An HHS study showed that Nebraska was among the five states with the lowest increase in telehealth use. In 2020, only Tennessee had a lower percentage of Medicare visits via telehealth than Nebraska's 2.9%.
Sherley Beaufils facilitated orders for more than 3,000 orthotic braces that generated more than $3 million in fraudulent or excessive charges to Medicare.
Congress is rushing to maintain telehealth access it promoted during the pandemic, but some fear virtual medicine without safeguards could enable fraud.
We should never underestimate Amazon. But we also shouldn't underestimate the challenges it faces in working its usual magic in America's huge, troubled, tangled healthcare sector.