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This 'smart pill' can help patients remember their meds
Forget to take your medication? Now you can get a reminder to find your pills - sent by the pill itself.
Jul 26, 2017
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Senate consumer choice idea could raise premiums for sick
A health care proposal from Senate conservatives would let insurers sell skimpy policies provided they also offer a comprehensive plan. It's being billed as pro-consumer, allowing freedom of choice and potential savings for ...
Jul 12, 2017
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Care management program reduced health care costs in Partners Pioneer ACO
Across the country, health care is going through a transformation both in how care is delivered and how it is paid for. These alternative payment models, such as Medicare's Accountable Care Organization (ACO), require health ...
May 1, 2017
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Rising costs and potential savings for generic, topical steroids
Although topical steroids are among the most commonly prescribed medications by dermatologists, there are limited data on spending and use for this class of drugs. In a new study led by investigators at Brigham and Women's ...
Apr 29, 2017
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New study maps US regions where patients appear more ill than they are
In some areas of the U.S., medical providers consistently order more tests and treatments for patients than providers do elsewhere—a fact that has generated considerable public debate. Now a new study co-authored by MIT ...
Feb 16, 2017
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Medical assistance in dying will not increase health care costs in Canada
Providing medical assistance in dying to people in Canada will not increase health care costs, and could reduce spending by between $34.7 and $138.8 million, according to a new research paper in CMAJ (Canadian Medical Association ...
Jan 23, 2017
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Both providers and patients drive health care spending, study finds
In Miami, health care providers spent about $14,423 per Medicare patient in 2010. But in Minneapolis, average spending on Medicare enrollees that year was $7,819, just over half as much. In fact, the U.S. is filled with regional ...
Nov 3, 2016
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Potential impact of single-payer health care discussed
(HealthDay)—Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders is promoting his version of single-payer health care, although the actual impact of such a system is unclear, according to a report published in Medical Economics.
Jun 17, 2016
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Spending on prescription meds up about 5 percent in 2015
(HealthDay)—Spending on prescription medications for insured Americans increased about 5 percent in 2015, with the increase half of that seen in 2014, the Associated Press reported.
Mar 17, 2016
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Retail clinics may increase health spending, study finds
Retail clinics, seen as a convenient and cost-saving alternative to physician offices and hospital emergency departments, may actually drive up medical spending by creating demand for new medical services, according to a ...
Mar 7, 2016
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