Health issues and problems are increasing severely daily due to unhealthy foods, pollution, tensions, and alarming financial crisis. In such situations, prevention is better than all things to […]
Blue Cross antitrust deal appealed by Home Depot, others
[ad_1] Three employers have appealed a $2.67 billion antitrust settlement with the Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association, potentially altering the terms of the landmark federal agreement and extending […]
Water shortages threatening patient safety
[ad_1] Meanwhile, wildfires in Las Vegas, New Mexico this summer contaminated its main water supply, leaving the small city just east of Santa Fe with roughly four months […]
Beaumont-Spectrum lays off 400 in cost cuts post-merger
[ad_1] Beaumont Health Spectrum Health is laying off 400 management and non-patient facing workers statewide, it confirmed Friday. The newly merged health system said in a statement that […]
Shifting care to ‘look-alikes’ helps hospitals find new funding
[ad_1] A growing number of hospitals are outsourcing often-unprofitable outpatient services for their poorest patients by setting up independent, nonprofit organizations to provide primary care. Medicare and Medicaid […]
Duly Health & Care names Tami Reller its new CEO
[ad_1] Reller, 58, assumes the new role Sept. 16 and will replace Steve Nelson, who had been CEO since 2020. Nelson succeeded former CEO Mike Kasper, who died in […]
CFPB to target illegal nursing home debt collections
[ad_1] Nursing homes and debt collectors are flouting a law that prohibits them from requiring friends and family of care home residents to shoulder the costs of the […]
Biden administration finalizes ‘public charge’ replacement
[ad_1] The U.S. will not deny green cards based on a person’s use of Medicaid and most other government health programs under a regulation published Thursday that rescinds the Trump-era “public […]
Federal funding bill with COVID support faces GOP pushback
[ad_1] President Joe Biden’s request for more than $47 billion in emergency funding to help Ukraine and tackle COVID-19, monkeypox and natural disasters is encountering deep skepticism from […]
Medicare fraud in telehealth stays low in pandemic’s first year
[ad_1] Federal officials found few instances of fraud in Medicare billing practices for telehealth services during the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic. There were 1,714 providers out […]
