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Have Job-Based Health Coverage at 65? You May Still Want To Sign Up for Medicare

Physician's Weekly

Since she was still working, she thought her employer health insurance plan would cover her. More than a year after her riding accident, Diamond was back at the emergency room after she tripped on a step while entering a New York restaurant. This time, though, the insurance coverage wasn’t routine.

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Traditional vs. Subscription Primary Care Payment Model: Which Fits You?

Plum Health

Discounted Labs and Medications : Some DPC practices offer significant discounts on labs, imaging, and medications, which can be a big cost-saver if you need these services regularly. Typical Costs in Traditional Primary Care Co-Pays and Deductibles : Each visit has a co-pay, and costs can vary widely depending on your insurance plan.

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PRESS RELEASE: Coalition Acts to Protect Pregnant Patients’ Federal Right to Emergency Care, Including Abortion

Doctors for America

This federal law has required hospitals with emergency departments to provide stabilizing treatment, including abortion, to patients experiencing medical emergencies for nearly four decades. Doctors for America’s motion to intervene was filed in Catholic Medical Association v.

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Guiding an Improved Dementia Experience (GUIDE) Model: A Podcast with Malaz Boustani and Diane Ty

GeriPal

He created fee for service, special fee for depression. You come over to the clinic, you go to the hospital, you provide service, and the insurance and you negotiate how much you’re going to get paid. But for other- Diane: And it’s on the medical side. That never happens in CMS and other health insurance.

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Hospital-at-Home: Bruce Leff and Tacara Soones

GeriPal

And we then did a bunch of work to develop medical criteria, to choose the right patients for hospital-at-home. We would find these people in the hospital, and we said, “What would you have thought if someone had come up to you in the emergency room yesterday, and said, ‘Hey, instead of going upstairs, you could go home.’

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A Revolutionary Drug for Extreme Hunger Offers Clues to Obesity’s Complexity

Physician's Weekly

They rushed to the emergency room, fearing a dangerous bowel impaction. GLP-1 agonist medications Ozempic, Wegovy, and others also are delivering dramatic results for millions. University labs face cuts, FDA staffers are being laid off en masse , and rare disease researchers fear the ripple effects across all medical advances.

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PRESS RELEASE: Doctors for America Calls for Evidence-Based Solutions After FSU Shooting

Doctors for America

Doctors see the human toll of gun violence every single day—in emergency rooms, in trauma centers, and in the quiet moments of grief that follow. DFA is an organization of over 27,000 physician and medical student advocates in all 50 states, representing all areas of specialization.