Mission accomplished? What does the end of the COVID emergency mean?
The U.S. government on Thursday will lift the COVID-19 public health emergency that has been in effect for more than three years.
May 10, 2023
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The U.S. government on Thursday will lift the COVID-19 public health emergency that has been in effect for more than three years.
May 10, 2023
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As Medicare Advantage plans enroll more and more patients with serious illness, it is not clear how well the plans take care of these patients, Mount Sinai researchers say in a Perspective piece published today in the New ...
May 9, 2023
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A new study of telehealth utilization among Medicare beneficiaries in Arkansas showed race/ethnicity and rural/urban disparities. The study, which reported that the association between the number of chronic conditions and ...
May 3, 2023
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Australia's Medicare billing system is overly complicated, bureaucratic and not meeting the needs of a modern health service, potentially leaking billions of dollars. But claims this loss is mostly due to fraudulent billing ...
Apr 19, 2023
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Brand-name drugs cost two to three times more in the U.S. than in other countries, but many of the top-selling brand name drugs may provide little added therapeutic benefit. A new study led by researchers at Brigham and Women's ...
Apr 18, 2023
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A new USC Schaeffer Center white paper finds the value to society of Medicare coverage for new classes of weight loss drugs would equal nearly $1 trillion over ten years.
Apr 18, 2023
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Black and Hispanic older adults whose annual income is slightly above the federal poverty level are more likely than their white peers to face cost-related barriers to accessing health care and filling medications for chronic ...
Apr 10, 2023
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Researchers calculating the cost/savings to Medicare from General Practitioner (GP) billing practices, according to the length of the consultation itself, have found that GPs frequently undercharge Medicare for patient consultations.
Apr 4, 2023
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A study of more than 8,000 comprehensively characterized Medicare beneficiaries has found that the addition of self-reported functional impairments and physical frailty to claims-based measures of multi-morbidity and frailty ...
Apr 3, 2023
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The expanded availability of opioid use disorder-related telehealth services and medications during the COVID-19 pandemic was associated with a lowered likelihood of fatal drug overdose among Medicare beneficiaries, according ...
Mar 29, 2023
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