ACR applauds CMS' decision to withdraw the "Most Favored Nation" payment model for Part B drugs
The American College of Rheumatology today applauded the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services' decision to withdraw a proposed rule
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As Congress wrestles with plans to expand Medicare, Becerra says any one will do
The Biden administration will support whatever expansions to Medicare Congress is willing to make, Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier
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Medicare could save nearly $500 million per year by reducing use of low-value preventive care services
FINDINGS A UCLA-led study shows that physicians frequently order preventive medical services for adult Medicare beneficiaries that are considered unnecessary
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Indiana’s Medicaid Expansion — Designed by Pence and Verma — Panned in Federal Report
Indiana’s Medicaid expansion — with its “personal responsibility” provisions that require enrollees to pay monthly premiums and manage health savings
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Democrats Eye Medicare Negotiations to Lower Drug Prices
Democrats, newly in control of Congress and the White House, are united behind an idea that Republican lawmakers and major
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Medicare paid 50% more for neurology drugs over 5 years while claims rose only 8%
A new study of Medicare payments has found that over a five-year period, the payments for medications prescribed to people
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Less Risk of Hypoglycemia With Long-Acting Insulin in Elderly
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Long-acting insulin analogs may be a safer option than neutral protamine Hagedorn (NPH, also known
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Requests for brand name over generic prescription drugs cost the Medicare program $1.7 billion in a single year
The Medicare Part D program would have saved $977 million in a single year if all branded prescription drugs requested
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Low satisfaction with care access makes Medicare Advantage enrollees to switch to traditional one
More than one out of every 10 seniors (10.5%) enrolled in a Medicare Advantage plan, also known as a Medicare
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Generic cholesterol drugs save medicare billions of dollars, study finds
The switch from brand name to generic cholesterol medications that occurred between 2014 and 2018 has saved Medicare billions of
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