Post Date: July 2, 2024

CDC data suggests that Covid-19 infections are probably growing in at least 38 states as the country faces a summer wave.

According to the CDC reports the Covid-19 levels have been rising in the United States for weeks as new va…

Post Date: June 1, 2024

When it comes to treatments for pain, 35% of Black adults say they’ve felt the pain they were experiencing was not taken seriously either recently (11%) or in past interactions (23%) with doctors and other health care providers.

Post Date: January 17, 2024

Even though it is more popular and widely used than it was in 2017, Trump has once again promised to repeal the Affordable Care Act if elected. It has been one of Trump’s most appealing goals, to dismantle the Affordable Care…

Post Date: January 5, 2024

The 2023 enrollment for ObamaCare exceeded all other previous years. The Biden-Harris Administration encourages everyone who needs affordable, quality health insurance to visit HealthCare.gov and sign up for coverage by the J…

Post Date: December 18, 2023

The initial lawsuits alleges that Humana and UnitedHealthcare (UHC) uses AI algorithms to make decisions which results in denying seniors key rehabilitation care that was needed to render specific medical treatment. In othe…

Post Date: September 12, 2023

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced last Friday, September 8, 2023, that it would add American Sign Language (ASL) services to the government’s 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline as part of efforts…

Post Date: September 1, 2023

This is a time to acknowledge those affected by suicide, raise awareness, and connect individuals with suicidal thoughts to seek treatment services.

Suicidal thoughts, much like mental health conditions, can affect anyone r…

Post Date: August 28, 2023

The new Medicare Prescription Payment Plan will help people pay Medicare Part D costs over the year instead of all at once.

President Biden’s prescription drug law, the Inflation Reduction Act, gives people with Medicare pres…

Post Date: August 1, 2023

On July 26, 2023, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), through the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), awarded nearly $11 million to 15 awardees to strengthen the health workforce by establis…

Post Date: July 10, 2023

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued the calendar year (CY) 2024 Home Health Prospective Payment System (HH PPS) Rate Update proposed rule, which would update Medicare payment policies and rates for Home Hea…

Post Date: June 29, 2023

Probiotics Insights

New research has shown that people with major depressive disorder who took probiotic supplements along with standard antidepressant medication had reduced symptoms.

The findings suggest that probiotic suppl…

Post Date: June 15, 2023

The Department of Health and Human Services, via the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announcement on June 9, 2023, that through the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA), President Biden and his Administration are lowerin…

Post Date: May 21, 2023

Federal prosecutors in Louisiana say a former hospice service owner has been convicted on conspiracy and fraud charges in a $1.5 million Medicare scheme that involved patients who were not terminally ill. The patients were totall…

Post Date: May 5, 2023

The partisan fight in Congress over how to raise the nation’s debt ceiling to prevent a default has accelerated, as the U.S. Treasury predicted the borrowing limit could be reached as soon as June 1, 2023. It is unclear how, or if,…

Post Date: April 14, 2023

The father of Connor Sturgeon, who was killed after he fatally shot five people the morning of April 10, 2023 at the Old National Bank in Louisville, Kentucky – has stated there are plans to have his son's brain tested for chro…

Post Date: March 8, 2023

This reconciliation arose from complaints of discrimination, whereby the paramedics there were refusing to administer the proper health care or ambulance transport of African-Americans and other people of color, because they ass…

Post Date: February 20, 2023

Reports highlight for regulated entities where to focus HIPAA compliance efforts

To help regulated entities better comply with the requirements of the HIPAA Privacy, Security, and Breach Notification Rules, the HHS Office f…

Post Date: February 14, 2023

The Biden Administration seeking to implement Section 6101(a) of the Affordable Care Act.

President Biden assured the America people in his State of the Union address, the Biden-Harris Administration is commitmented to impr…

Post Date: February 1, 2023

Health care providers, Medicare beneficiaries, family members and caregivers who participate in TMF Networks work to identify solutions to improve health care outcomes and avoid patient harm. 

TMF Networks consultants work w…

Post Date: January 12, 2023

The 88th Texas Legislative Session is underway at the State Capitol. For the next four-and-a-half months, lawmakers will develop a new two-year state budget and deliberate over a sweeping variety of bills -- many of which wil…

Post Date: January 2, 2023

The field of marketed and evidence pharmaceutical options in the US has become robust—But there is more work that needs to be done.

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Commissioner Robert Califf, MD says there remains a…

Post Date: December 19, 2022

CMS Notifying Potentially Involved Beneficiaries and Providing Information on Free Credit Monitoring

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is responding to a data breach at Healthcare Management Solutions, LLC (…

Post Date: December 2, 2022

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE - Today, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Xavier Becerra released the following statement on mpox:

From the outset of the mpox outbreak, the Administration pulled every lever …

Post Date: December 1, 2022

What is Cultural Competency, and how does it fit in with healthcare? A recent survey among physicians in the United States shows that cultural competency is a key issue both for healthcare practitioners and their patients, so…

Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy (CTE)

Post Date: November 26, 2022

This is a progressive brain condition that's thought to be caused by repeated blows to the head and repeated episodes of concussion. It's particularly associated with contact sports, …

Post Date: November 8, 2022

Depression is about as prevalent in Black communities as in white ones, but there are significant differences. Black people face different social pressures that may increase their risk of depression.

Although the prevalence…

Post Date: November 8, 2022

The company is growing five-star rated Essence Healthcare to Indiana, Kentucky, Arkansas, Georgia, and Ohio

Lumeris is an accountable care delivery innovation company offering health systems, payers, and provider’s operation…

Post Date: October 29, 2022

Universal health coverage means that all people have access to the health services they need, when and where they need them, without financial hardship. It includes the full range of essential health services, from health pro…

Post Date: June 19, 2022

One of the defining principles of hospice care is honoring the wishes of terminally ill patients.

Now, with increasing frequency, a health care provider’s failure to honor those directives can lead to litigation or penalties …

Post Date: May 25, 2022

The Fierro family of Yuma, Ariz., had a string of bad medical luck that started in December 2020.

That's when Jesús Fierro Sr. was admitted to the hospital with a serious case of COVID-19. He spent 18 days at Yuma Regional Medi…

Post Date: May 25, 2022

Vermont independent Senator Bernie Sanders has revived his bill to provide Medicare for all U.S. residents. The measure has 15 Senate co-sponsors, all of them in the Democratic Caucus. Sanders unveiled his proposal Thursday at a…