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Recognizing the Role of Caregiver with Melissa Fisher | E. 79

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I’ve become a bit of a cynic because I see my father in a nursing home, and my mom is paying $12,000 a month for his care, and the person in the bed next to him is on Medicaid and paying nothing. When I was in that experience in that hospital, it was fantastic. It is not among upon discharge from the hospital.

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Exposing Healthcare Fraud with Jonathan Tycko| E. 68

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And as you know, obviously a huge percentage of healthcare spending is funded through Medicare, Medicaid, Tricare, the VA system, and these are all programs that are covered by the False Claims Act. Not for a hospital, it wouldn’t be that much, but whatever it is. So the actual amount of fraud is probably some multiple of that.

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Taking Back The Business of Healthcare with Preston Alexander| E. 67

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Not for a hospital, it wouldn’t be that much, but whatever it is. $14 This is where they’d probably be best allocated for patient care, for patient experience.” ” And it’s like, “And here are the returns that you can get from that improvement in patient care and experience.”

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Medical Device Warranty Credits With Al Brander| Episode 55

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And so for years, CMS, the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services, is the primary buyer of these things because most of them go into our elderly patients. ” When the hospital gets that money, well really it’s not their money, it’s CMS’s money. Now things are a little bit different.”?

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JOGO Health Virtual Treatments | Ep.31?

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So hospitals right now, when it comes to chronic low back pain, initially people go for physical therapy, then they come to hospitals, they are left with very little options. Uh, in many cases, in rural hospitals, it is the only treatment they have been given. Mostly they are asked to… sometimes given opioids.

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JOGO Health Virtual Treatments | Ep.31?

Vie Healthcare

So hospitals right now, when it comes to chronic low back pain, initially people go for physical therapy, then they come to hospitals, they are left with very little options. Uh, in many cases, in rural hospitals, it is the only treatment they have been given. Mostly they are asked to… sometimes given opioids.