MACRA, Section 501 implementation now underway
Signed into law a year ago, the process to replace the Social Security number on Medicare cards with a new, randomly
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Month: May 2016
Check out “Independence at Home”–A CMS Test Program
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is testing a program that “will work with medical practices to test
Read MoreMedicare payments for home health-related renovations and retrofits–No!
In response to a question from a reader, Columnist David Meyers, in a post on bellinghamherald.com, reports on Medicare’s disinterest
Read MoreWho Has Your Gene Data?
Myriad Genetics held patents on the BRCA1 and BRCA 2 genes until 2013 and tested more than 1 million patients
Read MoreWhat To Do About Antibiotic Resistance
Seven hundred thousand people are killed each year by drug-resistant infections. Many people mistakenly believe that human beings, not bacteria, develop
Read MoreAre Your Bad Habits Killing You?
A team at Harvard Medical School calculated that 20 to 40 percent of cancer cases and half of cancer deaths
Read MoreObamacare Replacement
On Thursday, Representative Pete Sessions (R-TX) and Senator Bill Casside (R-LA) introduced an alternative to Obamacare. It will not repeal
Read MorePaying More and Getting Less From Health Insurance
Kaiser Family Foundation released a new survey showing health insurance is one of the least popular products that individuals purchase
Read MoreStudy Of Birth Defects, Folic Acid In Foods Finds More Questions Than Answers
(By Barbara Feder Ostrov for Kaiser Health News) Adding folic acid to foods like cereal and bread — long considered
Read MorePeople With HIV Are Less Likely To Get Cancer Treatment
(By Michelle Andrews for Kaiser Health News) We’ve made great progress treating people who are infected with HIV, but if
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