37+ min ago  (234+ words) Walk into an American hospital at nine o’clock at night and you'll find someone still working who has no business being there. Not in the operating room. Not in the ED. At a keyboard. A physician finishing the notes she…...

1+ hour, 19+ min ago  (212+ words) Rep. Buddy Carter, R-Ga., joins ‘Varney & Co.’ to sound off on Republicans defying President Donald Trump over Obamacare subsidies and defend legislation to denaturalize and deport immigrants convicted of fraud. A new report warns that stronger safeguards against fraud are…...

8+ hour, 23+ min ago  (70+ words) Humana stock rises as Wells Fargo upgrades to Overweight, lifts target to $502 on easing Medicare Advantage costs. jetcityimage/iStock Editorial via Getty Images Humana (HUM) popped 2% on Monday after Wells Fargo upgraded the health insurer to Overweight from Equal-Weight, citing…...

5+ day, 8+ hour ago  (269+ words) The Bulletin on Health Nursing homes strategically increase care quality when an inspection is imminent. Making inspections less predictable could save almost 100 lives per year. Four-week patient survival rates mirror this pattern: Improvements in survival correspond with periods of elevated…...

3+ hour, 26+ min ago  (696+ words) One of Medicare’s most puzzling rules has nothing to do with the care patients receive. For many routine outpatient services, it pays substantially more when care is delivered in a hospital-owned facility than when the exact same service is performed…...

5+ hour, 5+ min ago  (1028+ words) Medicare Part A still faces a serious funding deadline The latest Medicare Trustees Report pushed an important deadline closer. Medicare's Hospital Insurance Trust Fund, which helps pay for Medicare Part A, is now projected to run short in the second…...

4+ hour, 4+ min ago  (617+ words) The once-stodgy, boring Medicare program experienced many changes over the last few years. More changes were announced in the last few weeks. A major change is that beginning July 1, Medicare covers prescriptions for GLP-1 drugs for $50 per month under Part…...

4+ hour, 33+ min ago  (159+ words) This week’s Elevance Health and UnitedHealth Group quarterly earnings are much anticipated for signs these companies’ health insurance businesses and that of their rivals are keeping a handle on rising costs. Elevance, which owns Blue Cross and Blue Shield plans…...

3+ mon, 6+ day ago  (409+ words) UnitedHealth Group shares surged more than 8% after federal regulators unveiled a stronger-than-expected Medicare Advantage payment increase, delivering relief to the health insurance giant and the broader managed-care sector. The stock jumped from its Monday close of $281.41 to above $305 in intraday…...

6+ hour, 24+ min ago  (160+ words) The decline complicates the Trump administration's portrayal of an unprecedented crackdown on healthcare fraud....