by Advize Admin | Jul 16, 2021 | Healthcare
The budget package Democrats are assembling in Congress would likely provide the biggest jolt to the American health care system since the passage of the Affordable Care Act in 2010, according to sources familiar with work on the plan. Democrats in the Senate...
by Advize Admin | Jul 16, 2021 | FWA
Stephen Matthew Shumaker counted on in-home, in-person demonstrations to drive his water filtration business, which serves the Atlanta area. So when covid-19 hit and no one was inviting people indoors, he turned to the air-cleaning part of his operation. He sent cards...
by Advize Admin | Jul 16, 2021 | FWA, Healthcare
The care was ordinary. A hospital in Modesto, California, treated a 30-year-old man for shoulder and back pain after a car accident. He went home in less than three hours. The bill was extraordinary. Sutter Health Memorial Medical Center charged $44,914 including an...
by Advize Admin | Jul 9, 2021 | Healthcare Facepalm
A federal price transparency rule that took effect this year was supposed to give patients, employers and insurers a clearer picture of the true cost of hospital care. When the Trump administration unveiled the rule in 2019, Seema Verma, then chief...
by Advize Admin | Jul 9, 2021 | Compliance
Many of us have visited a doctor’s office. And in many circumstances our doctors visit includes a follow up correspondence of some sort. Whether it was a medical assistant contacting a patient to set up his/her next doctor’s visit, or in some cases a follow up...
by Advize Admin | Jul 9, 2021 | OIG Files
Actual Loss is defined as “reasonably foreseeable pecuniary harm that resulted from the offense.” Intended Loss is defined as “the pecuniary harm that the defendant purposefully sought to inflict.” For us that do not have a law degree, what does this all...
by Advize Admin | Jul 2, 2021 | Commentary
The fact is that not many patients shop for better pricing. This week I was ordered by my doctor to get 2 MRIs. Going to the closest place to my house, my appointment was moved 4 different times and the unprofessional front office kid with dirty nails couldn’t “do...
by Advize Admin | Jul 2, 2021 | Healthcare
Under pressure to rein in skyrocketing prescription drug costs, states are targeting companies that serve as conduits for drug manufacturers, health insurers and pharmacies. More than 100 separate bills regulating those companies, known as pharmacy benefit...
by Advize Admin | Jul 2, 2021 | Healthcare
A colonoscopy might cost you or your insurer a few hundred dollars — or several thousand, depending on which hospital or insurer you use. Long hidden, such price variations are supposed to be available in stark black and white under a Trump administration price...
by Advize Admin | Jun 30, 2021 | Advize News
As Pride Month comes to a close, Advize continues to celebrate Pride today and every day. We invite you to celebrate the lives and achievements of LGBTQIA+ beyond this month. In addition to the legacies of the leaders who have come...
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