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VA Central Iowa earns trust with Veterans
18 Apr 2024 20:32 GMT
… these results,” said VA Central Iowa Patient Experience Officer McKenzie Bahl … recent independent studies. According to Medicare’s latest nationwide survey of … , communication with doctors, communication about medication, willingness to recommend the hospital …
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Iowa may ban insurers from requiring non-medical switching of prescriptions
17 Apr 2024 18:38 GMT
… forcing Iowa customers to switch to a different prescription drug if … less expensive generic drug for a brand name medication with the … patients suffer from prescription drug switches ordered by their … drug in the middle of an insurance plan’s year. Medicare …
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Medicare's push to improve chronic care attracts businesses, but not many doctors
17 Apr 2024 09:08 GMT
… is open to both Medicare and Medicare Advantage beneficiaries. The program … as running out of medication or even feeling lonely. … health system based in Iowa, tried doing chronic care management … participating in CCM since Medicare increased pay in 2022 for …
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Iowa nursing homes’ staffing levels are among the nation’s worst
16 Apr 2024 22:38 GMT
… Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, 14% of Iowa’s … collect taxpayer money through Medicare or Medicaid.
That proposal … and which the Center for Medicare Advocacy calls “grossly inadequate … resulted in meals and medications being delayed, workers told …
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Inspectors: Lack of staff contributed to nursing home death
19 Apr 2024 17:36 GMT
… the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, 14% of Iowa’s 422 … to work with only a medication aide to assist them rather … than the expected registered nurse, medication aide, another CNA and a … paid $137,421, and a medication aide who was paid $118 …
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In brief: AdaptHealth CEO, Graham-Field acquisition, OPGA education
19 Apr 2024 17:02 GMT
… and Lumex.
TMP’s Iowa manufacturing and distribution facility will … prior to claim submission, Medicare appeals process, communication strategies … (ABC).
New weight loss drug reduces AHI in certain patients … diabetes and weight loss drug may help reduce AHI …
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Barring Insurers From Non-Medical Switching Of Prescriptions
17 Apr 2024 20:01 GMT
Des Moines, Iowa — A bill on its way … from forcing Iowa customers to switch to a different prescription drug if … less expensive generic drug for a brand-name medication with the same … a drug in the middle of an insurance plan’s year. Medicare …
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Health care proposals will top Nebraska lawmakers’ spending in 2024
16 Apr 2024 11:40 GMT
… with an Iowa-based nonprofit for prescription drug donations to … to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services for … each resident day, minus Medicare days, the quarterly assessment … with Iowa’s SafeNetRx to allow certain prescription drugs to …
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Letters: Don’t forgive student debt for the wealthy
14 Apr 2024 13:45 GMT
… likely to commit violent or drug-related crimes than are … .
Before Euro American settlement, Iowa was 18% forested. Today most … group has contracted with my Medicare Part D policy. They… program wants a letter from Medicare Extra Help (through Social Security …
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the Inflation Reduction Act
12 Aug 2022 23:08 GMT
… and medical leave, expanded Medicare benefits and eased immigration … in 2026 for only 10 drugs. Medicare beneficiaries’ out-of-pocket … from government savings from lower drug prices. More would flow … Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, asked Thursday on “Fox and …