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In the 2020 Notice of Benefit and Payment Parameters, CMS has proposed to allow marketplace plans to implement copay accumulator programs. This change would prevent the value of copay coupons and...

CMS has proposed to end the practice of “silver loading,” which could result in higher premiums and out-of-pocket costs for consumers. The “silver loading” strategy originated from the Trump...

According to the CEO of GoFundMe, Rob Solomon, medical fundraisers now account for one-third of fundraising campaigns hosted by the crowdfunding website. This tactic is increasingly used by...

Walmart and CVS have been working together to offer commercial and Medicare Part D prescription coverage, but the two businesses have decided to abandon the partnership after failing to agree on...

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Mutual of Omaha, an insurer in Massachusetts, has been denying patients life insurance and long-term care insurance if they take preventive medicine for HIV/AIDS. In two legal settlements, one...

Transporting an organ from a donor to a recipient is often a cumbersome process that is prone to mishaps. Dr. Joseph Scalea, a surgeon from the University of Maryland Medical Center, has been...

The newly-elected Governor of Idaho Brad Little (R) announced in his State of the State address on Monday evening that he will continue the previous governor’s efforts to create state-level...

Aimed Alliance counsel Stacey L. Worthy explains how Ohio hospitals seeking cost savings by forcing stable patients to switch medications are putting patients at risk for health complications....