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medicare
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Big regional differences seen in spending, use of Medicare Part D drugs
A new report from the Dartmouth Atlas Project documents the wide variations of use of drug therapies by Medicare patients…
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CMS: Medicare open enrollment begins Oct. 15 as planned
With much of the attention focused on the Affordable Care Act and health exchanges this past week, it’s easy to…
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History gives perspective to changes in health care system
While most of us are focused on the opening of the insurance marketplaces on Tuesday, Catherine Hollander, in the National Journal,…
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AHCJ urges government to release Medicare payment data
AHCJ’s board of directors called on the federal government to release data on physician payments and utilization of services in…
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HHS investigative unit set to lose hundreds of staff
Despite the Obama administration’s focus on cutting health care costs and fraud in the Medicare and Medicaid systems, the office…
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Judge’s decision puts Medicare data in public realm
A decision announced Friday would allow the public and journalists access to Medicare claims data about individual doctors. An injunction…
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Medicare data shows dangerous prescribing habits, lack of oversight
ProPublica’s Tracy Weber, Charles Ornstein and Jennifer LaFleur, in an analysis of Medicare prescription records, found that “some doctors and…
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CMS unveils dataset on top hospital discharge payments
The public can now compare hospital-specific charges for the top 100 most frequently billed discharges at the 3000+ hospitals across…
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Join today’s webinar on newly released hospital cost data
The federal government released data today showing what hospitals across the country charge Medicare for the same treatment or procedure.…
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Shifting projections mean U.S. population is aging faster
New Census Bureau numbers forecast that there will be more older people in the United States than previously anticipated. As…