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By Kaiser Health News | 11:21 am | September 29, 2016
Views come as the skyrocketing prices of some drugs are under intense scrutiny, with new evidence showing massive price hikes by some companies.
By Susan Morse | 10:18 am | September 29, 2016
AHIP leader speaks about value-based care, MACRA and why she favors Clinton at McKesson event Wednesday.
By Beth Jones Sanborn | 02:49 pm | September 28, 2016
In fact, the sweeping Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act, known as MACRA, was known to only 20 percent of physicians surveyed.
By Susan Morse | 01:59 pm | September 27, 2016
Association and hospitals say the user fee is discriminatory, flawed and possibly unconstitutional.
By Kaiser Health News | 09:52 am | September 27, 2016
The proposed new recommendation would allow women at average risk for breast cancer to begin screening as early as age 40 and receive a mammogram every one or two years.
By Susan Morse | 04:35 pm | September 26, 2016
Clinton and Trump traded jabs over issues including the economy, the national debt, job creation, fighting ISIS and racial tensions.
By Susan Morse | 02:22 pm | September 26, 2016
BCBS of Nebraska's decision cuts the number of insurers offering products on that state's exchange from four in 2016 to two in 2017.
By Kaiser Health News | 10:33 am | September 26, 2016
However, the ballot measure doesn't earmark exactly how much of that money should go to doctors or other health providers.
By Kaiser Health News | 12:16 pm | September 23, 2016
Drop in competition on the insurance exchange threatens to drive up premiums for many in the state.
By Jeff Lagasse | 10:25 am | September 23, 2016
A disproportionate number of patients discharged from safety-net hospitals lack access to resources that are needed at that point, such as social support and primary care.