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Eileen Cook February 27, 2024February 27, 2024 Homeless Veterans, Human Trafficking, Veterans, Veterans Health care

How human trafficking is hitting homeless Veterans

(Source – news.va.gov) As a social worker at Battle Creek VA, Katie Papke noticed a growing number of homeless Veterans

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Eileen Cook February 27, 2024February 27, 2024 Alzheimer's Disease, Cognitive decline, Older Adults

When is forgetting normal — and when is it worrisome? A neuroscientist weighs in

(By Terry Gross for NPR) When cognitive neuroscientist Charan Ranganath meets someone for the first time, he’s often asked, “Why

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Eileen Cook February 27, 2024February 27, 2024 Emergency care, Healthcare Costs, medicare, Price Transparency, Rural Health, Surprise Ambulance Bills

Without Medicare Part B’s Shield, Patient’s Family Owes $81,000 for a Single Air-Ambulance Flight

(By Tony Leys for KFF Health News) Debra Prichard was a retired factory worker who was careful with her money,

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Eileen Cook February 26, 2024February 26, 2024 cancer, pandemic, Research Study

New research: 134K+ cancer cases were missed in 2020

(By Ashleigh Hollowell for Becker’s Hospital Review) There were around 134,395 cases of cancer that went undiagnosed in U.S. adults

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Eileen Cook February 26, 2024 VA Homeless Programs, Veteran homelessness, Veterans, Veterans Health care

Homeless Navy Veteran receives VA housing support

(Source -news.va.gov) It takes a special kind of resilience to get back up again after a hurricane has left you

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Eileen Cook February 26, 2024February 26, 2024 Healthcare Costs, medicare, Medicare Advantage, Medicare Advantage Prior Authorization, Older Adults

What 3 recent studies found about Medicare Advantage

(By Rylee Wilson for Becker’s Hospital Review) Recent research on Medicare Advantage has uncovered differences in the types of care

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Eileen Cook February 23, 2024February 23, 2024 Drug price Transparency, PBM, Reform, State Attorneys General

State attorneys general call for federal PBM reforms

(By Mackenzie Bean for Becker’s Hospital Review) State attorneys general are urging Congress to pass three bills that would reform

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Eileen Cook February 23, 2024February 23, 2024 medicare, Medicare Advantage, Medicare Advantage extra benefits, Medicare Advantage Prior Authorization

Is Medicare Advantage really better?

A recent report from The Commonwealth Fund found that despite the belief that Medicare Advantage members are more satisfied with

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Eileen Cook February 23, 2024February 23, 2024 Claims Data, CMS, Medicaid, medical research, medicare

CMS proposal could have ‘catastrophic impact’ on Medicare, Medicaid research

(By Rylee Wilson for Becker’s Hospital Review) CMS is proposing raising prices and tightening access to Medicare and Medicaid claims

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Eileen Cook February 22, 2024February 22, 2024 CMS, Healthcare Costs, Medicare Part D, Older Adults, Out-of-pocket prescription costs

CMS Issues Additional Guidance on Program to Allow People with Medicare to Pay Out-of-Pocket Prescription Drug Costs in Monthly Payments

(Source – www.cms.gov) The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released the second part of draft guidance for the

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