MA patients got fewer home health visits from nurses, therapists and other classes of providers except social workers — and nearly two fewer days of service between admission and discharge.
About 86% of private-sector employees in the US worked for employers that offered health insurance to their workers, according to data from the US Census Bureau.
Medicare is taking the rare step of adding pre-treatment approval requirements before patients can get care at certain outpatient surgical facilities that have seen a sharp uptick in billings.