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Pet owners can buy insurance to cover vet visits for their animals.
Pet insurance has some important differences from human health insurance.
One of the biggest differences is pet insurance doesn’t have to cover pre-existing conditions.
Pet owners buying coverage must make sure they know exactly how pet insurance works — including the ways in which it differs from the health insurance humans get.
While both human and pet insurance coverage are meant to ensure that an illness doesn’t empty out a bank account, the differences between the two types of policies can have a major financial impact.…
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Achieving Prevention and Health, Rather Than More Healthcare
Newswise — If more people have access to health insurance, we have to be sure the death rates of those with certain chronic conditions are decreasing.
This is one of the statements by Gregory Peck, an acute care surgeon and associate professor at Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, who will be researching on behalf of the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK) at the National Institutes of Health.
Funded by NIH grants totaling more than $1 million through a recent two-year award from the New Jersey Alliance for Clinical and Translational Science (NJ ACTS), a…
What is Probate?
Probate is a court process that your estate will go through after you pass away. The probate court will distribute your estate and make decisions regarding your estate.
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Many of our clients come to us without an understanding of probate or having had a bad experience with the probate court and wanting to keep their estate out of probate.
If you die without a written estate plan, your estate must go…
Ending pandemic prenatal health coverage for uninsured people is both costly and dangerous
On March 31, 2023 the Ford government in Ontario ended the expanded health-care funding it put in place when the COVID-19 pandemic began in March 2020.
This funding allowed everyone in Ontario to access essential health care. For the hundreds of thousands of people living in the province without health insurance, this meant access to necessary surgeries, emergency care and labor and delivery services without thousands of dollars in hospital and physician bills.
As a midwife who has worked in Toronto for over 20 years, largely with uninsured populations, and an associate professor who has focused my research and activism…
Ontario’s Your Health Act: Changes to the Legal Framework for Independent Health Facilities | Knowledge
The Ontario government recently introduced Bill 60, the Your Health Act, 2023. According to the Ministry of Health, Bill 60 aims to, among other things, improve patient wait times and patient experiences by expanding access to publicly funded, community based health services.[1]
This bulletin summarizes the proposed legal regime set forth in Bill 60 for “integrated community health service centres,” which will be privately operated – but publicly funded – health facilities that provide surgical and diagnostic care.
Existing Regime for Independent Health Facilities
Privately owned independent health facilities (IHFs) currently operate in Ontario and perform publicly funded procedures (ie,…
Ending medical coverage for the uninsured harms vulnerable people: OMA
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Published March 31, 2023 • Last updated 6 days ago • 3 minute read
Rose Zacharias, president of the Ontario Medical Association, poses for a photo in Ottawa Friday. Zacharias said the organization is in talks with the government about extending a program to provide care to uninsured Ontarians. Photo by Tony Caldwell /POSTMEDIA
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The Ontario Medical Association will continue to press the provincial government to reinstate a program that extends health coverage to people without insurance, its president Dr. Rose Zacharias has said.
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Gov. Whitmer fears the impact of the ruling that free ACA screenings are unconstitutional
Gov. Gretchen Whitmer directed the state Department of Insurance and Financial Services on Monday to move immediately to protect Michiganders from the potential loss of health insurance coverage for preventive services, including colon and lung cancer screenings, and for preventive drugs for breast cancer, heart disease and HIV .
Whitmer’s action comes after a federal judge in Texas struck down a provision in the Affordable Care Act that requires insurance companies to fully cover certain preventive health services, a ruling that could have major ripple effects in Michigan and across the country.
US District Judge Reed O’Connor of the Northern…
Can Your EHR Template Land You in Prison?
If your electronic health record (EHR) template is set up incorrectly and leads you to be billed improperly, it could lead to prison time.
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In recent years, we have heard from many of our clients that their compliance plans received less attention than normal due to the pandemic, staffing issues, and other pressing concerns.
However, compliance enforcement is ongoing and it is essential to prioritize your compliance plan.
A Delaware physician…