How do retirees live in New York

It is generally accepted that in the United States, with the arrival of retirement, life for older people is just beginning - they go traveling, live for their own pleasure, attend various classes, and many even move to warmer states. In fact, things are not always like this...

Russian-speaking mistress of clinics in New York sentenced to 7 years in prison

The owner of two medical clinics in New York was sentenced to 84 months in prison for $ 55 million in health care fraud. Valentina Kovalenko, 47, from Brooklyn and owner of Prime Care on the Bay and Bensonhurst Mega Medical Care has been recognized ...

Medicare replaces 60 million cards

Medicare is preparing to issue 60 million cards with new IDs to its policyholders. This step will be taken as one of the ways to combat identity theft and fraud. The cards will be released next April. Completely the program ...

How scammers in Miami-Dade cranked a billion-dollar scheme with Medicare

48-year-old Miami-Dade businessman Philip Esformes and 66-year-old Florida Health Agency official Bertha Blanco were caught in a $ 1 billion Medicare fraud. According to the investigation, this is the largest Medicare fraud that has ever been recorded in the United States ...

Two psychologists received $ 25,2 million for fraud with Medicare

Two psychological service company owners, one of whom was licensed as a clinical psychologist, have been sentenced to prison for their involvement in a $ 25,2 million Medicare fraudulent scheme. The scheme involved eight companies in ...

Ten people arrested in Brooklyn because of suspicions of fraud with insurance

Ten people, including three doctors, a chiropractor, three licensed physicians, a general practitioner and two medical company owners, have been arrested in the largest ever fraudulent healthcare operation ever. They are suspected of fraudulent Medicare and Medicaid billing of ...

Americans are dying more and more at home: how does this affect relatives

More and more Americans are dying at home rather than in hospital: about one-fourth of all deaths in the United States now occur at home. So, for example, from 2000 to 2014, the number of deaths at home increased by 29,5%, according to the Center ...

5 ways to save on Medicare insurance

Medicare is a complex and often incomprehensible program, says Philip Mjoller, author of Time.Money and a book on maximizing the benefits of US social security. Although everyone should understand it, given the significant impact of this health insurance program, which is used by more than 95% ...

Survive without insurance: how to get medical care in the US and avoid huge bills

No insurance - it's better not to get sick. This rule is known to everyone who crosses the US border. American medicine is one of the most expensive in the world. And the lack of a good insurance policy means that the amount for hospital care can be with many zeros. At…

Americans prefer telemedicine to a live doctor

Researchers at Harvard Medical School found that the demand for telemedicine services increased 28 percent in a decade. To do this, they looked at data about the medical care that Medicare provides. The results were published in The Journal of the American Medical Association. Press release available at ...

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