Health agency faces lawsuit for withholding cost estimates of Medicare reform law
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Haymarket Media
May 24, 2004
Nineteen Democratic members of the House Committee on Government Reform filed a lawsuit in Los Angeles against the Department of Health and Human Services for refusing to release cost estimates for the...
This is what your employees want
By
James M. Berklan
Jul 08, 2015
What persists and cannot fade, despite the best erasure efforts of days on a cross-country train, weeks of total detachment from the Internet and phone signals, AND 65 miles of arduous backpacking in mountains...
ADL limitations fall by 18 percent among American seniors: survey
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Alicia Lasek
Feb 06, 2023
Fewer American seniors are reporting disabilities, according to a new analysis of U.S. Census Bureau data. Investigators have an idea of what’s behind a steep, decade-long decline.
AHA: Proposal to ease Medicare appeals backlog a move in the ‘wrong direction’
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Aug 31, 2016
A recent federal proposal aimed at eliminating the backlog of Medicare appeals by 2021 would do little more than “scratch the surface of the problem,” according to the American Hospital Association.
‘Novel’ reforms needed to strengthen Medicare, House panel says
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Mar 18, 2016
Medicare is in need of “novel” proposals to preserve and strengthen the program, members of the House Ways and Means Health subcommittee said in a hearing on Wednesday.
Mescall joins VirtualHealth
Jan 10, 2018
Patrick Neil Mescall, Ph.D., has joined VirtualHealth as its Senior Vice President of Channel Development.
High-priority nursing home complaints likely to come under regulators’ spotlight quicker following...
By
Danielle Brown
Oct 22, 2019
The federal government and state survey agencies will likely place a heightened emphasis on high-priority complaints in nursing facilities and how soon they’re investigated based on newly released data...
Some prostate cancer treatments may raise risk for dementia, investigators find
By
John O'Connor
Jul 08, 2019
Older prostate cancer patients receiving hormone-blocking treatments may face a heightened dementia risk, according to a federally-funded study.
FDA approves 1.2 million doses of flu vaccine from Germany for U.S.
By
Haymarket Media
Dec 09, 2004
Health and Human Services Secretary Tommy Thompson said Tuesday that the Food and Drug Administration has authorized 1.2 million doses of flu vaccine manufactured in Germany for use in the United States....
Study says surgery better than drugs for elderly breast cancer patients
By
Haymarket Media
Feb 02, 2006
Surgery is the best course of treatment for stopping the progression of breast cancer in older women with operable tumors, according to a new review of several recent studies.