Eighty percent of Americans over 50 say their primary care doctor hasn’t asked about their hearing in the past two
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Diverticulitis: A New Standard of Care?
Outpatient treatment of diverticulitis with amoxicillin-clavulanate is as effective as treatment with metronidazole plus a fluoroquinolone, according to a study
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Healthcare Stakeholders Agree on Universal Coverage Plan
In an unprecedented pact among healthcare stakeholders, associations representing physicians, hospitals, insurance companies, and employers have agreed to pursue universal
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Consejos para inscribirse bien en Medicare durante la complicada inscripción abierta
Puede que hayas visto al actor Danny Glover o a Joe Namath, la leyenda de la NFL de 77 años,
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Seniors Face Crushing Drug Costs as Congress Stalls on Capping Medicare Out-Of-Pockets
Sharon Clark is able to get her life-sustaining cancer drug, Pomalyst — priced at more than $18,000 for a 28-day
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Opening Medicare to Americans aged 50 to 64 would cut their insurance costs
Opening Medicare to Americans aged 50 to 64 would lower health care premiums for the group, but also drive up
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Medicare to cover CAR-T therapy for leukemia, lymphoma
A breakthrough gene therapy will be covered for certain types of lymphoma and leukemia, Medicare says. Chimeric antigen receptor T-cell
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Lowering hospitals’ Medicare costs proves difficult
A payment system that provides financial incentives for hospitals that reduce health-care costs for Medicare patients did not lower costs
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Decline in medicare patients who die in acute care hospitals
(HealthDay)—Medicare fee-for-service beneficiaries were less likely to die in acute care hospitals in 2015 than in 2000, according to a
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