Imagine as you are being prepped for surgery and you are told we are a NO ANESTHESIA HOSPITAL!

I remember – as a kid – watching on TV the “old cowboy shows” when one of them got SHOT and the old country doctor was going to dig out the bullet and they would give the patient some WHISKEY and a small tree branch to “chew on” while the doctor begins to DIG THE […]

Maybe this is why they are now calling it Medicare-C – there is little ADVANTAGE!

CMS proposes additional prior auth reforms for Medicare Advantage plans https://www.cmadocs.org/newsroom/news/view/ArticleId/50770/CMS-proposes-additional-prior-auth-reforms-for-Medicare-Advantage-plans CMS has proposed new regulations aimed at reducing the inappropriate use of prior authorization in Medicare Advantage programs. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) recently proposed regulations that would establish additional guardrails on Medicare Advantage plans’ prior authorization practices — including the […]