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The Infomercial Comes to The Wall Street Journal

Sensible Medicine

. “The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services should make establishing payment codes for products involving women’s heart disease a priority to prompt private insurers to cover new service lines.” Insurers will be forced to raise rates to cover this new charge. What would I foresee as happening if CMS took action?

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Transparency in Healthcare: How Consumers Are Taking Control of Their Medical Information

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Representatives from companies like Apple, Amazon, and Google recently met with healthcare executives, including those from some of the largest insurance and healthcare facilities in the country, to address this problem.

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Trust My Doctor and Fear the Office: The Telehealth Opportunity in and Beyond the COVID-19 Pandemic

Health Populi

Nearly every respondent in the study reported having health insurance coverage. Among those covered with insurance, one-half had employer-sponsored insurance, 1 in 4 Medicare, and 13%, individual cover. Another 8% had Medicaid or a state health insurance program.

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Friday Reflection 35: Four Who Fired Me

Sensible Medicine

Most patients depart because of the realities of life: a move, loss or change of insurance, death. This doesn’t mean snake oil and unnecessary tests and referrals. Laboratory tests revealed elevated CRP, ESR, anemia, positive rheumatoid factor, and anti-cyclic citrullinated peptide antibodies: obvious rheumatoid arthritis.

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6 Ways ER and Urgent Care Nurses Can Bridge the Gap for Uninsured Patients

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Nurses in these settings play a pivotal role in providing medical care and guiding patients through the complexities of the healthcare system without insurance. Access to Affordable Online Medical Resources As healthcare evolves, the Internet has become a crucial resource for managing health, especially for those without insurance.

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How COVID-19 Has Re-Shaped Health Care Delivery So Far

Health Populi

Impacts on oncology, and, Impacts on lab use and diagnostic services. Patients’ visits to doctor’s offices and clinical labs for diagnostic tests dramatically declined since the start of the pandemic. health care. For more on the telemedicine moment in the C19 era, read this analysis].

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Patient Data Compromised in Palomar Health Medical Group Cyberattack

The HIPAA Journal

For certain users, limited demographic information may also have been disclosed and, potentially, lab test names or lab test resources viewed on the website but no lab test results.