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Report: Medicare paying for eyelid lifts
Eyelid lifts are typically performed on an outpatient basis. Medicare isn’t supposed to pay for cosmetic procedures, but an investigative report by the Center for Public Integrity in Washington finds...
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Mammograms: Do they really save lives?
A standard mammogram, left, and molecular breast imaging (MBI) of a 45-year-old woman's breast reveal cancer. /AP/Mayo Clinic Here’s a tough question for women over 40: Could a mammogram save your...
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Doctors: Increased lung cancer screenings not necessarily a good thing
As medicine advances and more test becomes routine, doctors are increasingly becoming concerned with false positives. In a story today on the always health conscious NPR, doctors are worried that a...
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Advocates say Medicare rule change would devastate amputees
Amputees say a proposed Medicare rule change would leave them with less suitable devices. (Photo courtesy of Creative Commons). (UPDATED with CMS comment) Groups representing an estimated two million...
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Kickback scheme: Florida hospital district agrees to pay $69.5 million
In an insight into the way the U.S. healthcare system operates these days, the Justice Department announced a whopping settlement that involved doctors getting compensated for something other than...
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Indicted Delray Beach doctor is focus of $4.8M whistleblower lawsuit
A newly unsealed whistleblower lawsuit alleges insurance giant Humana knew that a Delray Beach doctor for seven years bilked the government through fraudulent Medicare billing for $4.8 million,...
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Blocked! Feds could usurp Florida’s new abortion law
The federal government and Florida may be on a collision course over a new state law seeking to ban Medicaid funding for services at clinics that offer abortions, such as those run by Planned...
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Study: Red states could lose big in Trump’s repeal of Obamacare
New President Donald Trump has made repealing the Affordable Care Act a top priority. But a study out of Harvard finds that such a repeal could hurt some of his most ardent supporters in red states....
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GOP Health Bill Could Undermine Coverage Under Employer Plans
Under the GOP’s repeal of Obamacare, the most wealthy get a tax break, while the poor will have benefits rolled back under the Medicaid program, according to an analysis by the New York Times. But...
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Advocates: Disabled take huge hit under GOP health reform
Advocates for the disabled say the House Republican plan to replace the Affordable Care Act seriously threatens some of the most vulnerable Americans. The website DisabilityScoop reports that advocates...
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