Feds Hope to Cut Sepsis Deaths by Hitching Medicare Payments to Treatment Stats
(By Julie Appleby for KFF Health News) Don Smith remembers the moment he awoke in an intensive care unit after
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Explaining Health Care Reform: Questions About Health Insurance Subsidies
(Source – The Kaiser Family Foundation Published: Oct 06, 2023) Health insurance is expensive and can be hard to afford
Read MoreVA telehealth helps Veterans get suicide prevention treatment
(Source – news.va.gov) Preventing Veteran suicide is VA’s top clinical priority. VA is here to provide help and support for
Read MoreMedicare marketing complaints increase
Medicare’s open enrollment season is upon us, with the barrage of television commercials, tons of junk mail, and other forms
Read MoreColumbus Day Observed Today
AMAC Foundation employees are off this day and thus Medicare Report will return tomorrow with our regular content.
Read MoreOIG: Aetna received estimated $25.5M in Medicare Advantage overpayments
(By Rylee Wilson for Becker’s Hospital Review) Aetna received $632,070 in overpayments for Medicare Advantage claims from 2015 to 2016,
Read MoreMedicare’s proposal on nursing home staff is ‘insanity,’ key expert says
(By Tara Bannow for STAT) Some of the country’s top Medicare experts aren’t sold on a new Biden administration plan
Read MoreThe Inflation Reduction Act’s big vaccine changes
The Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) of 2022 changed the vaccination coverage -plus reduced the cost of receiving those vaccines for
Read MoreFive programs to increase your access to telehealth care
(Source – news.va.gov) For Veterans, connecting to the internet means getting access to VA’s online tools and resources, including telehealth
Read MoreFeds Rein In Use of Predictive Software That Limits Care for Medicare Advantage Patients
(By Susan Jaffe for KFF Health News) Judith Sullivan was recovering from major surgery at a Connecticut nursing home in
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