Possible Alternative for Sleep Apnea Patients
The standard treatment for people with moderate to severe obstructive sleep apnea is a mask worn at night that helps them breathe without interruption. The mask is unwieldy and uncomfortable, …
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Rideout Health Deploys Pavisse to Optimize Patient Care and Safety
Rideout Health, a non-profit community-based healthcare system, and RGP Healthcare(TM), a division of Resources Global Professionals, today jointly announced that Rideout has selected and is implementing Pavisse(TM), a cutting-edge technology …
Two-Thirds of Seniors Need Help With Some Part of Daily Living
Two-thirds of people over the age of 65 need help completing the tasks of daily living, either from special devices such as canes, scooters and bathroom grab bars or from …
New RAC Audits Posted
New RAC Audits Posted Region A Performant Recovery, the recovery audit contractor (RAC), posted a complex review for automatic external defibrillators on December 26 that will specifically look at claims …
Attention North Carolina Medicaid Providers: NC Tracks Update
NCAMES: NC Tracks Update NCAMES has learned that provider numbers are being cut off in NC Tracks due to pharmacy permits not being updated as they have been renewed. NCAMES …
State auditor blasts DHHS for NCTracks problems
State Auditor Beth Wood issued a devastating critique of North Carolina’s launch of a new Medicaid payment system Monday afternoon, saying the program was fraught with problems and the state …
Novartis sued over alleged kickback scheme
Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corp. paid kickbacks to a specialty pharmacy in exchange for recommending refills of a blood transfusion drug it produces, according to an amended complaint filed Wednesday in a …
Highmark and UPMC drop lawsuits
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC) and Pittsburgh-based health insurer Highmark Inc. have dropped their antitrust lawsuits against each other, putting an end to the four-year-old litigation. In mid-December, a …