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Eileen Cook December 4, 2023December 4, 2023 Affordable Home Care, Alzheimer's Disease, Dementia, Healthcare Costs, Medicaid, medicare, Older Adults, Respite Care

Desperate Families Search for Affordable Home Care

(By Reed Abelson, The New York Times – KFF Health News project) It’s a good day when Frank Lee, a

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Eileen Cook December 1, 2023December 1, 2023 Employer Health Insurance, Healthcare Costs, Mental Health Awareness, Telehealth

5 employer insurance trends to watch in 2024

(By Rylee Wilson for Becker’s Hospital Review) Employers will be expecting insurers and vendors to deliver more transparency and ways

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Eileen Cook December 1, 2023December 1, 2023 Center for Women Veterans, VA Homeless Programs, Veteran homelessness, Veterans, Veterans Health care

Improving access and outcomes for homeless women Veterans

(Source – news.va.gov) Lourdes Tiglao is drawn to work that helps humanity. As the director of VA’s Center for Women

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Eileen Cook December 1, 2023December 1, 2023 CMS, Deceased Medicaid Enrollees, DHS-OIG, HHS Inspector General's Office Audit, Improper Payments, Medicaid, Medicaid Managed Care

OIG: 14 states paid managed care organizations $249M for deceased Medicaid enrollees

(By Rylee Wilson for Becker’s Hospital Review) Fourteen states gave managed care organizations payments for Medicaid enrollees for months after

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Eileen Cook November 30, 2023November 30, 2023 Veteran Suicide, Veterans, Veterans Health care, Veterans Suicide Prevention

Faith-based event held to combat Veteran suicide

(Source – news.va.gov) Veterans Health Care System of the Ozarks and Central Arkansas Veterans Health Care System hosted a faith-based

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Eileen Cook November 30, 2023November 30, 2023 Cigna Group, Health Insurance, Health Insurance companies, Humana, Medicare Advantage, Merger

Cigna, Humana ‘in talks’ to merge

(By Jakob Emerson for Becker’s Hospital Review) The Cigna Group and Humana are “in talks” to merge, The Wall Street

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Eileen Cook November 30, 2023November 30, 2023 CMS, medicare, Medicare Advantage, Medicare Advantage Ads, Medicare Part D, Older Adults

Uncle Sam Wants You … to Help Stop Insurers’ Bogus Medicare Advantage Sales Tactics

(By Susan Jaffe for KFF Health News) After an unprecedented crackdown on misleading advertising claims by insurers selling private Medicare

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Eileen Cook November 29, 2023 VA Health Chat, Veterans, Veterans Health care

Oklahoma City VA’s Health Chat app

(Source – news.va.gov) Oklahoma City VA recently launched a new app called “VA Health Chat” to help Veterans “chat” directly

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Eileen Cook November 29, 2023November 29, 2023 ACA, Family Health Insurance, Health Insurance, Healthcare Costs, Small Employers

Family Health Insurance Is No Longer Affordable Through Small Employers

(By Drew Altman for the Kaiser Family Foundation Published: Nov 28, 2023) One thing that really jumped out from our

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Eileen Cook November 29, 2023November 29, 2023 Healthcare Costs, Hospital Inpatient Stay, medicare, Medicare Advantage, Medicare Advantage claims denials

Hospitals worry the plans are going to skirt federal regulations in reviewing hospital admissions

The American Hospital Association and the Federation of American Hospitals have voiced their concerns to the Centers for Medicare and

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