April 2020 – Page 7 – medicarereport.org

FBI Warns of Emerging Health Care Fraud Schemes Related to COVID-19 Pandemic

(Source – www.fbi.gov/news) The Federal Bureau of Investigation is warning the public about several emerging health care fraud schemes related to

(By Morgan Haefner for Becker’s Hospital Review) Fifty-six percent of healthcare organizations that take on financial risk in Medicare Shared

It can be challenging to keep up your normal routine during the coronavirus pandemic especially when you have a loved

(By Pien Huang for NPR) Is it possible to be infected with the coronavirus and show no symptoms? Or go

(By Judith Graham for Kaiser Health News) With tight restrictions in place at their continuing care retirement community, Tom and

(By Ayla Ellison for Becker’s Hospital Review) Walmart has opened two freestanding health centers in the past seven months, and the

(By Jay Hancock and Phil Galewitz and Elizabeth Lucas for Kaiser Health News) Probably few hospital systems need the emergency

CIGNA Corporation is launching a pilot program to increase social connectivity among its Medicare Advantage Customers. With so many older

(By Maia Anderson for Becker’s Hospital Review) UnitedHealthcare plans to pay pharmacists in Ohio to deliver primary care to Medicaid

(By Maria Godoy for NPR) The vast majority of the country is under lockdown right now. But stay-at-home orders come with