U.S. Supreme Court justices made a “narrow” interpretation of Medicare’s Secondary Payer provision when ruling against DaVita Inc. in a case about how group health plans pay for dialysis care, the company CEO told investors.“ . We believe that the ruling ignores the long history of protection offered under the Medicare Secondary Payer Act [MSPA] to the dialysis patient
COVID-19 vaccines are effective in reducing the risk for hospitalization and death in all BMI Groups, though the odds for adverse outcomes were higher for vaccinated people with very high or very low BMI compared with normal weight.
“We had concerns that perhaps COVID-19 vaccines were less effective in people with obesity, given previous evidence from flu vaccines,” Carmen
Now that the Federal Reserve has raised interest rates for the first time since 2018, many in the financial media are revisiting the subject of inverted yield curves.Because the term yield curve inversion has returned to the news, you may wonder what this is, what it portends and why it is getting so much press.
When peanut introduction fails, peanut OIT for infants should be offered as soon as possible via shared decision-making, according to a review published in The Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology: In Practice. Previous studies have demonstrated that peanut OIT is effective and safe for infants, Gilbert T. Chua, MBBS, FHKAM(Paed), clinical assistant professor with the department of
According to a new report from the American Cancer Society, in collaboration with the National Cancer Institute, the number of cancer survivors in the United States has risen to 18 million.