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Audits — Hidden Until Now — Reveal Millions In Medicare Advantage Overcharges

Government audits uncovered about $12 million in net overpayments for the care of 18,090 patients sampled, though the actual losses to taxpayers are likely much higher.

Nov 22, 2022

CVS’ AT-HOME TESTS THAT SCREEN FOR HIV AND OTHER SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED INFECTIONS CAN BE BOUGHT IN STORES AND ONLINE. THE KIT IS PRICED AT $99.99./ERIC HARKLEROAD/ KHN

As STDs Proliferate, Companies Rush To Market At-Home Test Kits. But Are They Reliable?

The Food and Drug Administration hasn’t approved STD test kits for use outside a medical setting, but their at-home use is growing dramatically.

Nov 22, 2022

JACQUELINE LEWIS LOST SON SHAUN LEWIS TO AN OVERDOSE IN OCTOBER 2022. SHE’S NOW RAISING HER 7-YEAR-OLD GRANDDAUGHTER, WHILE CARING FOR HER 95-YEAR-OLD MOTHER WHO HAS DEMENTIA, ON NOTHING MORE THAN SOCIAL SECURITY PAYMENTS./MADDIE MCGARVEY/KHN

Schools, Sheriffs, And Syringes: State Plans Vary For Spending $26B In Opioid Settlement Funds

Funds from a national settement are creating an unprecedented opportunity to make progress against an epidemic that has ravaged America for three decades, experts say — but also strife.

Nov 22, 2022

OHSU HOSPITAL/COURTESY PHOTO VIA OPB

OHSU Shifts To Emergency Mode Amid Rise In Serious Pediatric Cases

OHSU says it has no more pediatric ICU beds available and is formally shifting to what’s known as crisis standards of care mode.

Nov 22, 2022

Rep. Rob Nosse, shown at a meeting of the Interim House Committee on Behavioral Health in June, has been tapped to head the Committee on Health Care — which could take on an expanded role next year if the two committees are merged. | SCREENGRAB VIA ZOOM/THE LUND REPORT

Logistics, Speaker Likely To Eliminate House Behavioral Health Care Committee

Oregon state Rep. Rob Nosse had opposed the move, but behavioral health care bills will likely be heard by the House Health Care Committee instead.

Nov 22, 2022
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Audits — Hidden Until Now — Reveal Millions In Medicare Advantage Overcharges

As STDs Proliferate, Companies Rush To Market At-Home Test Kits. But Are They Reliable?

Schools, Sheriffs, And Syringes: State Plans Vary For Spending $26B In Opioid Settlement Funds

OHSU Shifts To Emergency Mode Amid Rise In Serious Pediatric Cases

Logistics, Speaker Likely To Eliminate House Behavioral Health Care Committee

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