An effective drug to treat chronic heart failure may cost too much for senior citizens with a standard Medicare Part D drug plan, said a study co-authored by a John A. Burns School of Medicine (JABSOM) researcher at the University ...
Jul 23, 2019
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Would hospitals lie? It's an important question for patients, certainly, but also for insurers, regulators, and policymakers interested in containing medical costs.
Jul 17, 2019
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(HealthDay)—An air ambulance might be your only chance to survive a medical emergency—but a new study reports it's going to cost you.
Jul 2, 2019
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Medicare Part D enrollees may pay more out of pocket for high-priced specialty generic drugs than their brand-name counterparts, according to new research by health policy experts at Vanderbilt University Medical Center and ...
Jul 1, 2019
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Every American hospital has two front doors: The real one, and an imaginary revolving door.
Jul 1, 2019
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Many elderly patients with metastatic renal cell carcinoma (RCC)—who are often underrepresented in clinical trials to treat the kidney cancer—are seeing overall survival benefits from treatment with targeted therapies, ...
Jun 21, 2019
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As the Medicare system seeks to improve the care of older adults while also keeping costs from growing too fast, a new University of Michigan study suggests that one major effort may not be having as much of an impact as ...
Jun 19, 2019
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Total costs of care are similar or somewhat lower among teaching hospitals compared to non-teaching hospitals among Medicare beneficiaries treated for common medical and surgical conditions, according to a new study led by ...
Jun 7, 2019
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(HealthDay)—A solid minority of senior citizens still struggles to afford their prescription medications, a new government report shows.
May 22, 2019
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Using Medicare data, new findings from The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston show for the first time that the rates of long term opiate therapy—a 90-day or more supply of opioids per year—for older cancer ...
May 14, 2019
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