New statins study claims ‘illusion’ of safety and efficacy
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John Hall
Feb 23, 2015
Cholesterol was big news last week as the Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee declared the links between dietary and blood cholesterol are a moot point. Now, yet another study is casting aspersions on...
Telemonitoring costs disappoint
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John Hall
Feb 23, 2015
Once touted as a viable, emerging cost-effective care option, telemedicine may not be the savior some forecast it to be, Mayo Clinic and Purdue University researchers concluded recently.
Medicaid program faces long-term risks: congresswoman
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John Hall
Feb 20, 2015
Congress and various long-term care industry stakeholders need to work better together to ensure the viability of services in the coming years, seniors and their advocates were told Thursday in the first...
Hospice pays $6.5 million fine to settle fraud case
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John Hall
Feb 20, 2015
A New York hospice provider Wednesday agreed to pay approximately $6.5 million in fines to settle alleged false Medicare and Medicaid claims over a 16-month period.
PA facility tries crowd-funding to replace TVs
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John Hall
Feb 20, 2015
A Pennsylvania nursing home recently tapped the growing crowd-funding craze to raise money to help its residents upgrade their dated televisions.
RAC groups battle provider plea for short-stay payment relief
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John Hall
Feb 19, 2015
Third-party firms that audit Medicare bills for payment issues are pushing back hard against a hospital association plea for more favorable short-stay reimbursements, adding to the ongoing unwelcome specter...
Medicaid expansion leading HCBS programs to rethink strategy: Researchers
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John Hall
Feb 19, 2015
Researchers on Wednesday proposed ways to better identify the most susceptible nursing home candidates in order to ease the expected burden on programs designed to keep the chronically ill and frail elderly...
Using multiple blood pressure drugs linked to higher mortality
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John Hall
Feb 19, 2015
Long-heralded for saving lives, blood pressure medicines could have serious consequences among the over-80 elderly with low systolic blood pressure when multiple kinds are used, researchers announced this...
CMS delays repayment final rule a year
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John Hall
Feb 18, 2015
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services on Tuesday made official its plan to postpone implementation of a new rule on collecting hundreds of millions of dollars in overpayments until Feb. 16, 2016...
Federal judge orders the return of $90 million in Medicaid credits
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John Hall
Feb 18, 2015
The state of Georgia may be the mouse that roared after convincing a federal court last week to force the government to return a bungled $90 million credit, even after ruling Health & Human Services had...