Prices and Complications in Hospital-Based and Freestanding Surgery Centers
Average prices are substantially higher but rates of complications are similar in hospital-based vs freestanding surgery centers for colonoscopy, arthroscopy, and cataract removal surgery.
Medicare Beneficiaries’ Out-of-Pocket Costs for Commonly Used Generic Drugs, 2009-2017
Out-of-pocket costs required by Medicare prescription drug plans for drugs available through Walmart’s generic drug discount program have decreased from 2009 to 2017.
Association Between FDA Black Box Warnings and Medicare Formulary Coverage Changes
Medicare formularies were inconsistent in increasing restrictiveness to drugs that received FDA black box warnings for death and/or cardiovascular risk with safer available drug alternatives.
