May 16, 2017
Systemic Quality Fraud: Medicare Advantage Bilked by Carriers Gaming Billing Process. NYT Article on United Health Whistleblower
Systemic Quality Fraud: Medicare Advantage Bilked by Carriers Gaming Billing Process. NYT Article on United Health Whistleblower
In one-quarter of the country, girls born today may live shorter lives than their mothers, and the country as a whole is falling behind other industrialized nations in the march toward longer life, according to a study just released by the Institute for Health Metrics. Life expectancy by county in the U.S. varies as much as […]
What will your medical care look like when the time comes? Inequality In American Health Care: The Lancet
Today in Quality Fraud: Anthem, Express Scripts Split Over $3B Quality Fraud
Today in Quality Fraud: $160 Million Medicare Pharma Fraud DOJ Announces Guaranteed Return Prescription Refund Fraud in Pennsylvania
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More news in the wake of the failure to repeal the ACA. More access to healthcare? New Medicaid Expansions http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/death-of-obamacare-repeal-could-spur-new-medicaid-expansions_us_58d99531e4b018c4606ab8b7
Last week, Congress failed to repeal the Affordable Care Act or to replace it with a bill that would have upended Americans’ access to healthcare for the second time in the last few years. As noted on this blog, the American healthcare system has been in a never-ending state of upheaval for generations. Political “fixes” […]
Medicaid expansion in the wake of Congress’ failure to repeal and replace ACA? Republican Governors for Medicaid Expansion
The week was about a healthcare overhaul that may never come to pass. http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2017/03/24/house-obamacare-repeal-vote/99573690/