Health Care Cost
Post-acute care spending higher among Medicare beneficiaries vs. commercially insured patients
Spending on post-acute care for multiple medical and surgical conditions was 68% to 230% higher among Medicare beneficiaries compared with commercially insured patients, although readmission rates were similar in both groups, according to study findings published in Health Affairs.
Anti-citrullinated protein antibodies predict high health care use in RA
ORLANDO — Among patients with rheumatoid arthritis, the presence of serum anti-citrullinated protein antibodies with erosive disease is a predictor of high health care use, according to data presented at the 2019 Rheumatology Nurses Society Annual Conference.
VIDEO: Understanding health disparities in CLL
Healio spoke with Ryan. W. Jacobs, MD, about health disparities that exist in CLL.
2020 opens with new drug price hikes, little hope for legislation
Despite pressure from the Trump administration and Congress to curb rising drug costs, pharmaceutical companies — in what has become a common industry practice — have begun January 2020 by instituting a bevy of price increases.