Non-Doctors Now Handle 40% of Antipsychotic Scripts in Medicare
(MedPage Today) -- A growing proportion of antipsychotic prescriptions for older adults were written by nonphysician clinicians, reflecting shifts in ...
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Medicare Coverage Appears Spotty for Newer Rheumatoid Arthritis Meds
(MedPage Today) -- Medicare coverage of targeted disease-modifying anti-rheumatic drugs (DMARDs) for rheumatoid arthritis (RA) -- both under Medicare Advantage ...
MedPAC Members Express Concern Over Medicare Docs’ Ability to Absorb Cost Increases
(MedPage Today) -- Fee-for-service payments in 2027 for physicians who treat Medicare patients should be increased by 1.25% for those ...
Plasma Donor Deaths Probed; Doc AI Use Doubles; Aetna Medicare Fraud Lawsuit Settled
(MedPage Today) -- Note that some links may require registration or subscription. Canadian health officials are investigating the deaths of ...
Traditional Medicare Enrollees Paid Billions More in Premiums Due to MA Overpayments
(MedPage Today) -- Overpayments in Medicare Advantage (MA) plans led to higher premiums for the average Medicare enrollee, with $13.4 ...
Biden-Era Law Linked to Improved Medication Adherence in Medicare
(MedPage Today) -- Drug-related provisions of a landmark Biden-era law were tied to a decline in cost-related medication nonadherence among ...
Dialysis Accessibility; Accountable Care Organizations and Medicare Savings
(MedPage Today) -- TTHealthWatch is a weekly podcast from Texas Tech. In it, Elizabeth Tracey, director of electronic media for ...
Can Brain Speed Training Delay Dementia? 20-Year Medicare Study Results
(MedPage Today) -- A subset of people who had one of three interventions in the ACTIVE trial had a reduced ...
Botox, Trulicity, and 13 Other Drugs Selected for Medicare Price Negotiation
(MedPage Today) -- The popular type 2 diabetes drug dulaglutide (Trulicity), botulinum toxin (Botox), and drugs to treat psoriatic arthritis, ...
UnitedHealth Upcoded Medicare Advantage Claims to Get More $$, Senate Report Says
(MedPage Today) -- UnitedHealth Group (UHG) is artificially inflating risk adjustment scores of patients in its Medicare Advantage plans in ...