Medicare claims data shows blacks were hospitalized with COVID-19 at a rate nearly four times higher than whites. Blacks had the highest hospitalization rate, with 465 per 100,000. Hispanics had 258 hospitalizations per 100,000. Asians had 187 per 100,000 and whites had 123 per 100,000. The disparities go beyond race and ethnicity and suggest the… Read More »
Dive Brief: Doctor on Demand is expanding its platform to Medicare Part B beneficiaries, making it the first telehealth vendor to dive into the program serving 33 million Americans for medical care and doctor visits. The San Francisco-based virtual care vendor will now offer healthcare, including COVID-19 testing and diagnosis, to Part B beneficiaries, it… Read More »
January 17, 2020 Posted By Categories Gary Schwitzer is the founder and publisher of HealthNewsReview.org. He is struggling to be an informed Medicare enrollee. He tweets as @garyschwitzer or @HealthNewsRevu. Since I’ve started writing more about Medicare now that I am more learned and experienced with the program as a person of that age group,… Read More »
UnitedHealth’s stock has “caught fire” due in part to Sen. Elizabeth Warren appearing to “back away” from her “Medicare for All” proposal, CNBC’s Jim Cramer said Monday. Shares of the managed-care company got hammered in September when Warren became the new frontrunner in the crowded 2020 Democratic presidential race. Warren’s platform has called for the… Read More »
PATIENTS TREATED BY PROVIDERS FOUND TO HAVE COMMITTED FRAUD AND ABUSE WERE MORE LIKELY TO DIE, REQUIRE EMERGENCY HOSPITALIZATION Patients treated by health care professionals later excluded from the Medicare program for committing fraud and abuse were between 14 to 17 percent more likely to die than similar patients treated by non-excluded physicians, nurses, and other… Read More »