The Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC) has recommended that Congress update Medicare payment rates for hospital inpatient and outpatient services, according to the American Hospital...Read More »
In 2023, the healthcare sector created 653,000 new jobs in the United States, a 17% increase year-over-year from 2022. This accounts for 24% of all the jobs created in the overall economy, according to preliminary federal data announced by the...Read More »
For young-onset dementia (YOD), better known risk factors include diabetes, stroke, heart disease, and depression. But risk of YOD may also be increased by vitamin D deficiency, elevated C-reactive protein (CRP) levels, and social isolation, according to...Read More »
A Connecticut psychologist, Michael Lonski, Ph.D., has been sentenced to 27 months in federal prison for committing a healthcare fraud scheme, according to JustCoding. Lonski was...Read More »
CMS has issued a new proposed rule, which would mandate that patients be afforded the ability to appeal hospital reclassifications from inpatient to outpatient status.
A new clinical study from JAMA Network suggests that patients dealing with the effects of long-term COVID-19, though in possession of significantly worse cognitive outcomes than healthy patients, do not...Read More »
Nearly 30,000 patients may have undergone an atherectomy procedure too soon or possibly even unnecessarily, according to a new ProPublica data analysis. Consulted experts said...Read More »
