This week might be a good time to review some Health Insurance 101 Basics for our readers. Let’s start with some common terms: Deductible – the dollar amount an insured individual must pay for covered expenses during a calendar year… Continue Reading
Health Careers Exploration Summer Institute (HESI) is a three week summer institute providing high school students the opportunity to discover if they are interested in a healthcare career. The program runs from July 9th-July 26th and is comprised of 15 north… Continue Reading
The Medical Loss Ratio (MLR) provision of the Affordable Care Act (ACA also known as Obamacare) is an important feature of the legislation. This provision requires that insurers pay out at least 80-85% of premium dollars in direct claim costs… Continue Reading
Note: This article was originally written in 2015 for Home Dialysis Central. While my husband is no longer on peritoneal dialysis, much of what I wrote at the time still applies in our ‘dialysis life’. Perhaps it might help other caregivers… Continue Reading
Medicare provides health benefits for individuals age 65 or over and qualifying disabled persons. Once an individual is enrolled in Medicare they will get a red, white and blue Medicare card in the mail. Typically it arrives 3 months prior… Continue Reading
Unless you have been living under a rock for the past few years, you are aware that there is an opioid epidemic. Your 25-year-old cousin is now more likely to die from a drug overdose than from a car accident. … Continue Reading
The Physician-Focused Payment Model Technical Advisory Committee is recommending to the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) creation of a palliative (comfort) care model for Medicare recipients who are in advanced states of illness, but not yet ready for… Continue Reading
Redding, Calif., March 5, 2018 – Dignity Health Medical Foundation welcomes health care leader Holley Neville as Clinic Operations Manager for Dignity Health Medical Group – North State. In this role, Neville will work to maximize the effectiveness of clinic… Continue Reading
Fifty is the magic age when most doctors recommend getting that first colonoscopy. I got my first one a bit earlier, at age 49, after an immediate family member was diagnosed with advanced colon cancer at 46. She underwent surgery… Continue Reading
Drug: a medicine or other substance which has a physiological effect when ingested or otherwise introduced into the body. Man has been using plants and food as drugs since the beginning of time to his benefit as well as detriment.… Continue Reading
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