by Advize Admin | Jun 8, 2021 | Healthcare
When the pandemic sidelined in-office visits at his practice, Dr. Dael Waxman “wasn’t exactly thrilled with being at home.” But he quickly shifted gears to video and telephone appointments. Now, he finds, there are good reasons to keep these options open even as...
by Advize Admin | Jun 8, 2021 | Healthcare
The new head of the federal agency that oversees health benefits for nearly 150 million Americans and $1 trillion in federal spending said in one of her first interviews that her top priorities will be broadening insurance coverage and ensuring health equity. “We’ve...
by Advize Admin | May 28, 2021 | Healthcare
José Mendoza’s snoring was bad — but the silence when he stopped breathing was even worse for his wife, Nancy. The sudden quiet would wake her and she waited anxiously for him to take another breath. If too many seconds ticked by, she pushed him hard so that he moved...
by Advize Admin | May 28, 2021 | Healthcare
Covid-19 is opening the door for researchers to address a problem that has vexed the medical community for decades: the overtreatment and unnecessary treatment of patients. On one hand, the pandemic caused major health setbacks for non-covid patients who...
by Advize Admin | May 21, 2021 | Healthcare
Ronald Lindquist, 87, has been active all his life. So, he wasn’t prepared for what happened when he stopped going out during the coronavirus pandemic and spent most of his time, inactive, at home. “I found it hard to get up and get out of bed,” said Lindquist, who...
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...
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