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5 Takeaways From Health Insurers’ New Pledge To Improve Prior Authorization

Physician's Weekly

” Oz said he wants insurers to eliminate preapprovals for knee arthroscopy, a common, minimally invasive procedure to diagnose and treat knee problems. But government interventions to improve prior authorization will be used “if we’re forced to use them,” Oz said during the news conference.

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‘We Need To Keep Fighting’: HIV Activists Organize To Save Lives as Trump Guts Funding

Physician's Weekly

Testing and outreach for HIV faltered in the South , a region that accounts for more than half of all HIV diagnoses. Trump’s budget proposal also would cancel a major grant that provides housing assistance for people with HIV. In the 1980s, the government refused to acknowledge HIV as gay men died young.

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Even with Short-Term Health Insurance, his Colonoscopy Bill was $7,000

Physicians News Digest

We were so nervous about not being on a company-provided plan,” Winard said. In addition to those for preventive purposes, doctors may order colonoscopies to diagnose existing concerns, as was the case for Winard. It also covers 80% of the cost of drugs provided in an outpatient setting. Preventive Services Task Force.

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Trump Whacks Agency That Makes the Nation’s Health Care Safer

Physicians News Digest

Survey data gathered by AHRQ provides much of what is known about hospitalizations for motor accidents, measles, methamphetamine, and thousands of other medical issues. Medical errors caused by missed diagnoses, drug errors, hospital infections, and other factors kill and maim tens of thousands of Americans each year.

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Trump Says He’ll Stop Health Care Fraudsters. Last Time, He Let Them Walk.

Physicians News Digest

Since returning to the White House, Trump has said he will target fraud in Medicare, Medicaid, and Social Security, and his Republican allies in Congress have made combating fraud a key argument in their plans to slash spending on Medicaid, which provides health care for millions of low-income and disabled Americans.