“There are unscrupulous providers out there, and they have much greater reach with telehealth,” said Mike Cohen, an operations officer with the Health and Human Services Inspector General’s Office.
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Federal authorities have drastically cut contracts for quality improvement work for nursing homes and other facilities that cater to an older, vulnerable Medicare population, forcing layoffs in Oregon and nearby states and a scaling back of hands-on assistance.
The Trump administration unveiled a plan Thursday that would dramatically revamp Medicaid by allowing states to opt out of part of the current federal funding program and instead seek a fixed payment each
Seema Verma, administrator for the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, sat down for a rare one-on-one interview with Kaiser Health News senior correspondent Sarah Varney.
Saturday is the deadline for most people with Medicare coverage to sign up for private drug and medical plans for next year.
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Medicare is penalizing five Oregon hospitals this year for having above-average rates of infections and other hospital-acquired complications.
Hospitals and front-line physicians live at the interface of life and death where real-world facts beyond the immediate care setting control their lives and those of the individuals they care for.
On his first day in office, as part of his mission to dismantle the Affordable Care Act, President Donald Trump signed an order
A data breach of a tool used to enroll people in health care plans exposed the personal information of at least 1,094 Oregonians.
