17+ hour, 48+ min ago   (658+ words) Sturgis Hospital closed with barely three days' notice, and now a Medicare Advantage enrollee ten minutes away wants out of his plan before flu season. Whether federal rules give him that exit depends entirely on a single fact most people…...

1+ day, 14+ hour ago   (276+ words) (The Center Square) – AARP Virginia has canceled an October debate between Democratic U.S. Sen. Mark Warner and Republican challenger Bert Mizusawa after Warner’s campaign said he could not commit to participating. The People’s Debate had been scheduled for Oct. 7 at…...

2+ day, 4+ hour ago   (254+ words) by Nathaniel Weixel 09/10/26 07:15 PM ET President Trump’s surgeon general nominee reported investments in the tobacco company Philip Morris International as well as beverage companies Monster Beverage Corp., Coca Cola Co. and Pepsi Co., according to financial disclosures released Thursday. Nicole…...

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2+ day, 6+ hour ago   (381+ words) A Georgetown report outlines three strategies to improve health insurance by lowering costs, simplifying coverage and protecting patients from corporate abuses. Healthcare costs are a major area of financial strain for Americans. A new report from Georgetown University’s Center on…...

2+ day, 11+ hour ago   (622+ words) Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley is calling for Congress to consider reforms to prevent the “weaponization” of nondisclosure orders following revelations about former special counsel Jack Smith’s Arctic Frost investigation. Grassley (R., Iowa), who has led the Senate investigation…...

2+ day, 7+ hour ago   (316+ words) Iowa (RI) — Former Social Security Administration Commissioner Martin O’Malley is in Iowa this week, campaigning with Democrats running for the U.S. Senate and in Iowa’s 2nd Congressional District. O’Malley, who led the agency during the Biden Administration, says Social Security…...

2+ day, 4+ hour ago   (112+ words) news.bgov.com President Donald Trump managed to squeeze in some discussion of his healthcare agenda during his sprawling, nearly two-hour speech on the first night of the midterm convention in Dallas — even as much of this agenda has stalled…...

2+ day, 18+ hour ago   (1071+ words) Pharmacy costs are rising faster than medical costs, faster than most employers budgeted for, and faster than the benefits industry has seen in living memory. But your clients probably don’t understand why. For Rick Kelly, National Pharmacy Lead and Senior…...

2+ day, 12+ hour ago   (192+ words) According to CMS, those systems look for abnormal combinations involving testing, results, billing, documentation, and relationships that could indicate fraud, waste, or abuse. The technology can help flag high-risk claims for additional review and potentially allow claims to be held,…...