A new Medicare database analysis, published in the JAMA Internal Medicine by Hernandez et al, indicates that most bleeding rates associated with the use of dabigatran...
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The New York Times, specifically Elizabeth Rosenthal, tries to get behind the outrageous and invariably murky costs of inpatient and ER care. Hospitals claim that...
Read MoreNewly released data from the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services show that the nation’s hospitals charge wildly different fees for the same procedure. (See...
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Implementation of the Sustainable Growth Rate, or SGR, formula—the formula ostensibly used to control Medicare spending and physician reimbursement for Medicare...
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Yesterday the Senate passed a bill that would delay the perpetually looming cut in Medicare reimbursement to physicians by 1 whole year. This proposed delay is distinct...
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Not to anyone’s surprise (because it’s happened multiple times since 2003), Congress approved on Monday yet-another measure to postpone a big cut (this...
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