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Month: August 2020

Alzheimer's/Dementia Medical Technology 

AI can detect subtle differences in the way people with Alzheimer’s disease use language

August 31, 2020 Eileen Cook 0 Comment

A team from Stevens Institute of Technology has designed an explainable AI tool that uses attention mechanisms and a convolutional

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Health Care Finance Part D/Prescription Drugs 

State laws regarding generic drug and interchangeable biologic substitutions vary widely in the US

August 31, 2020 Eileen Cook 0 Comment

According to researchers, generic drugs saved the U.S. health care system $1.7 trillion between 2007 and 2016, and biologics currently

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Out-of-network providers price gouging COVID-19 tests, AHIP says

August 31, 2020 Eileen Cook 0 Comment

(By Morgan Haefner for Becker’s Hospital Review) Out-of-network providers are inflating the price of COVID-19 diagnostic and antibody tests, according

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Emerging Health Issues Health Care - General 

Scientists Explore Why Some People Are Able To Live With An Infection Unscathed

August 31, 2020 Eileen Cook 0 Comment

(By Emily Laber-Warren for NPR) One of the reasons Covid-19 has spread so swiftly around the globe is that for

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Medicare - General Medicare Advantage Medigap Part D/Prescription Drugs 

A quick summary of how to enroll and get started with Medicare

August 31, 2020 Eileen Cook 0 Comment

The Medicare maze can be difficult to understand and navigate no matter what age you are or how intelligent you

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Emerging Health Issues Health Care - General 

COVID + Influenza: This Is a Good Year to Get a Flu Shot, Experts Advise

August 28, 2020 Eileen Cook 0 Comment

(By Julie Appleby and Michelle Andrews for Kaiser Health News) Flu season will look different this year, as the country

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Emerging Health Issues Employer Healthcare 

12M people lost employer-sponsored insurance during pandemic

August 28, 2020August 27, 2020 Eileen Cook 0 Comment

(By Morgan Haefner for Becker’s Hospital Review) About 12 million people who have lost their job in recent months have

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Emerging Health Issues 

Another COVID Mystery: Patients Survive Ventilator, But Linger in a Coma

August 27, 2020 Eileen Cook 0 Comment

(By Martha Bebinger, WBUR for Kaiser Health News) Leslie Cutitta said yes, twice, when clinicians from Massachusetts General Hospital in

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Medicare - General Medicare Advantage Part D/Prescription Drugs 

What is Medicare Advantage?

August 27, 2020 Eileen Cook 0 Comment

With the introduction of Medicare in 1965 which entitled seniors to healthcare benefits from the government, and the 1995 launch

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Medicare - General Medicare Advantage Part D/Prescription Drugs 

It’s almost time for your “annual notice of change” letters from your MA plan

August 27, 2020 Eileen Cook 0 Comment

If you have a Medicare Advantage (MA) plan, you should be receiving your “annual notice of change” letter soon. This

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