Maine's independent senator is asking CMS to follow his state's lead in making sure patients aren't subjected to surprise medical bills.
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Maine's independent senator is asking CMS to follow his state's lead in making sure patients aren't subjected to surprise medical bills.
In another dispiriting setback for the nation's efforts to stamp out the coronavirus, scientists who studied a big COVID-19 outbreak in Massachusetts concluded that vaccinated people who got so-called breakthrough infections carried about the same amount of the coronavirus as those who did not get the shots.
Fauci, the nation's top infectious disease expert, also said he doesn't foresee additional lockdowns in the U.S. because he believes enough people are vaccinated to avoid a recurrence of last winter.
The Oakland, Calif.-based integrated health system allegedly pressured its physicians to augment medical records to boost its Medicare reimbursement.
States face a major backlog in surveying nursing homes nationwide for meeting quality and safety requirements.
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