Last month, Governor Andrew Cuomo announced a COVID-19 testing pilot program for 5,000 independent pharmacies statewide that will result in 7,000 diagnostic tests per week and that the federal government will procure testing kits and PPE on behalf of New York State, which will in turn provide the materials to independent pharmacies. Steve Moore, president… Read More »
Normally, a pharma company paying a patient to take its drug looks suspicious—like a kickback—and it’s considered so under federal law. But HHS has just made a special ruling for a novel therapy. The federal health agency now allows Novartis to pay for travel, lodging, meals and other out-of-pocket expenses for Medicare and Medicaid patients taking… Read More »
McLean Hospital psychologists are enlisting practices traditionally ignored as irrelevant to mental health care — religion and spirituality — as new allies in a program that blends them with counseling in patient therapy. David H. Rosmarin, director of McLean’s Spirituality and Mental Health Program and an assistant professor of psychology in Harvard Medical School’s Department… Read More »
Harvard Medical School (HMS) students used to be able to check out a set of human bones the way library users today would borrow a book. The so-called Bone Box program ran from the late 19th through the mid-20th century, and was intended to help students study anatomy at home. Now, staff members at the… Read More »
There is no doubt that one of the most important things you can do to take control of your health is to start growing some, or most, of your own food. Much of the previous knowledge about how begin doing this that’s been passed down generation to generation has been lost. But I’m now sharing… Read More »
Have you ever been in one of these situations? Situation #1: A client you’ve been training gets pregnant. She asks you what this means for her strength training program. What do you say? Situation #2: A new client wants to start strength training with you… but she’s pregnant. What do you do? If you’ve ever found yourself… Read More »
Dive Brief: The Medicare Payment Advisory Commission wants to give the Medicare Advantage quality bonus program a facelift. In its April 4 meeting, MedPAC analysts proposed the new MA value incentive program, or MA-VIP, to address key deficits in the current rewards model and move it toward budget neutrality. A MedPAC analysis found the MA… Read More »