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Medicare Reported an Increase in Telehealth Services in 2016

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services reported a 28 percent increase over total 2016 payments for telehealth services under

(By Kelly Gooch for Becker’s Hospital Review) More than half of Americans delay medical payments due to factors such as

(By Ina Jaffe for NPR) More than one-quarter of serious cases of nursing home abuse are not reported to the

(By Alison Kodjak for NPR) Congress and the Trump administration could boost insurance coverage by a couple of million people

(By Barbara Sadick for Kaiser Health News) Abuse often leads to depression and medical problems in older patients — even

Unfortunately Medicare Advantage plans, also known as Medicare Part C, are not well understood by many people. Medicare Advantage plans

There are basic provisions of Medicare that every American should know. The attached article reviews those provisions in an effort

(By Andrew Joseph for STAT) Researchers studying traditional hunter-gatherer societies had already known that they have much more diverse microbiomes

(By Pauline Bartolone for Kaiser Health News) Joanna Joshua, 39, panicked when she opened a letter from her family’s insurer,

(By Natalie Jacewicz for Kaiser Health News) Earth, wind, sky, clouds, rocks Have me, If you will. This body —