Substituting lower-wage staff for registered nurses tied to worse outcomes
Jun 25, 2024
Harms include avoidable patient deaths, readmissions, longer lengths of stay, excess Medicare costs and forgone cost savings.
Medicare to cover Wegovy when patients also have heart disease
Mar 22, 2024
Medicare will now cover the popular weight-loss drug Wegovy if patients using it also have heart disease, US officials announced Thursday.
Racial and ethnic disparities seen in use of hospice
Dec 18, 2023
Older age was associated with lower odds of short length of stay in those dually eligible for Medicare and Medicaid.
Million hearts model cuts five-year heart attack, stroke risk in at-risk patients
Oct 18, 2023
Improved outcomes were seen, with no significant changes in Medicare spending.
Heart, diabetes, cancer drugs on list for Medicare price negotiations, White House says
Aug 29, 2023
Enrollees in the Medicare prescription drug program paid a total of $3.4 billion in out-of-pocket costs in 2022 for the 10 initial drugs chosen for price negotiations.