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House Panel Advances Bill That Revises Medicare Hospital Payments

May 25, 2016 Morning Briefing

The legislation would roll back some of the cost-cutting changes made in payments to hospital outpatient departments. It’s not clear yet whether the bill has enough support to make it through Congress. Also in Medicare news, another committee examines the government’s efforts to eliminate waste and a look at one aspect of the administration’s proposal to change payments for Part B drugs.

Gilead Eyes Cancer Therapy Acquisition Targets

May 9, 2016 Morning Briefing

In other pharmaceutical news, NPR reports on professional test subjects: “We are selling our bodies, most definitely,” one says. Meanwhile, a cancer medicine improves vision for some with wet age-related macular degeneration and House Democrats back the Obama administration Medicare Part B drug plan.

Answering Your Questions On The ‘Cadillac Tax’

September 2, 2015 KFF Health News Original

The excise tax will be levied on health insurance plans costing more than $10,200 for an individual or $27,500 for a family. Any value over those thresholds will be taxed at 40 percent, and that’s likely to affect consumers’ benefits, share of health care costs or their coverage entirely.

California AG Under Fire After Raid Over Planned Parenthood Fetal Tissue Videos

April 8, 2016 Morning Briefing

Susan B. Anthony List is calling for the resignation of Attorney General Kamala Harris, who is running for retiring Sen. Barbara Boxer’s seat, after investigators seized videos and other property belonging to David Daleiden.

Readers Ask About Concierge Medicine And Medicare; Insulin Costs And The Doughnut Hole

By Michelle Andrews September 8, 2015 KFF Health News Original

KHN consumer columnist Michelle Andrews answers questions about Medicare beneficiaries’ costs associated with doctors who have concierge medicine practices, insulin pumps and respite care.

Watchdog Report Sharply Criticizes Fed’s Efforts To Recoup Medicare Advantage Overcharges

May 10, 2016 Morning Briefing

The Government Accountability Office said that the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has spent about $117 million on Medicare Advantage overbilling audits, but so far has recouped just $14 million. Meanwhile, some Democrats are speaking up for the Medicare Part B change in the face of intense criticism. Also, fee-for-service payments are published and health systems offset Medicare losses.

Patients Want To Price-Shop For Care, But Online Tools Unreliable

By Elana Gordon, WHYY November 30, 2015 KFF Health News Original

A tough diagnosis and a high-deductible insurance plan motivated one couple to shop carefully for care. But they hit a snag — inaccurate prices on online calculators. Who can comparison shop if the price tags are wrong?

Pfizer-Allergan $150B Merger Thrown Into Doubt After Treasury Imposes New Rules On Tax Inversions

April 5, 2016 Morning Briefing

The move, which was more aggressive than expected, is aimed at companies that are attempting to move their tax addresses out of the U.S. to shift profits to low-tax countries using a maneuver known as earnings stripping. “They’ve addressed literally every benefit that one attempted to gain from an inversion and shut them all down systematically,” says Robert Willens, a New York-based tax analyst.

A Med School Teaches Science And Data Mining

By Julie Rovner October 30, 2015 KFF Health News Original

At NYU medical school, students learn to access huge troves of data to become doctors who understand the health care system, and individual ailments, better.

In Caring For Sickest Infants, Doctors Tap Parents For Tough Calls

By Jenny Gold November 17, 2015 KFF Health News Original

Doctors were once unquestioned authorities on how aggressively to treat the sickest and most premature babies. Now, they increasingly include parents in these wrenching choices.

Buyer Beware: A Mammogram’s Price Can Vary By Nearly $1,000, Study Finds

By Jordan Rau October 7, 2015 KFF Health News Original

Researchers looked at women’s health services around the country and found stark disparities between cities but also within health care markets.

It’s Never Too Soon To Plan Your ‘Driving Retirement’

By John Daley, Colorado Public Radio November 9, 2015 KFF Health News Original

Experts say families should re-think how seniors give up the car keys. Planning transportation options way ahead of time can avoid often painful conversations and confrontations.

Why Don’t We Have Mental Health Parity?

August 27, 2015 KFF Health News Original

The law says insurance companies must pay for mental health benefits the same as they do everything else. Addiction as much as diabetes. Depression as much as cancer. But around the country, consumers are taking their insurers to court saying the companies are refusing to pay up. The insurance providers say mental health is complicated, […]

Tax Group: Pfizer Would Avoid $35B In Taxes Through Merger

February 26, 2016 Morning Briefing

The Americans for Tax Fairness slammed the drugmaker in a new report that says Pfizer structured its deal with Ireland-based Allergan so that it could move its address out of the country, thus avoiding $35 billion in taxes.

‘Paying For Drugs To Go In The Trash’: How Americans Waste $3B On Medications A Year

March 2, 2016 Morning Briefing

The U.S. has taken a one-size-fits all approach when it comes to packaging for expensive high-tech drugs, which has led to extraordinary waste, a new study finds.

Fewer Black Men Apply To Medical School Than In 1978

By Lauren Silverman, KERA October 26, 2015 KFF Health News Original

Just 1,337 black men applied to medical school in 2014 and 515 enrolled. Why?

A Sick Newborn, A Loving Family And A Litany Of Wrenching Choices

By Jenny Gold November 16, 2015 KFF Health News Original

In deciding how far to go in treating their very sick and premature baby, one San Francisco couple acted out of hope, not always in sync with doctors and nurses.

The Battle Over Planned Parenthood

August 11, 2015 KFF Health News Original

Kaiser Health News correspondent Julie Rovner discusses the efforts to defund Planned Parenthood on NPR’s On Point with Tom Ashbrook.

Rising Obesity Puts Strain On Nursing Homes

By Sarah Varney December 15, 2015 KFF Health News Original

Residences for older adults are increasingly overwhelmed, and unprepared, for huge patients, and facilities rarely accept more than a few.

IBM To Use $2.6B Truven Purchase To Bulk Up Health Data

February 19, 2016 Morning Briefing

The deal, part of a recent health-care spending spree by the company, will add the health information of about 300 million patients to the data trove used by IBM’s Watson cognitive supercomputer.

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