I decided to give Dan Leslie, the new Director of Business Development at Advize Health, no other choice but to let me bug him for a few minutes… What were you doing before you joined Advize? I was doing some biz dev consulting work, a little investment...
DENVER — Michele Lujan needed a wheelchair for her 52-year-old husband who had been hospitalized with covid-19. But she had lost her job, and money was tight. Insurance wouldn’t cover the cost, and she didn’t see the use in buying something to meet a temporary need....
Earlier this week, I wrote a LinkedIn post where I mentioned that the age of the healthcare fraud defendants involved in schemes where their professional license was needed (medical doctor, etc.) appeared to me to be older (and by older I used middle-aged as my...
Health officials in at least three states are investigating a travel nurse suspected of tampering with and potentially contaminating vials and syringes of opioid painkillers in two hospitals, then returning the vials to medication cabinets where they could be...
Emma Moore felt cornered. At a community health clinic in Portland, Oregon, the 29-year-old nurse practitioner said she felt overwhelmed and undertrained. Coronavirus patients flooded the clinic for two years, and Moore struggled to keep up. Then the stakes became...
Every now and then, Suzanne Rybak and her husband, Jim, receive pieces of mail addressed to their deceased son, Jameson. Typically, it’s junk mail that requires little thought, Suzanne said. But on March 5, an envelope for Jameson came from McLeod Health. Jim saw it...
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Prescription drug costs for California’s massive Medicaid program were draining the state budget, so in 2019 Gov. Gavin Newsom asked the private sector for help. The new Medicaid drug program debuted this January, with a private company in...
Is it the views of NYC, the glamorous lives of billionaires, or the quick quips throughout the entire script that has made Billions quickly turn into my favorite show since The Sopranos? When I watch Billions I think about healthcare. Maybe because I am a healthcare...
For those that are movie buffs, you know the term gaslighting. For those that are not, it comes from a 1944 film where the antagonist creates an environment where he convinces his spouse (protagonist) that she is going insane. He does this by creating physical cues...
CELINA, Tenn. — It was about 1 a.m. on April 19, 2016, when a burglary alarm sounded at Dale Hollow Pharmacy in Celina, a tiny town in the rolling, wooded hills near the Kentucky border. Two cops responded. As their flashlights bobbed in the darkness, shining through...
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