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Online Coronavirus Tests Are Just The Latest Iffy Products Marketed To Anxious Consumers

(By Victoria Knight for Kaiser Health News) Companies with experience in the “at-home” testing market began announcing in mid-March that

(By Judith Graham for Kaiser Health News) Dr. Alison Webb took her 81-year-old father out of assisted living, to live.

(By Ayla Ellison for Becker’s Hospital Review) CMS has expanded the Accelerated and Advance Payment Program to a broader group of healthcare

Medicare helps with hospital visits, routine care, and specialty visits; however, it isn’t free. Medicare is like any other health

Medicare is relaxing some of their rules due to COVID-19 pandemic. Medicare already covers its enrollees for much of what

(By Julie Appleby for Kaiser Health News) After a slow start, testing for COVID-19 has ramped up in recent weeks,

(By Judith Graham for Kaiser Health News) A wrenching conflict is emerging as the COVID-19 virus storms through U.S. communities:

The Department of Justice has sued Anthem alleging that the health insurance company knowingly submitted claims with inaccurate medical codes

(By Anuja Vaidya for Becker’s Hospital Review) Amid the coronavirus epidemic, hospitals trying to discharge patients quickly are hitting a

(By Stephanie O’Neill for Kaiser Health News) On weekday evenings, sisters Lesley Laine and Lisa Ingle stage online happy hours