Medicare & Medicaid

4+ hour, 49+ min ago   (263+ words) Flight 93 crashed on his land. He remembers the heroes 25 years later. Some North Carolina employees and teachers insured through the State Health Plan and seeking care at certain Atrium Health hospitals and clinics won’t see big jumps in their out-of-pocket…...

8+ hour, 7+ min ago   (531+ words) Nearly 25,000 Californians who rely on brand-name biologic medications could see their prescriptions switched to cheaper alternatives as early as next year, under legislation now awaiting Governor Gavin Newsom’s signature. Senate Bill 1094, authored by San Diego Democrat Sen. Akilah Weber Pierson,…...

5+ hour, 17+ min ago   (613+ words) Tulane wide receiver charged with battery of a dating partner TUPD arrests 3 students for removing Flock camera outside The Boot Uptown Affairs: Tulane fraternities as Sex and the City characters New restaurants are opening in New Orleans. Here are my…...

1+ hour, 6+ min ago   (653+ words) Cathcart: "We've Nickeled and Dimed Ourselves With These Opioid Settlement Dollars" (The Center Square) — The Spokane City Council voted 6-1 to approve nearly $500,000 in opioid settlement funds for "culturally responsive" treatment services last week, but one council member argued the money…...

1+ hour, 33+ min ago   (267+ words) NBC 5’s Diana Zoga spoke with an expert about how to negotiate medical bills. If you’re facing a hospital bill you can’t afford, there are steps you can take to try to reduce what you owe. Jared Walker, founder of…...

4+ hour, 3+ min ago   (219+ words) BRISTOL – A joint investigation by special agents assigned to TBI’s Medicaid Fraud Control Division and TBI’s Drug Investigation Division has resulted in an indictment charging a former hospital registered nurse accused of diverting prescription narcotics for her own benefit. Last…...

2+ hour, 45+ min ago   (690+ words) A Tennessee optometrist has been sentenced to 42 months in federal prison after admitting that she used her Brentwood practice to submit approximately $11 million in false Medicare claims and received about $6.9 million. Helen Boerman operated Brentwood Eye Care, where prosecutors said…...

1+ hour, 6+ min ago   (348+ words) It was a serious demonstration of AdventHealth’s new Maternal OB Simulator Manikin, but the audience couldn’t help but giggle a few times. Purchased by the AdventHealth Palm Coast Foundation for $110,000, the pregnant manikin gave a “live” birth on Aug. 17, at…...

5+ hour, 51+ min ago   (830+ words) Ashley MizuoKFF Health News WAIANAE, Hawai‘i — Native Hawaiians will need to comply with new work requirements to qualify for Medicaid after being excluded from exemptions carved out for other Indigenous groups, an omission that clinicians fear will exacerbate the…...

51+ min ago   (547+ words) For all we talk about the importance of healthcare as an issue, it’s a rare day in politics when the cost of staying alive matters more than the price of a gallon of gas. That’s why last week felt a…...