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Month: July 2018

Telehealth 

Teladoc to rebrand as Teladoc Health

July 31, 2018 Eileen Cook 0 Comment

(By Jessica Kim Cohen for Becker’s Hospital Review) On Aug. 10, virtual care company Teladoc will change its corporate name to Teladoc

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Medical Technology 

Astro-CHARM to enhance cardiovascular risk prediction for astronauts and the general population

July 31, 2018 Eileen Cook 0 Comment

A new online tool to more accurately predict who among those ages 40-65 is at the highest risk of suffering

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Health Care - General Medicare - General 

PROTECT YOURSELF FROM HEPATITIS

July 31, 2018 Eileen Cook 0 Comment

(Source – blog.medicare.gov) Did you know viral hepatitis, an inflammation of the liver, causes more than one million deaths per

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Alzheimer’s study sparks a new round of debate over the amyloid hypothesis

July 31, 2018 Eileen Cook 0 Comment

(By Damian Garde for STAT) In the long-running debate over just what causes Alzheimer’s disease, one side looks to have

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End of Life Hospice/Home Health Services Medicare - General 

Missed Visits, Uncontrolled Pain And Fraud: Report Says Hospice Lacks Oversight

July 31, 2018 Eileen Cook 0 Comment

(By Melissa Bailey for Kaiser Health News) Elderly patients spent over two weeks in uncontrolled pain or respiratory distress. Acute

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Health Care Finance Health Care Redesign Medicare - General 

“Medicare for all” health plan at the cost of $32.6 trillion

July 30, 2018 Eileen Cook 0 Comment

According to the recent study by Mercatus Center at George Mason University in Virginia, Sen. Bernie Sanders’ “Medicare for all”

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Aging Health Care - General 

Off Your Mental Game? You Could Be Mildly Dehydrated

July 30, 2018 Eileen Cook 0 Comment

(By Allison Aubrey for NPR) Was it hard to concentrate during that long meeting? Does the crossword seem a little

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Health Care Finance Health Care Redesign Medicare - General 

Medicare Reconsiders Paying For Seniors’ Spine Operations At Surgery Centers

July 30, 2018 Eileen Cook 0 Comment

(By Christina Jewett for Kaiser Health News) Medicare is reviewing whether seniors should undergo spine surgeries at same-day surgery centers,

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Part D/Prescription Drugs 

Drug Trade Group Quietly Spends ‘Dark Money’ To Sway Policy And Voters

July 30, 2018 Eileen Cook 0 Comment

(By Jay Hancock for Kaiser Health News) In 2010, before the Affordable Care Act was passed by Congress, the pharmaceutical

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Medicare - General Nursing Homes 

1,400 Nursing Homes Get Lower Medicare Ratings Because Of Staffing Concerns

July 30, 2018 Eileen Cook 0 Comment

(By Jordan Rau and Elizabeth Lucas for Kaiser Health News) Medicare has lowered its star ratings for staffing levels in

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