Workers in employer-sponsored health insurance plans experienced a smaller average jump in premiums this year. The 2007 increase was 6.1%, a significant drop from the 7.7% rise a year earlier.
States ramping up efforts to shift care out of SNFs to control Medicaid costs
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Oct 14, 2016
Nearly every state is pushing to move more long-term care services to home or community-based settings as an effort to rein in Medicaid spending, a new report from the Kaiser Family Foundation shows.
Slow buy-in: Only 3% of neurologists have written Aduhelm prescriptions so far
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Alicia Lasek
Jul 15, 2021
Neurologists are very aware of Biogen’s newly approved Alzheimer’s drug, but few have prescribed it so far, a real-time study of the brand’s market launch has found.
OIG collected more than $5.8 billion in recoveries for FY 2013, makes hospice recommendations
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Elizabeth Newman
Jan 02, 2014
The Department of Health and Human Services Office of the Inspector General netted nearly $6 billion in recoveries in fiscal year 2013, and had strong recommendations for the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid...
Most U.S. adults use non-opioids to treat chronic pain: study
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Alicia Lasek
Feb 09, 2022
Most American adults use alternatives to opioid drugs such as complementary medicine to manage their pain, but psychological therapies are infrequently implemented, researchers say.
State News for June 2016
Jun 06, 2016
NEW YORK — A scathing indictment of the state’s system for licensing, monitoring and disciplining nurses has caught the attention of key officials in Albany following an investigation by a group...
Surveyors prioritize infection control compliance amid coronavirus outbreak
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Danielle Brown
Feb 10, 2020
Surveyors will be paying close attention to healthcare providers’ compliance with infection prevention and control policies amid the coronavirus outbreak, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services...
First monthly report finds Rhode Island nursing homes deficient
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Haymarket Media
Sep 13, 2004
The Rhode Island Health Department found all 11 of the nursing homes listed in its first monthly quality of care report cited with deficiencies, according to the department.
Government changes Medicare language on obesity
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Haymarket Media
Jul 19, 2004
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services will remove from the Medicare manual language stating that obesity is not an illness, according to the Wall Street Journal.