FALLS CHURCH, Va. – Have you recently come across a health care term and weren’t quite sure what it meant? It’s OK. Health care coverage is full of terms you may not know. To help you better understand your TRICARE benefit, here’s a list of commonly used health care terms and definitions. “Having a…
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Lincoln hosted its first mass COVID-19 vaccination clinic in several months Tuesday as cases have started to slowly rise both locally and statewide. Lincoln-Lancaster County Health Director Pat Lopez said she expected the department to give close to 4,000 shots over the two-day clinic scheduled for Tuesday and Wednesday at Pinnacle Bank Arena. The clinic…
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The workers allege staffing shortages and a lack of PPE stockpiles. April 18, 2022, 9:04 PM • 5 min read Share to FacebookShare to TwitterEmail this article More than 8,000 nurses and health care workers in Northern California are planning a one-day strike Monday over staffing and other COVID-19-related concerns. The employees of Sutter Health,…
The landmark Postal Service Reform Act (H.R. 3076) Congress passed this week ends the mandate that the Postal Service pre-fund its retiree health benefit costs and requires postal workers to enroll in Medicare Parts A and B when they turn 65. The latter provision could end up affecting all federal employees. All current federal retirees,…
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Covid-19 has sped the adoption of virtual care, or the provision of health services remotely in a synchronous or asynchronous fashion. No longer just a convenient enhancement to in-person clinical care, virtual care is needed by patients, clinicians, care teams, and health systems alike. But the gap between the promise and the reality of virtual…
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In early January, Dalton Bocknick’s wife was pregnant and in her second trimester when her baby’s health began to deteriorate. The couple made an appointment for an ultrasound, and as they were leaving the hospital, staff called and said their insurance wasn’t active. He soon learned his employer, General Electric, had cut his wife and…
Around 10,000 families whose faith led them to “share in one another’s medical expense burdens and so fulfill the law of Christ” have instead ended up with unpaid bills totaling over $50 million after their health care sharing ministry shut down. Sharity Ministries, formerly known as Trinity HealthShare, filed for bankruptcy and then started the…
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Community Health Northwest Florida has built its reputation on being accessible to everyone, and it will continue that trend with a community celebration this weekend. The organization will hold its community kickoff picnic from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday at 2315 W. Jackson St. The picnic is a celebration of the 30 years Community Health Northwest Florida…
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