A randomized, controlled trial was conducted to assess the effects of a financial and office systems intervention to increase preventive care in physicians' offices for patients aged 65 years or older. A total of 1,914 patients from 10 primary-care medical practices in central North Carolina were...
today announced Alignment Health Plan has ranked No. 2 in customer satisfaction in California, according to the J.D. Power2024 U.S. Medicare Advantage Study, an annual analysis of members of MA plans on eight factors across 10 different states...
Be aware that many people (including doctor’s offices) confuse the terminology when discussing Medicare Supplements. They might call a Medigap plan a PPO. They are not PPOs. Among other things, a PPO has a network. PPOs can still use Prior Authorization. These do not exist with Medigap ...
Phoebe Shagan has 50+ years in the health care profession which gives her an in-depth understanding of Medicare Supplement, Medicare Advantage, Prescription Drug Part D Plan and health insurance. Because she has worked in hospitals and doctor’s offices Phoebe also has a better understanding of ...
23-26 One potential explanation is that many physician offices currently lack effective systems to ensure that these processes of care occur without direct physician involvement.27,28 Therefore, the burden to order these studies still falls to the physician, and physicians with better cognitive skills...
Jonathan Oberlander, a health policy professor at the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, said, "If you can scare seniors that something is going to happen to those programs, there is potentially a huge payoff in votes." Sign Up For Our Weekly Newsletter ...
Federal authorities raided the company’s offices and hospitals in July, and in the same month the company’s board of directors forced Scott to resign—though it granted him a generous retirement package consisting of approximately $10 million in cash and $300 million in company stock. Although...
and the payment rates were reduced compared with current law, the demand for medical care would probably exceed the supply of care–with increased wait times for appointments or elective surgeries, greater wait times at doctors’ offices and other facilities, or the need to travel greater distances...