The hospital received final approval from state and federal regulators, following a months-long application process. The transition will not change the scope of services offered at Alice Hyde, or the care available at its facilities. "Our hospital already operates like a Critical Access Hospital in many ways – but we don’t get the financial benefits that Critical Access Hospitals enjoy," said Alice Hyde President Michelle LeBeau.
1 in 5 U.S. adults — 50 million Americans — suffered with mental illness last year, with fewer than half receiving treatment. These realities are even more pronounced in rural areas, where mental health issues are growing fastest and resources are hardest to come by. Nationally, suicide rates among farmers and ranchers are 3.5 times higher than that of the general population, a 2017 study found.
The VA has suspended debt collections related to overpayments of pensions to low-income veterans or their survivors after the agency found it had mistakenly paid too much, in some cases, over a period of many years.
A new study commissioned by an anti-public option organization says the public health insurance option law could exacerbate Nevada’s existing health care provider shortage and reduce access to care. The results of the study — conducted by Wakely Consulting Group, which undertook the actuarial analysis for Colorado’s public option and helped the state implement it — projected that Nevada’s public option law could reduce competition in the Silver State’s health care market, potentially leading some insurers to depart.
The divisions are no longer accepting new patients. Gene Meyer, Boone Health interim president and CEO, declined to specify how much cost savings will come from the closures. However, he confirmed it was not part of an approximately $11 million cost savings plan the hospital implemented this year. Meyer said approximately 50 patients are currently being served by the divisions. Most of those patients are Boone County residents and receive care at home.
Today half of all Medicare beneficiaries are insured by insurance companies and the other half are insured by traditional Medicare. Allina-Aetna’s ad boasted about extra services their “advantage” plan covers that Congress has never allowed the traditional Medicare program to cover. The upper half of the first page of the ad was taken up with these words: “Can I get dental, vision and hearing benefits in a Medicare plan?” Just below the fold were the words, “Yes, yes, and yes!”