by Advize Admin | Jan 21, 2022 | Healthcare
Americans keep hearing that it is important to test frequently for covid-19 at home. But just try to find an “at-home” rapid covid test in a store and at a price that makes frequent tests affordable. Testing, as well as mask-wearing, is an important measure if the...
by Advize Admin | Jan 14, 2022 | Healthcare
The Supreme Court on Thursday blocked a key Biden administration covid-19 initiative — putting a stop, for now, to a rule requiring businesses with more than 100 workers to either mandate that employees be vaccinated against covid or wear masks and undergo weekly...
by Advize Admin | Jan 14, 2022 | Healthcare
A new rule took effect recently that requires commercial payors to provide reimbursement for in-home COVID-19 testing, at a rate of eight (8) test kits per person, per month. Although well intended, the process for seeking reimbursement from commercial payors...
by Advize Admin | Jan 11, 2022 | Healthcare
The Supreme Court on Friday took up one of the most contentious issues of the covid-19 pandemic, hearing a series of cases challenging the Biden administration’s authority to require workers to get a covid vaccine or be tested for the virus regularly. The issue in the...
by Advize Admin | Dec 23, 2021 | Commentary
The time has come for federal and state leaders to come to a mutual understanding that the use of the hard copy CDC vaccination record is no longer a viable solution to tracking and proving vaccination status. As we have all seen in the press, the proliferation...
by Advize Admin | Dec 17, 2021 | Healthcare
Harold Burch’s home has a spectacular view in Paonia, a rural part of Colorado’s Western Slope at the foot of Mount Lamborn. But the landscape has been little consolation to the 60-year-old as he has battled a cascade of health problems during the pandemic. “It’s been...
by Advize Admin | Dec 17, 2021 | FWA
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — About 1 in 8 Californians who have died of covid lived in a nursing home. They were among the state’s most frail residents: nearly 9,400 mothers, fathers, grandparents, aunts and uncles whom Californians entrusted to a nursing home’s...
by Advize Admin | Dec 3, 2021 | Healthcare
As more indoor venues require proof of vaccination for entrance and with winter — as well as omicron, a new covid variant — looming, scientists and public health officials are debating when it will be time to change the definition of “fully vaccinated” to include a...
by Advize Admin | Oct 8, 2021 | Healthcare
Anthem Blue Cross, the country’s second-biggest health insurance company, is behind on billions of dollars in payments owed to hospitals and doctors because of onerous new reimbursement rules, computer problems and mishandled claims, say hospital officials in multiple...
by Advize Admin | Oct 1, 2021 | Commentary
We are obsessed with the cost of healthcare and the many disparities between the same service costing different amounts. The wannabe economics major that I am makes me think about a couple of interesting concepts that seem to be very weird when it comes to...
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