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Two New Studies Suggest Highly Processed Foods as Addictive as Tobacco
Two New Studies Suggest Highly Processed Foods as Addictive as Tobacco

Sarasota, FL (WorkersCompensation.com) – Recent reports have indicated that the number of obese adults with multiple chronic diseases including diabetes and depression are increasing. Chronic conditions cannot only increase employer’s healthcare costs, but could potentially […]
Recent Study Suggests Use of Patient Navigators Improves Utilization of Telehealth
Recent Study Suggests Use of Patient Navigators Improves Utilization of Telehealth

Sarasota, FL (WorkersCompensation.com) – While telehealth may be one solution to accomplish treatment in the face of staffing issues, a recent survey of commercial policyholders suggests that telehealth is popular due to the convenience.  According […]
New Analysis Shows Increases in Obesity, Multiple Chronic Diseases
New Analysis Shows Increases in Obesity, Multiple Chronic Diseases

Sarasota, FL (WorkersCompensation.com) – United Health Foundation (UHF), a nonprofit and private foundation established by UnitedHealth Group in 1999, has recently released its 2022 America's Health Rankings report after a two-year gap in reporting. The […]
ANA Releases Campaign to Push Healthcare Legislation through Before Year End
ANA Releases Campaign to Push Healthcare Legislation through Before Year End

Sarasota, FL (WorkersCompensation.com) – While most of healthcare is on the same page in supporting Workplace Violence Prevention Health Care and Social Service Workers Act, other proposed legislation has proven to be controversial, creating tension […]
Pandemic Oversight Report on Telehealth Reveals Multiple Errors
Pandemic Oversight Report on Telehealth Reveals Multiple Errors

Sarasota, FL (WorkersCompensation.com) – The Pandemic Response Accountability Committee (PRAC) is an independent oversight committee of the Council of the Inspectors General on Integrity and Efficiency (CIGIE). Earlier this month, the Healthcare Care Subgroup that […]
Are EHR Capabilities Contributing to Physician Burnout?
Are EHR Capabilities Contributing to Physician Burnout?

Sarasota, FL (WorkersCompensation.com) – Healthcare as a whole is on the brink of even more major changes in an effort to meet the demand in the midst of short staffing. With already unprecedented levels of […]
New OIG Audit Shows Providers Are Struggling to Bill Correctly for Assistant Surgeries
New OIG Audit Shows Providers Are Struggling to Bill Correctly for Assistant Surgeries

Sarasota, FL (WorkersCompensation.com) – Several recently proposed bills calling for the expansion of privileges for certain advanced practice providers (APPs) has brought both opposition and support. A new audit from the Centers for Medicare & […]
Nurse Practitioner Case Highlights New Bill Expanding Scope of Practice
Nurse Practitioner Case Highlights New Bill Expanding Scope of Practice

Sarasota, FL (WorkersCompensation.com) –- A recent settlement in California brings to life the tension that is brewing over a bipartisan bill that touts increasing access to care.  Dan Dow, the district attorney for San Luis […]