Approximately 12 million Americans enrolled in both Medicare and Medicaid account for a disproportionate share of both programs’ spending while facing substantially greater health, functional and financial challenges than other Medicare beneficiaries, according to two KFF reports published July 15.…
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The Texas Health and Human Services Commission has referred allegations against two Rio Grande Valley hospitals to the state attorney general’s office over suspected “birth tourism” marketing, escalating a probe that began after Gov. Greg Abbott on July 7 ordered…
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David Miller, MD, CEO of Ann Arbor-based Michigan Medicine, has been appointed the next president and CEO of Nashville, Tenn.-based Vanderbilt Health, effective Jan. 1. Dr. Miller, who also serves as executive vice president for medical affairs for the University…
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