by Research Team | Apr 7, 2015 | Health News
Details of how the bipartisan bill rewriting Medicare reimbursement of doctors, awaiting congressional approval this month, would squeeze savings from the health care program for the elderly: -Current law: Most people pay $105 monthly for medical coverage, which is 25...
by Research Team | Apr 7, 2015 | Health News
Republicans said bipartisan legislation that reworks how Medicare pays doctors is a milestone toward curbing a huge, growing benefit program.
by Research Team | Apr 7, 2015 | Health News
Ventas Inc. will pay $1.75 billion for Ardent Medical Services Inc. and will spin off most of its skilled nursing facilities into a publicly traded real estate investment trust. Ventas, which is a real estate investment trust focusing on health care facilities, is...
by Research Team | Apr 7, 2015 | Health News
Blues legend B.B. King was rushed to a Las Vegas hospital this past weekend for a diabetes-related emergency, TMZ reports.
by Research Team | Apr 7, 2015 | Health News
The study published Monday in the journal Health Affairs breaks the cost down as follows: $2.8 billion resulting from false-positive mammograms and another $1.2 billion attributed to breast cancer overdiagnosis. That’s the treatment of tumors that grow slowly or...
