Medicare could soon pay hospitals much less for common outpatient services like x-rays and checkups.
Cost of Care
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What we’ve learned from federal efforts to fight HIV/AIDS
A recent NBER working paper compares the impact of public health funding for HIV/AIDS to other federal programs.
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How ‘Random Acts of Medicine’ Shape Our Health Care
We talk with Bapu Jena, coauthor of a new book about how fate, mental mistakes and other unseen forces affect the care we receive.
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Hospice Care’s Midlife Crisis
Medicare is testing some major changes to its 40-year-old hospice benefit.
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When Politics and Policy Collide on the Obamacare Exchanges
A creative working paper examines how Obamacare’s political baggage has made health insurance more expensive.
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How a Medicare Payment Fix Could Worsen Disparities
A potential change to reduce upcoding in Medicare could worsen health disparities.
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How Patients and Providers Respond to Electronic Messaging Fees
Charging patients each time they message their health care providers may not be good for either group, research suggests.
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Medicare Director Meena Seshamani on CMS’ New Drug Pricing Powers
Medicare director Meena Seshamani discusses her team’s sprint to put historic drug price reforms into action.
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Medicare Releases Details of Major Drug Price Reform
Medicare’s historic plan to slow prescription drug spending is taking shape.
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States’ Uphill Battle to Stop Runaway Health Care Costs
Health care prices went from secrets to the subject of public meetings in Massachusetts. Now other states are following suit to bend the cost curve.