by Advize Admin | May 14, 2021 | Healthcare
Pamela Valfer needed multiple covid tests after repeatedly visiting the hospital last fall to see her mother, who was being treated for cancer. Beds there were filling with covid patients. Valfer heard the tests would be free. So, she was surprised when the testing...
by Advize Admin | May 14, 2021 | Healthcare
Landing at 5 am on a Red-Eye from Vegas (a 48 hour birthday fun trip for my mom), I headed home and debated, do I want to take a nap or catch up on LinkedIn? I got stuck on an incredible article and had to immediately start emailing people to talk about this. Later...
by Advize Admin | May 14, 2021 | Healthcare
by Jenny Deam | This story was originally published by ProPublica In the spring of 2019, Cory Dowd suddenly found himself without health insurance for the first time. A self-employed event planner, he had just finished a Peace Corps stint that provided health...
by Advize Admin | May 7, 2021 | Healthcare
SACRAMENTO — Treating patients has become more expensive during the pandemic, and doctors and dentists don’t want to be on the hook for all the new costs. For instance, the box of 100 gloves that cost $2.39 in February 2020 costs $30 now, said Dr. Judee Tippett-Whyte,...
by Advize Admin | May 7, 2021 | FWA, Healthcare
Two national pharmacy chains that the federal government entrusted to inoculate people against covid-19 account for the lion’s share of wasted vaccine doses, according to government data obtained by KHN. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recorded 182,874...
by Advize Admin | May 7, 2021 | Commentary
Does anyone really know how our healthcare system works? There is so much discussion on the issues about our healthcare system and how it can be fixed that it is overwhelming. Generally, articles and books are written in a language or style that makes it difficult to...
by Advize Admin | Apr 30, 2021 | FWA, Healthcare
Nursing homes and long-term care facilities, where 182,000 Americans perished during the covid pandemic, have taken heat from government regulators, residents and their families. Now the industry is hearing it from an unexpected source: their investors....
by Advize Admin | Apr 30, 2021 | FWA, Healthcare
Patricia Denny and her husband, Jeff, had hoped to one day get an RV and travel the country. Instead, Jeff has been forced into retirement at age 54 by a lung disease caused by the asbestos that’s polluted the small town of Libby, Montana, for decades. Jeff Denny’s...
by Advize Admin | Apr 30, 2021 | Healthcare, Payers
Just as other industries are rolling back some consumer-friendly changes made early in the pandemic — think empty middle seats on airplanes — so, too, are health insurers. Many voluntarily waived all deductibles, copayments and other costs for insured patients...
by Advize Admin | Apr 23, 2021 | FWA, Healthcare
A Humana Inc. health plan for seniors in Florida improperly collected nearly $200 million in 2015 by overstating how sick some patients were, according to a new federal audit, which seeks to claw back the money. The Health and Human Services Office of Inspector...
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