Category: Healthcare
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#BreastCancer Pink is The Color of October
History of Breast Cancer Breast cancer is a type of cancer that begins in the breast tissue. It is one of the most common types of cancer affecting women, although it can also occur in men. The history of breast cancer dates back thousands of years, and our understanding of the disease has evolved over…
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Update – Medicare Advantage – No No
Medicare Advantage (MA) has received mixed reviews after 25 years of implementation. While it may benefit employers, unions, and states with retiree obligations, it has raised concerns for seniors, doctors, and the government. Seniors may receive worse care under MA compared to traditional Medicare, doctors face cumbersome prior authorizations, and the federal government spends more…
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Avoid Fake Covid Tests
How to avoid buying fake COVID tests online The news is filled with images of long lines at in-person COVID testing sites and reports of limited supplies of at-home test kits. It’s not a surprise that, according to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, fake and unauthorized at-home testing kits are popping up online as…
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CMS Physician Fee Schedule
CMS releases 2022 Medicare physician fee schedule and QPP proposals The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has released its proposed rule on the 2022 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule(www.cms.gov) and Quality Payment Program (QPP). Highlights related to the fee schedule include: CMS proposes to retain everything temporarily added to the Medicare telehealth services list…
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Emotional Intelligence
The concept of emotional intelligence (EI) has been studied for decades. It wasn’t until 1995, with the publication of Daniel Goleman’s book Emotional Intelligence ,that EI was pushed to the forefront. At the same time, employers still didn’t embrace EI in the workplace. Maybe it was because they believed that emotional intelligence myths like the…
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South Carolina – Richland County renters seeking relief from past due and unpaid rent and utilities could qualify for a COVID-19 Emergency Rental Assistance
Wednesday, March 17, 2021 Richland County renters seeking relief from past due and unpaid rent and utilities could qualify for a COVID-19 Emergency Rental Assistance Program (ERAP) that opens Monday, April 5. With the $12.5 million grant from the U.S. Treasury, the County aims to help stabilize housing and provide peace of mind to vulnerable renters. The…
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Affordable Care Act’s Glitch
A new KFF analysis estimates 5.1 million people nationally fall into the Affordable Care Act’s “family glitch” that occurs when a worker receives an offer of affordable employer coverage for themselves but not for their dependents, making them ineligible for financial assistance for marketplace coverage. The so-called glitch occurs because the ACA prohibits people with…
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Emergency Broadband Benefit
The Emergency Broadband Benefit is an FCC program to help households struggling to pay for internet service during the pandemic. This new benefit will connect eligible households to jobs, critical healthcare services, and virtual classrooms. About the Emergency Broadband Benefit The Emergency Broadband Benefit will provide a discount of up to $50 per month towards…
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New #IRS form available for self-employed individuals to claim COVID-19 sick and family leave tax credits under FFCRA
New IRS form available for self-employed individuals to claim COVID-19 sick and family leave tax credits under FFCRA WASHINGTON – The Internal Revenue Service announced today that a new form is available for eligible self-employed individuals to claim sick and family leave tax credits under the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA). Eligible self-employed individuals…
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Understanding #Medicare Parts A, B, C & D
Do you really need to know the details of what Parts A, B, C, and D stand for? Doesn’t Medicare just pay its share of your bills and that’s it? Well, not entirely. Medicare’s architecture is more than a tad weird, but each of its building blocks determines the coverage you get and what you…