Supreme Court backs HHS on Medicare payment to hospitals serving low-income patients
(by Andrew Cass for Becker’s Hospital Review) The Supreme Court sided with upheld the HHS approach to calculating certain Medicare
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Seniors With Prediabetes Should Eat Better, Get Moving, but Not Fret Too Much About Diabetes
(by Judith Graham on June 24, 2022 for Kaiser Health News) Almost half of older adults — more than 26
Read moreHouse passes bill to create health agency focused on biomedical innovation
(by Mychael Schnell on 06/22/22 for Kaiser Health News) The House passed a bill on Wednesday to create a new
Read morePatients losing access to physicians as telehealth access rolls back
(by Naomi Diaz for Becker’s Hospital Review) State by state, telehealth access is rolling back as the pandemic-era emergency orders,
Read moreA Look at Suicide Rates Ahead of 988 Launch—A National Three-Digit Suicide Prevention Hotline
(by Heather Saunders and Nirmita Panchal for KFF June 22, 2022) Nearly half a million lives (480,622) were lost to
Read moreMark Cuban’s generic drug prices would save Medicare billions of dollars: Harvard study
(by Paige Twenter for Beckers Hospital Review) Medicare recipients could have saved up to $3.6 billion on generic drug costs
Read moreLive Whole Health Episode 126: Introduction to Qigong
(Source-blog.va.gov) “What is all that noise down there?!” my teenage daughter shouted from her bedroom, as I was tidying up
Read moreUnitedHealth’s 2022 Senior Health Report: 10 things to know
(By Jakob Emerson for Becker’s Hospital Review) Drug deaths among seniors have doubled over the last decade, but a record
Read morePreventing stroke: Many are at risk and don’t know it
(Source – blogs.va.gov) Heart disease and stroke are an epidemic in the U.S. Many don’t realize that they are at high
Read moreDaily aspirin offers little to no benefit for most adults trying to prevent heart disease, new report says
(By Isabella Cueto for STAT) Taking low-dose aspirin every day to prevent a heart attack or stroke provides little to
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