Medicare Advantage (MA) overpayments have cost taxpayers approximately $88 billion per year (or 22% of 2022 MA spending levels), according to a new report.
The report, authored by the Physicians for a National Health Program (PNHP), suggested that Part B premiums or federal spending on...Read More »
Patients diagnosed with a pulmonary embolism (PE) and COVID-19 maintained higher in-hospital mortality rates than those without COVID-19, according to MedPage Today.
Rana Prathap Padappayil, MBBS, of Upstate Medical University in Syracuse, New York, presented the conclusions of a new...Read More »
A recent audit conducted by the Office of the Inspector General (OIG) has found that four states—Texas, Florida, Minnesota, and New York—terminated Medicaid coverage for thousands of enrollees during the COVID-19 pandemic.
The audit was conducted to review the increase in funding these...Read More »
While obesity is known to be a risk factor for kidney disease, higher physical fitness and maintaining body weight lowered the risk in adults with obesity, not losing weight, according to a new study published in Obesity...Read More »
