Doctors Cut Back on Seeing Medicare Patients as Another Pay Cut Looms Those still seeing Medicare patients struggle to stay in private practice Oct 04, 2024
Surprise! The Copay for PrEP Just Disappeared Medicare's decision to cover all PrEP drugs under Part B has unexpected benefit for enrollees Oct 02, 2024
Elevating Family Medicine Is Key for New AAFP President Jen Brull, MD, outlines her priorities for the coming year Oct 01, 2024
Medicare Part D, Medicare Advantage Plan Premiums to Stay Stable in 2025, CMS Says "People will continue to have ample, affordable choices" Sep 28, 2024
How to Help Patients Save on Drug Costs Even in the face of slow to no policy change, we can still increase access Sep 26, 2024
GOP Doctor Vying for House Seat in Kansas Air Force, Harvard Business School, clinical practice all part of Prasanth Reddy's resume Sep 26, 2024
IG Live September 27: Court Adjourned, Healthcare Overturned Decoding recent SCOTUS decisions and their potential impact on healthcare Sep 25, 2024
Is Wegovy Shrinking Bariatric Surgery, Too? GLP-1 drugs have the potential to reduce healthcare costs in unexpected ways Sep 19, 2024
Experts Debate Whether IRA Provisions Stifle Pharma Innovation at Senate Hearing Law already caused some drug development programs to be halted, one Senator says Sep 18, 2024
Reproductive Rights Central to Wisconsin Ob/Gyn's Run for Congress Medicare physician pay, healthcare-for-all also central to Kristin Lyerly's campaign Sep 16, 2024
Emergency Medicine Doc Is Running for Congress Amish Shah, MD, MPH, talks with 51˶ about his time in Arizona's state legislature Sep 03, 2024
Feds Killed Plan to Curb Medicare Advantage Overbilling After Industry Opposition "CMS made a complete boondoggle out of this," one expert said Sep 02, 2024
For Pharma, Trump vs Harris Is a Showdown Between Two Industry Foes As both candidates battle Big Pharma, the industry's financial support sways toward Democrats Aug 30, 2024
Dalai Lama's Surgery; New Surgeon General Advisory; Concerns Over Drinking Water Health news and commentary gathered by 51˶ staff Aug 28, 2024
CMS Drops Controversial Proposal for Blood Tests After Organ Transplant Test supporters call the move a "win"; agency will issue a new proposal "in the coming months" Aug 22, 2024
Docs Performing Abortions 'Will Be Prosecuted' If GOP Returns to Power, Senator Says They're coming for IVF next, Sen. Tammy Duckworth tells delegates at the Democratic convention Aug 21, 2024
Healthcare a Major Player at the Democratic Convention's Opening Night Abortion, COVID, gun violence, and drug prices were among the topics in the spotlight Aug 20, 2024
What Medicare Advantage Changes Would a Trump or Harris Administration Make? Experts also predict next administration's potential moves on the ACA, drug price negotiations Aug 15, 2024
Blood Test for Colon Cancer: Panacea or Hype? This newly approved testing modality brings challenges and opportunities Aug 14, 2024
Prior Authorizations on the Rise in Medicare Advantage, Report Finds Increase corresponds to a climb in Medicare Advantage enrollment Aug 13, 2024
Where Harris and Trump Stand on Top Issues in Healthcare From abortion to drug prices to gun control, here's how the presidential candidates stack up Aug 13, 2024
More Rural Hospitals Are on the Verge of Closing, Report Finds Private insurers are paying less than the cost of care, data show Aug 09, 2024
Extend the Hospital-at-Home Waiver Before It's Too Late Older adults should continue to receive care where they feel and heal their best Aug 07, 2024
GOP Charge That Harris Backed Tax-Funded Care for All Immigrants Overlooks Details PolitiFact has found the claim to be "Mostly False" Aug 04, 2024
Medicare Lags, Medicaid Leads for Biosimilar Uptake Infliximab copycat usage varies widely with payer type Aug 02, 2024
Another Medicare Cut for Physicians? Look to Congress, Not CMS Medicare patients and providers deserve better Jul 31, 2024
Committee for Economic Development: A Mighty 'Influencer' in Health Policymaking This group's meeting brought civil discourse on healthcare to the nation's capital Jul 29, 2024
Trauma Patients Without Insurance Taken Off Life Support Sooner, Study Finds Clinicians must "uncomfortably" examine bias in life-and-death decisions, says expert Jul 24, 2024
Where Kamala Harris Stands on Key Healthcare Issues 51˶ looks at the vice president's views on everything from abortion to Medicare Jul 22, 2024
This Medical Group Treats Only Homeless Patients — and Makes Money Doing It Doctors, nurses, and social workers are testing a new business model Jul 21, 2024
The Supreme Court Did Not Deliver 'Wins' for Reproductive Rights This Term They simply evaded critical questions about access Jul 17, 2024
We've Been Here Before: The Politicization of Drug Pricing Ensuring medication access does not have to come at the cost of innovation Jul 16, 2024
Health Should Be a Bigger Focus at the GOP Convention Than It Will Be, Lawmaker Says "I wish it was the centerpiece of everything we're talking about," says Rep. Rich McCormick, MD Jul 16, 2024
Gail Wilensky, Former CMS Administrator, Dies at 81 Ran Medicare and Medicaid under President George H.W. Bush Jul 15, 2024
CMS Proposes 2.8% Cut to Medicare Physician Fees for 2025 One group calls proposal "critically short-sighted" Jul 11, 2024
With the End of Chevron, Health and Environmental Experts' Hands Are Tied We need the rule of law to protect public health Jul 08, 2024
Lack of Affordability Tops Older Americans' List of Healthcare Worries A third of people 65 or older reported difficulty paying for healthcare expenses Jul 07, 2024
Medicare's Financial Incentives Still Falling Flat for Home Dialysis Uptake Kidney transplants did not increase either Jul 02, 2024
Supreme Court Decision May Have Sweeping Effects on Healthcare, Experts Say Chevron ruling curbs federal power, could upend drug approvals, Medicare drug price negotiation Jul 02, 2024