That often depends on the source of your health insurance. If insurance is provided through an employer, you may turn to the Human Resources Manager. Often the crisis will entail taking time off work...
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If I have learned nothing else in my 81 years of living, I’ve learned that beauty is most certainly in the eye of the beholder. However, I also believe that the eye for beauty can certainly be enhanced, honed and brought to life by exposure and appreciation. In that light, I really believe the human desire for beauty is inborn.
Those of us that work in highly regulated industries have a love-hate relationship with the regulating authorities. When we see problems we find to be egregious we want the regulators to step in. Otherwise,...
Negotiations are always tricky, aren’t they? We are hearing so much in the news these days about “making deals” and having difficulty doing so. So why should health care be any different? Our office...
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...
The country is waiting with bated breath to see what three giants of industry are planning for health care. Warren Buffett said that health care costs have become a bigger issue for American businesses...
I was working on the Coast this last week and grabbed some soup for dinner at the bar at Mazzotti’s Italian on the Arcata Square. You know you’re old when an attempt to chat...
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....
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...
Fall of 2018 will mark aNewsCafe.com’s 11th year. I may have mentioned that 11 is one of my favorite numbers. And I trust that this will be my favorite year on aNewsCafe.com, because we are...
