Where can I get my health care?

Most people think that medical services typically provided in a physician’s office of a hospital.  However, medical services can be provided in a variety of settings. Medicare categorizes providers according to a place of service variable.  The place of service include the following settings: Pharmacy; School; Homeless Shelter; Indian Health Service Free-standing Facility; Indian Health…

CLASS Act Repealed

In 2011, 13 percent of Americans were over 65 years old.  In the coming years, this number will only increase.  Unsurprisingly, the demand for long-term care will also increase. Currently, spending on long-term care in Medicaid only was over $50 billion in 2009. One option for increasing the affordability of the long-term care market is…

Fraudulent Cancer Research: An Exception or the Tip of the Iceberg

Yesterday, 60 Minutes reported on Dr. Anil Potti, researcher at Duke University.  Dr. Potti supposedly offered cancer patients improved cancer treatments.  These recommendations, however, were based on falsified data. “Five years ago, Duke University announced it had found the holy grail of cancer research. They’d discovered how to match a patient’s tumor to the best chemotherapy…

Hot Links

Check out these interesting articles as we head toward the weekend. How much do you know about Medicare? Coming apart. Rents in Beijing higher than New York? Patients=sheep?  Docs=dogs? Governmental business is increasingly important. And one more late addition: 1-2-3-4-5.