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What Veterans Should Know About VA Dental Care Benefits

Greg Grillo, DDS - 11/11/2019 - 6

Veteran dental care benefits can be quite confusing. Greg Grillo, DDS provides a primer to help you access benefits that you may qualify for.

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Why You Need to Prioritize Getting the Right Healthcare Coverage

Kendra Madsen - 9/23/2019 - 0

There are many issues to consider when choosing healthcare coverage including chronic conditions requiring ongoing care & whether your doctor is in-network.

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Re-Shaping Patient Engagement in a Multicultural World

Abner Mason - 9/8/2019 - 0

An increasing multicultural divide between patients and the healthcare workforce can impede patient engagement and may lead to poor outcomes and higher costs.

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A Tale of Cost and Care: Blood on the Sidewalk

Margaret Cary, MD, MBA, MPH - 8/17/2019 - 17

A family doctor ponders the conundrum of cost & care in the U.S. healthcare system after she stumbles upon a young woman covered in blood.

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Step Therapy: Why Fail First for Everyone is Not a Good Idea

Corey Greenblatt - 7/23/2019 - 0

Physicians may endorse step therapy for medical reasons but when it is used solely to save the system money, it can harm people with chronic illnesses.

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These 9 Necessary Expenses Are Good for Your Health

Jennifer Landis - 4/17/2019 - 0

Everyone tries to squeeze more time out of their 24-hour days but we should not let our hectic lifestyles push our health needs into the background. 

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Infertility Coverage is Becoming an Important Employee Benefit

David Adamson, M.D. - 4/15/2019 - 0

A number of employers have discovered that including robust infertility coverage in their health benefits package can help attract and retain employees.

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Why Infertility Treatment Should be a Covered Benefit

David Adamson, M.D. - 10/29/2018 - 0

Infertility is a disease and deserves to be covered by health insurance like other medical conditions. There are compelling business and social reasons to support this case.

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Why Unfair ER Coverage Policies are Risky for Patients

Paul Kivela, MD - 10/1/2018 - 1

Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield’s policy that retroactively denies payment for emergency department care is unfair and places a dangerous burden on patients.

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How to Achieve High Value from your Executive Health Program

William H. Bestermann, Jr., MD - 9/25/2018 - 1

Executive health programs often include interventions that are high cost, low efficacy or both including screening tests offer no value & may even cause harm.

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How to Kill Pre-existing Condition Protections

Patricia Salber, MD, MBA - 9/5/2018 - 0

A.G. Jeff Sessions’ letters to Congress outline the convoluted reasoning the DoJ is using to refuse to defend a legal assault on 3 key provisions of the ACA.

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How to Fix Part B Drug Fail-First Policies that Harm Seniors

Corey Greenblatt - 8/28/2018 - 0

Adding step-therapy to Medicare Advantage Part B drugs can delay access to effective medications putting patients at risk. 3 easy tweaks can mitigate the risk.

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