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Medicare · JacksonCarrie Lester looks forward to the phone call every Thursday from her doctors’ medical assistant, who asks how she’s doing and if she needs prescription refills. The assistant counsels herSee the Story
Medicare’s push to improve chronic care attracts businesses, but not many doctors
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Coronavirus · ChicagoA Lombard man has been charged with bilking the federal government out of more than $12.4 million in fraudulent Medicare claims for advanced COVID-19 tests that prosecutors say his company never performed — including thousands of tests that were billed for people who investigators learned were dead.Abdul Wahed’s company, Pro Diagnostics in Bridgeview, is suspected of using a suburban doctor’s credentials without her knowledge to approve the test…See the Story
COVID fraud probe finds suburban Chicago lab lied to Medicare that it tested people who were dead in $12.4 million fraud
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Medicare · United StatesConsiderable gender-based variation is seen in practice patterns and reimbursement among different surgical subspecialties serving the Medicare population, according to a study published online July 24 in JAMA Surgery.See the Story
Gender-based variation seen in Medicare reimbursement for surgery
Psychology · AustraliaA peak body for psychologists is calling on the federal government to help victim-survivors of childhood trauma by boosting the number of rebated mental health appointments they can access. The government says that's not the answer.See the Story
Psychologists say evidence backs an increase to Medicare-rebated sessions for complex trauma
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Medicare · Riverside CountyA chiropractor in Riverside County, California, is charged with filing hundreds of false Medicare (Federal Health Insurance) claims through his California and Oklahoma clinics. Recently, he agreed to pay 180,000 US dollars in compensation.
According to the US Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of California, as part of a settlement agreement, Kevin Michael Brown (Kevin Michael Brown) of Menifee (Menifee)...See the Story
Fake Medicare claims 180,000 compensation from orthopedic doctors in Riverside County
Medicare · United StatesDespite thrombectomy's high success rate in saving the lives of stroke patients, Medicare is paying lower rates over time for the procedure, according to research presented today at the Society of NeuroInterventional Surgery's (SNIS) 21st Annual Meeting.See the Story