This booth can virtually connect patients with clinicians and dispense medications. Will patients use it?
(By Megan Thielking for STAT) TAMPA, Fla. — The bright blue box isn’t big. But squeezed inside it, there’s a
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Proposed overhaul of anti-kickback rules part of ‘sprint to coordinated care,’ HHS official says
(By Kelly Gooch for Becker’s Hospital Review) Citing efforts to improve coordinated care for patients, the HHS Office of Inspector
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(By Gabrielle Masson for Becker’s Hospital Review) Loneliness among cardiac patients is strongly associated with worse mortality rates and health
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What is a quality-adjusted life year and why is this relevant to medicine? Quality-adjusted life year or QALY represents one
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Medicare, the government’s health insurance program for seniors, helps with health care costs, but it’s not free. Most beneficiaries pay
Read MoreYou need to closely at your Medicare Advantage plan
In a recent report from eHealth found that 45,000 users of its site with Medicare Advantage Part D plans could
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(Source – www.medicare.gov/blog) If you get a bill from Medicare for your premiums, you may now be able to pay
Read MoreWhen Caring For A Sick Spouse Shakes A Marriage To The Core
(By Judith Graham for Kaiser Health News) For a dozen years, Larry Bocchiere, 68, didn’t find it especially difficult to
Read MoreIf you plan on working over 65, pay close attention to your workplace benefits
According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the labor force participation rate for 65 to 74 age cohort is projected
Read MoreWhat is Medicare for All?
With all the proposal for Medicare for All, an industry that accounts for nearly a fifth of the nation’s economy,
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