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Nursing home surprise: Advantage plans may shorten stays to less time than Medicare covers

After 11 days in a St. Paul, Minnesota, skilled nursing facility recuperating from a fall, Paula Christopherson, 97, was told by her insurer that she should return home.

Tribune News Service

Flooding, power outages plague central Florida senior facilities after Hurricane Ian

ORLANDO, Fla. — When family members went to check on their loved ones at an assisted living facility called Grand Villa of Altamonte Springs last weekend, they were shocked to find their relatives’ rooms lacked power and air conditioning.

Orlando Sentinel

Why Aehr Test Systems Shares Are Trading Higher By Over 19%, Here Are 51 Stocks Moving In Friday's Mid-Day Session

Gainers Innovative Eyewear, Inc. (NASDAQ: LUCY) jumped 108% to $3.3943 on abnormally-high volume. The company released its October investor presentation yesterday.

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Levi Strauss, Tilray Brands And Some Other Big Stocks Moving Lower On Friday

U.S. stocks traded lower, with the Dow Jones dropping more than 400 points on Friday. Here are some big stocks recording losses in today’s session.

Benzinga

Nursing home surprise: Medicare Advantage plans covering less time than Medicare covers

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

Chicago Sun-Times

Home health groups fight back against proposed cuts - Roll Call

The proposed cuts are recommended by an advisory commission, but some lawmakers say they would devastate the home health industry.

Roll Call

Another prospect for an Alzheimer's drug renews cost concerns

But positive clinical trial results also renew the hopes of millions of seniors.

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7 Biogen Analysts On Alzheimer's Drug Success As Stock Skyrockets 37%

Shares of Biogen Inc (NASDAQ: BIIB) were flying on Wednesday, after the biopharma company said its experimental Alzheimer’s drug with Japanese partner Eisai showed promising results. RBC Capital Markets On Biogen

Benzinga

Federal judge rules in favor of experimental Georgia Medicaid program

U.S. District Judge Lisa Godbey Wood ruled August 19 in favor of Georgia after the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) rescinded a Medicaid waiver for the state’s Pathways to Coverage program. Georgia brought the lawsuit after CMS under the Trump administration approved the state’s Section 1115 application for…

Ballotpedia

Patient satisfaction surveys fail to track how well hospitals treat people of color

The health care industry is obsessed with consumer satisfaction. But national patient surveys still don't get at an important question: Are hospitals delivering culturally competent care?

WEKU

NIA conducts searches at activists residence, seizes literature

Probe into disappearance of a nursing student in 2017

The Hindu

Cato Supreme Court Review Article on the Supreme Court's January 2022 Vaccine Mandate Decisions

I am one of the relatively few people who think the Court got both cases right.

Reason

Patients and doctors trapped in a gray zone when abortion laws and emergency care mandate conflict

Each week, Dr. Kim Puterbaugh sees several pregnant patients at a Cleveland hospital who are experiencing complications involving bleeding or infection. The OB-GYN has to make quick decisions about how to treat them, including whether to remove the dead or dying fetus to protect the health and life of the…

Tribune News Service

When abortion laws and ER care conflict

Doctors in some states are put in impossible positions when women experience emergency pregnancy complications

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The Guardian - UK

More than a third of parents fail to contribute towards child maintenance payments

Ineffective government-run scheme risks creating a poverty trap for families owed money, MPs warn

The Texas Tribune

Texas health agency says its plan to extend maternal Medicaid coverage is “not approvable” by feds

HHSC said it was initially told the plan was “not approvable.” Federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services issued a statement Friday saying Texas’ plan to extend coverage to six months was not rejected but still under review.

Tribune News Service

Rural hospital rescue program is met with skepticism from administrators

In West Texas, the tiny hospital in Crosbyton has only two beds, and they’re not always occupied.

Benzinga

HTCR: Established software provider of CMS and Digital Transformation products entering a new expansion and growth phase.

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Nottingham Post

DWP proposes curfews and tags for parents who fail to pay child maintenance

It is thought a curfew would be a deterrent for parents who do not pay

Chronicle Live

DWP could put tags on parents who don't pay child maintenance under new powers

Parents who flout responsibilities to pay for their kids could also be subject to a lockdown-style curfew - and have their location monitored via the tag to stop them going out

Tribune News Service

Feds want a policy that advocates say would let hospitals off the hook for COVID-era lapses

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services is responding to the chaos of the COVID-19 pandemic by proposing to hide from the public a rating that lets consumers compare hospitals’ safety records and to waive approximately $350 million in financial penalties for roughly 750 hospitals with the worst patient-safety track…

Wales Online

DWP could put tags on parents who fail to pay child maintenance under tough new powers

They could also be subject to a lockdown-style curfew - and have their location monitored via the tag to stop them going out

Daily Record

Parents who refuse to pay child maintenance could face curfews under new plans

Current powers include passport and driving licence confiscation and deductions from earnings.

Inverse

Large Hadron Collider: What the Higgs boson revealed to physicists.

The elusive particle may show physicists a world beyond the Standard Model.

Benzinga

Applied UV Receives MedLine Follow-On Order For Air Purification System

Applied UV Inc (NASDAQ:AUVI) said its exclusive North American Scientific Air Management healthcare distribution partner MedLine had placed a follow-on order for its patented S200 mobile air purification system. The order is in support of the company’s Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Policy. The CMS policy provides funding available for long-term care…

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