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21 Medicare health plans warned to fix provider directory errors
Federal officials this month warned 21 Medicare Advantage insurers with high rates of errors in their online network directories that they could...
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Repeal and replace: House bills offer potential road maps
As Republicans dig in to make good on their promise to repeal the Affordable Care Act, hints at what an eventual replacement may look like can be...
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Dr. Price light on ACA replacement details at Senate hearing
Politically prudent answers dominated the courtesy hearing before the Senate HELP committee.
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Two-thirds of patient advocacy groups receive industry funding
About two-thirds of patient advocacy organizations report receiving funds from for-profit firms, including pharmaceutical, device and...
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Screen opioid users for depression, study recommends
Opioid prescribing should be combined with both screening and treatment of depression, a new study shows.
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Macitentan boosts quality of life in PAH patients
Macitentan, a recent addition to the drugs that treat pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH), improves and stabilizes quality of life for patients...
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Senate, House take first step toward repealing ACA
With a Jan. 12 early morning procedural passed on party lines, the Senate has set the stage for the repeal of the revenue aspects of the...
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Statin use increases risk of herpes zoster
Statin use, as well as how recent statin exposure occurred, are significant risk factors of herpes zoster.
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All systemic steroid guidelines for RA offer little guidance
Every current guideline and consensus statement regarding systemic glucocorticoid therapy in rheumatoid arthritis falls short of offering...
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Older adults can sustain asymptomatic cervical fractures
Silent cervical fractures may be common among older trauma patients, a retrospective study has determined.
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Study: Docs could see financial losses under partial ACA repeal
An expected partial repeal of the Affordable Care Act will hit physicians’ bottom line, according to a new analysis from the Urban Institute.