Search results
Medicare’s push to improve chronic care attracts businesses, but not many doctors
The Columbian· 6 days agoCarrie Lester looks forward to the phone call every Thursday from her doctors’ medical assistant, who asks how she’s doing and if she needs prescription refills. The assistant counsels her on ...
A 'very coordinated effort to defraud Medicare' hits home in Nebraska
Omaha World-Herald· 6 days agoThe Medicare bills were startling — and suspicious. Late last year, officials with Nebraska groups...
Escambia County EMS Chief resigns
Pensacola News Journal via Yahoo News· 9 hours agoShe also claims she was wrongly terminated for bringing...2014 but continued through at least 2020. Torsell was hired as Escambia County's EMS manager in...
U.S. implements new nursing home staffing standards without corresponding funding
Fort Wayne Journal Gazette· 58 minutes agoSpecifically, 87% of nursing homes report moderate to high levels of staffing shortages, and hiring...
CVS acquires Medicare Advantage broker Hella Health
Healthcare Dive· 3 days agoCVS Health has acquired startup Medicare Advantage broker Hella Health, according to a LinkedIn post from Hella’s chief executive officer. The acquisition will add Hella’s ...
Essential things to know about your Social Security benefit: Part 1
Government Executive· 1 day agoToday’s column is aimed at everyone who pays or has paid the FICA or federal payroll tax. Employees...
Threat of Stanislaus hospital closure has some Modesto residents concerned | Opinion
Modesto Bee via Yahoo News· 6 days agoZeniah Quiralte Merced Proponent for early college “Early college lifts high school students,...
Biden administration will expand health care coverage for immigrants under DACA
ABC News· 20 hours agoThe Biden administration has finalized plans to expand government-subsidized health insurance for...
Dr. Adarsh Gupta convicted of health care fraud charges
Courier Post via Yahoo News· 3 days agoThe indictment said patients were...Hill office faces prison term It said Gupta then had brief phone calls with Medicare beneficiaries and wrote prescriptions asserting the ...
No contract agreement between Anthem of Colorado and CommonSpirit means out-of-network status for...
Colorado Springs Gazette· 2 days agoFailure of the the health system and insurer to reach a contract agreement bumps CommonSpirit’s...