US Hospitals Getting Paid More to Label Cause of Death as ‘Coronavirus’

“Right now Medicare is determining that if you have a COVID-19 admission to the hospital you get $13,000. If that COVID-19 patient goes on a ventilator you get $39,000, three times as much. Nobody can tell me after 35 years in the world of medicine that sometimes those kinds of things impact on what we do.”

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TRS ActiveCare Touts Unamazing Provider Discounts

“The size of TRS’ membership also enables TRS to negotiate larger discounts with providers. In fiscal year 2018, providers submitted $12.5 billion in charges. TRS reduced the cost of care by $5.2 billion by negotiating lower prices with providers through its third-party administrators.” – Teacher Retirement System of Texas Self-Evaluation Report

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Airrosti Clinics Tout Telehealth Option / In Clinic Patient Screening

I’m proud to be offering telehealth options, and Airrosti is working with insurance providers to offer these, in many cases at a low or no cost to patients. You may have great benefits in place for this, which our Patient Advocate Team (PAT) can verify for you, so do not hesitate to reach out to the PAT or me if you need anything.

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COVID-19 Test Site Finder

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I work for Castlight Health, and we help people navigate an often confusing healthcare landscape. With that, we developed a COVID-19 Test Site Finder, a national directory that helps people across the US find the nearest healthcare provider to perform COVID-19 testing. We hope to help assess their symptoms, determine the appropriate next steps for care, and easily find a coronavirus testing site.

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There’s No Such Thing As A Million Dollar Claim

By Bill Rusteberg

A few years ago we were having a few late afternoon beers, as was customary on most business days, at the CEO’s private office in West Texas. Although I was not a “regular” since I lived many miles away, when I had occasion to visit I always looked forward with keen anticipation to the late afternoon “business meeting” that would invariably take place. It was always an enjoyable time, with much banter back and forth, with an occasional visitor or two dropping by to add to the atmosphere.

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When Murrow asked him, “Who owns this patent?”, Salk replied: “Well, the people, I would say. There IS no patent. Could you patent the sun?

RiskMangers.us is a specialty company in the benefits market that, while not an insurance company, works directly with health entities, medical providers, and businesses to identify and develop cost effective benefits packages, emphasizing transparency and fairness in direct reimbursement compensation methods.

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