In Medicare, CMS can use multiple years of claims to align patients to their regular source of care. Many Medicare Advantage health maintenance organizations have beneficiaries affirmatively select a primary car
Work Benefits Delay Part B: If your younger spouse is still working and has access to employer-sponsored health insurance, you might consider delaying enrollment in Medicare Part B. Delaying Part B can be beneficial as it avoids paying premiums for coverage that is already provided by an employe...
I can get started on that. So, I think overall, you know, we're very pleased with the data set. I think it's a very robust data set with the primary endpoint and all secondary endpoints having been met. A lot of sensitivity analysis have...
Take, for example, a patient with diabetes who struggles to afford medication and pay for the utilities needed to keep treatments refrigerated. Getting the person the care they need, including primary care, treatments and SDOH assistance, will have real and meaningful effects down the lin...
When interpreting AAST-OIS scores for kidney injuries, the nature of the traumatic event should be acknowledged.A significant DNA lesion, 8-oxo-7,8-dihydroguanine, can mispair with adenine, a primary contributor to genetic alterations. To prevent the undesired consequence, cells include DNA repair...
Government programs like Medicare Extra Help, Medicaid, or State Pharmaceutical Assistance Programs (SPAPs) provide coverage and financial assistance specifically for prescription medications. Check if you qualify for any of these programs and apply accordingly. ...
The average cost of a Medicare patient’s re-hospitalization is around $15,000. The typical average length of stay (ALOS) at a SNF is around 30 days. The SNF length of stay (LOS) iseven greaterif you remove those patients who were readmitted to the hospital (as two thirds of those re...
An increasing number of people live with chronic disease or multi-morbidity. Current consensus is that their care requires an integrated model bringing different professionals together to provide person-centred care. Although primary care has a central r
. If yes, they were asked “What is your total sick leave in the last 12 months?”, with alternatives more or less than 2 weeks. Primary outcomes Musculoskeletal pain was assessed by having workers rate their pain on a 0 to 10 scale, with a 0 indicating “no pain”, and 10 ...
7. IMMIGRATION FILES: “Many Aging Migrants Pay Taxes. They Stare Down a Retirement With No Benefits,” by WSJ’s Adolfo Flores and Arian Campo-Flores: “A growing number of undocumented immigrants are hitting retirement age without savings or the cushion of Social Security or Medicare, making...