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A Covid Test Medicare Scam May Be a Trial Run for Further Fraud

May 18, 2023May 18, 2023 Eileen Cook 0 Comments COVID-19 tests, medicare, Medicare Fraud

(By Susan Jaffe for KFF Health News) Medicare coverage for at-home covid-19 tests ended last week, but the scams spawned

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What the end of the Public Health Emergency means for VA

May 12, 2023May 12, 2023 Eileen Cook 0 Comments COVID-19, Public Health emergency, Veterans, Veterans Health care

(Source – news.va.gov) When the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency (PHE) expires on May 11, 2023, some of VA’s pandemic-related authorities

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Medicare improperly paid for $580M in psychotherapy services, OIG audit finds

May 8, 2023May 8, 2023 Eileen Cook 0 Comments CMS, COVID-19, DHS -Office of Inspector General, Improper Payments, medicare, Telehealth

(By Rylee Wilson for Becker’s Hospital Review) Medicare improperly paid for over half a billion dollars in psychotherapy services, including

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Legislative Update Pandemic 

COVID test kits, treatments and vaccines won’t be free to many consumers much longer

February 8, 2023 Eileen Cook 0 Comments COVID Test Kits, COVID Treatments, COVID Vaccine, COVID-19, Public Health emergency

(By Julie Appleby for NPR) Time is running out for free-to-consumer COVID-19 vaccines, at-home test kits and even some treatments.

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Researchers zero in on 7 long COVID symptoms

February 3, 2023February 3, 2023 Eileen Cook 0 Comments COVID Symptoms, Long COVID-19, Research

(By Ashleigh Hollowell for Becker’s Hospital Review) Long COVID-19’s myriad risk factors and symptoms have been a key focus for

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Aging CMS Illegal Activities Nursing Homes Pandemic 

Nursing Home Owners Drained Cash During Pandemic While Residents Deteriorated

February 1, 2023February 1, 2023 Eileen Cook 0 Comments Aging, CMS, Cost and Quality, COVID-19, Nursing Homes

(By Jordan Rau for Kaiser Health News) After the nursing home where Leann Sample worked was bought by private investors,

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Legislative Update Pandemic 

President Biden to end Covid-19 emergencies on May 11

January 31, 2023January 31, 2023 Eileen Cook 0 Comments COVID-19, National Emergency

(By Zeke Miller and Amanda Seitz — Associated Press published by STAT on January 30, 2023) WASHINGTON — President Joe

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Rates of Long COVID in the U.S. Have Declined Since June of 2022

January 30, 2023January 30, 2023 Eileen Cook 0 Comments COVID-19, Long COVID-19

(By Chris Lee for Kaiser Family Foundation Published: Jan 26, 2023) The share of people who say they have had

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FDA Pandemic 

An FDA committee votes to roll out a new COVID vaccination strategy

January 27, 2023 Eileen Cook 0 Comments COVID Vaccine, COVID-19, FDA

(By Scott Hensley for NPR) A committee of advisers to the Food and Drug Administration voted unanimously on a proposal

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FDA Pandemic 

FDA considers major shift in COVID vaccine strategy

January 23, 2023 Eileen Cook 0 Comments COVID Vaccine, FDA, Flu shot

(By Rob Stein for NPR) The Food and Drug Administration is considering a major shift in the nation’s COVID-19 vaccine

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