Nursing Home Surprise: Advantage Plans May Shorten Stays to Less Time Than Medicare Covers

Health care providers, nursing home representatives, and advocates for residents say Medicare Advantage plans are increasingly ending members’ coverage for nursing home and rehabilitation services before patients are healthy enough to go home.

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Army Major and Doctor Wife Charged in Plot to Give U.S. Military Medical Info to Russians to Help in War...

A U.S. Army major doctor and their physician wife were arrested for an alleged criminal plot to give Russia confidential medical information about people connected to the American military and government.

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Nevada Joins Oregon, Washington In Prescription Drug Discount Program

Gov. Steve Sisolak Thursday announced the launch of ArrayRx, a prescription drug discount card, which he said will help Nevadans save up to 80% on generic prescription drugs and 20% on name brand prescription drugs regardless of income, age, or citizenship.

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FDA Proposes New Rules For Which Foods Can Be Called ‘Healthy’

The Food and Drug Administration wants to update its rules for which foods can be branded “healthy.” The proposed label rule aims, in part, to address a question as old as medicine: What does it mean for a food to be healthy? It would update the “healthy” label guidelines from 1994 to match up-to-date nutrition ...

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Fed’s Latest Rate Hike: What It Means For Employee Retirement Plans

Financial advisors and investors are weighing the implications of the latest rate hike by the Federal Reserve last week. The Fed announced it will raise benchmark interest rates by three-quarters of a percentage point and indicated that more increases likely are ahead. The latest rate hike is the third consecutive .75% percentage point move and ...

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Health Plan Shake-Up Could Disrupt Coverage for Low-Income Californians

Almost 2 million of California’s poorest and most medically fragile residents may have to switch health insurers as a result of a new strategy by the state to improve care in its Medicaid program.

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