The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services this week released Hospice Compare. the measurements of quality, which are self-reported by hospices, have limited utility, some experts say.
More employers offer health savings accounts as part of their benefit packages, aiming to lower costs for themselves and employees alike. Changes that make the accounts more consumer-friendly are likely to be part of any future healthcare reform.
Cleveland Clinic study disproves suggestions that gouging price hikes do not reduce access and utilization of medications. In turn, this decreasing demand could restrain pharmaceutical price increases.
Health plans are announcing their proposed premium increases for 2018 and some are quite high. The uncertainty over cost sharing reductions is driving some of the increases.
Amid the public fury over the escalating costs of brand-name medications, the prices of generic drugs have been falling, raising fears about the profitability of major generic manufacturers.
The deal provides more non-emergency options for patients in a move aimed in part at cutting healthcare costs from ER visits and improving the care continuum.
U.S. News & World Report’s widely read hospital rankings, now in their 28th year, compare more than 4,500 hospitals and medical centers nationwide in 25 specialties, procedures and conditions.
Martin Shkreli, once dubbed the “most hated man in America” for raising prices for critical drugs, was found guilty Friday of two counts of securities fraud and one of conspiracy in a federal court in Brooklyn.The baby-faced and gutter-mouthed 34-year-old, often known...
