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Eight states are following Massachusetts’ lead and trying to strike the right balance of slowing health care spending without causing too much pain to the industry.
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After 20 years and $200 billion in revenue, Humira — an injectable treatment for autoimmune conditions like rheumatoid arthritis — is losing its monopoly.
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Physicians with small practices may be especially hard hit by federal regulations that aim to bring doctoring into the digital age in 2015.
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DaVita HealthCare partners, a provider of dialysis for kidney patients, says its expertise working with very sick patients can help hospitals expand into wellness and prevention.
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A state law now requires insurers to reveal prices of their medical tests, and the variation is amazing, bargain hunters say. An MRI of the back is $614 at one place, $1,800 at another.
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To contain costs, some plans are capping how much they will pay for certain routine procedures, such as knee replacements. Patients can be on the hook for anything over the limit.
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It sounds like the setup for a joke: Two identical patients go to two different hospital emergency entrances, complaining of the same symptoms.The…
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Health plans come in a dizzying variety. There's been a blurring of definitions lately that makes the jargony choices more confusing than ever. Here's help.
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Patient Advocate Foundation, a nonprofit foundation, helps patients with issues related to finding care, medical debt and job retention. Erin Moaratty,…