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Medicare Advantage proposal outlines strategies to promote value-based insurance and patient engagement
Buried deep in a proposal from the federal Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) last week was a proposal…
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House committee grills CMS executive on proposal to revise Medicare drug plan
A plan from the federal Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to eliminate protections for certain classes of drugs ran…
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A trend to watch: wellness trusts
“The idea of the wellness trust is to create a pool of money that can effectively address the social determinants…
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Seeking to contain costs for six protected drug classes, CMS faces wide opposition
Patient care advocates, drug companies, and both Republicans and Democrats are arguing against a proposal from the federal Centers for…
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A deeper look at the employer mandate and the work week
The employer mandate was pushed back for 2014 and is being phased in more gradually in 2015-16. What portion of…
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Excellent models exist for home-based mental health services
Providing mentally ill older adults with home based services can be logistically daunting and expensive. However, a study in the…
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Questions remain despite latest ACA enrollment numbers, projections
The latest ACA enrollment report (and the CBO projection that 6 million people would sign up for exchange coverage by…
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S.C. adults may gain dental benefits as part of Medicaid plan
Adult dental benefits would be added to South Carolina’s Medicaid program under a plan being considered by the state legislature.…
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UK study: Sleep quality is a strong predictor of chronic pain
Non-restorative sleep is the strongest, independent predictor of widespread pain onset among adults over the age of 50, according to…
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Two new resources offer myriad story ideas
The recently released 2014 work plan sets up how the Inspector General’s office of U.S. Department of Health and Human…