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Eileen Cook April 1, 2025 Telehealth, TeleRehabilitation, Veterans, Veterans Health care, Vision Loss

Blind TeleRehabilitation provides virtual services to Veterans with vision loss

(Source – news.va.gov) For Veterans who are blind or have low vision, daily tasks that were once easy—like cooking and

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Health Care FinanceMedicare Advantage
Eileen Cook April 1, 2025April 1, 2025 Broker Payments, Healthcare Costs, Healthcare Finance, Medicare Advantage, Medicare Advantage Marketing

Senate report scrutinizes Medicare Advantage marketing spend, broker practices 

(By: Rylee Wilson for Becker’s Hospital Review) Medicare Advantage insurers are spending an increasing amount on fees and commissions paid

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CMSHHSIllegal ActivitiesMedicare - GeneralMedicare Fraud; Illegal Activities
Eileen Cook April 1, 2025April 1, 2025 CMS, HHS, Improper Payments, medicare, Medicare Fraud

Medicare Program Integrity and Efforts to Root Out Improper Payments, Fraud, Waste and Abuse

(By Meredith Freed, Juliette Cubanski, and Tricia Neuman for The Kaiser Family Foundation Published: Mar 31, 2025) Medicare, the federal

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Health Care Finance
Eileen Cook March 31, 2025March 31, 2025 Healthcare Costs, Hospital Price List, Surgery costs

How much will that surgery cost? Hospital price lists remain largely unhelpful

(By Daniel Chang for NPR) It’s a holy grail of health care: forcing the industry to reveal prices negotiated between

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Eileen Cook March 31, 2025March 31, 2025 Healthcare Finance, Medicare Part D, PBM's

Montana’s Small Pharmacies Behind Bill To Corral Pharmacy Benefit Managers

(By Mike Dennison for KFF Health News) HELENA, Mont. — Montana’s small, independent pharmacies say they’re getting increasingly squeezed on

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Medicare - GeneralMedicare Fraud; Illegal Activities
Eileen Cook March 31, 2025March 31, 2025 medicare, Medicare Fraud

The latest Medicare scam

A new Medicare scam is on the rise, entitizing seniors to “free” or at “no cost to you” genetic testing.

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Veterans Benefits
Eileen Cook March 28, 2025March 28, 2025 Suicide Prevention, Veterans, Veterans Health care, Veterans Suicide Prevention

Suicide prevention: Self-check assessment

(Source – news.va.gov) Checking in with yourself can save your life. For me, the gym is more than a place

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Health InsuranceMedicare Advantage
Eileen Cook March 28, 2025 Medicare Advantage, Provider-sponsored Medicare Advantage plan

Provider-sponsored Medicare Advantage plan enrollment shrinks

(By: Rylee Wilson for Becker’s Hospital Review) Enrollment in provider-sponsored Medicare Advantage plans declined by nearly 60,000 members for 2025,

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Affordable Care Act (ACA)Health Care FinanceHealth Insurance
Eileen Cook March 28, 2025March 28, 2025 ACA, Short-term plans

He Had Short-Term Health Insurance. His Colonoscopy Bill: $7,000.

(By Julie Appleby for KFF Health News) Tim Winard knew he needed to buy health insurance when he left his

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TelehealthVeterans Benefits
Eileen Cook March 27, 2025March 27, 2025 Older Adults, Telehealth, Veterans, Veterans Health care

Telehealth study recruiting Veterans now

(Source – news.va.gov) The VA Geriatric Research Education and Clinical Center is recruiting 126 Veterans nationwide by October 2026 for

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