹ý staff Dec 22, 2023
Biden Administration Announces Moves to Cut Drug Prices Lower drug copays for Medicare enrollees, price concessions for new COVID treatments spotlighted Dec 14, 2023
Experts, Lawmakers Explore Downside of Drug-Price Negotiation Stifled innovation, reduced access suggested as future challenges Dec 14, 2023
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
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
Orphan Drug Costs; Digital Devices for Diabetes Also in TTHealthWatch: smoking cessation benefits Dec 02, 2023 podcast
Hospitals Say Some Medicare Advantage Plans Are Skirting CMS Rules Groups lament stress to enrollees and billions in hospital losses from coverage delays, denials Nov 27, 2023
'Medicarelessness' Revisited After 50 Years Privatization of the public program has simply bolstered corporate profits Nov 27, 2023
States Making Progress Toward Setting Payment Limits for Some Drugs Prescription drug affordability boards are now the law in eight states Nov 21, 2023
The Broken Medicare System Is Forcing Physicians Out Yet another physician pay cut will prevent timely access to care Nov 20, 2023
Want Lower Obesity Drug Costs? Medicare Holds the Key Medicare coverage will catalyze market competition Nov 17, 2023
Calls to Support Stark Law Reforms Blocked by AMA Delegates "My future is in literal jeopardy," one family physician resident says Nov 16, 2023
Senators Discuss Making Medicare's Relaxed Telehealth Rules Permanent "We have proved the concept," says Sen. Steve Daines Nov 15, 2023
To Minimize Patient 'Note Bloat,' Cut to the Chase Repeating data over and over just adds noise that buries the signal Nov 13, 2023
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
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
MedPod Today: So-Called 'Abortion Reversal'; CMS Cuts; Tinnitus After COVID Vax 鶹ý reporters offer further insights on these recently covered topics Nov 10, 2023 podcast
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
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
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
Medicare Finalizes 3.4% Payment Cut for Physician Fees in 2024 Specialty groups decry "untenable" payment cuts Nov 03, 2023
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
COVID and Flu Vaccine Risk; Medicare Advantage Fraud; $1.4B Missing Health Funds Health news and commentary from around the Web gathered by 鶹ý staff Oct 27, 2023
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
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
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
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
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
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
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 鶹ý staff Oct 06, 2023
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
MedPod Today: Big Medical Bill; GLP-1 Agonist Plateau; Grateful Patient Fundraising 鶹ý reporters offer further insights on these recently covered topics Sep 29, 2023 podcast
