Stories Tagged as
Medicare
A place to store your end-of-life wishes
Sep 16, 2014
A web-based system aims to use technology to ease end-of-life decision making.
PODCAST: Medicare's pay-data dump
Apr 9, 2014
We look at what the proposed Time-Warner Cable and Comcast merger will mean for internet users. And a challenger appears in the single-serve coffeemaker market.
The dangers of Big Data in health care
Apr 9, 2014
Some providers accounted for a large portion of Medicare costs in 2012
These are the highest paid doctors in Medicare
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Adriene Hill
Apr 9, 2014
Doctors who make the most in Medicare, by state and specialty
'Admission' vs 'Observation': Medical worlds apart
Dec 6, 2013
Instead of admitting Medicare patients quickly, hospitals are "observing" them for as long as two days.
ACA enrollment: Lessons from Social Security and Medicare
Nov 27, 2013
The roll-out of Obamacare isn't the first time the government has done something this big.
Medicare's failure to track doctors wastes billions on brand-name drugs
Nov 18, 2013
Medicare is wasting hundreds of millions of dollars a year by failing to rein in doctors who routinely give patients pricey name-brand drugs when cheaper generic alternatives are available.
For public good, not for profit.
When doctors prescribe brand-name drugs over generics, the taxpayers foot the bill
Nov 18, 2013
A new analysis by ProPublica finds that many doctors in the U.S. prescribe brand-name drugs to Medicare patients when generics can be dramatically cheaper -- and it's costing taxpayers hundreds of millions a year.
Medicare enrollment confusion could cost us cash
Oct 14, 2013
Medicare enrollment is already confusing enough. The new health care exchanges will only make it more so. And that could end up being costly for taxpayers.
Federal cuts threaten healthcare fraud investigations
Jul 3, 2013
Staffing cuts at the Department of Health and Human Services mean fewer cases of Medicare, Medicaid fraud are investigated.