Doctors’ House Calls Saving Money for Medicare
Looking for ways to save money and improve care, Medicare officials are returning to an old-fashioned idea: house calls. (Susan Jaffe/Kaiser Health News)
Patients Can’t Always Access Complete Medical Records, Doctors Say
Technology makes it possible for patients to access medical records online, but a thicket of legal issues may still keep people from always seeing everything in their chart. (Lisa Rapaport/Reuters)
Adult Smoking Rate in US is Falling Fast
The rate of smoking among adults in the U.S. fell to 15 percent last year thanks to the biggest one-year decline in more than 20 years, according to a new government report. (Mike Stobbe/boston.com)
Medicare’s Drug-Pricing Experiment Draws Opposition
A broad proposal by Medicare to change the way it pays for some drugs has drawn intense reaction and lobbying, with much of the debate centering on whether the plan gives too much power over drug prices to government regulators. (Julie Appleby/Kaiser Health News)
House Zika Bill Would Raid HHS Funds for New Medicare Payment System
The House bill providing money to fight the Zika virus would strip the Department of Health and Human Services of funding it plans to use for implementation of the bipartisan Medicare payment overhaul that was enacted last year. (Caitlin Owens/Morning Consult)
