April 2, 2026 This article is sponsored by Avera Health. As oncology research and medicine advance, Avera specializes in cancer care to ensure patients receive the most cutting-edge and personalized care possible. Specialization in cancer treatment involves oncologists becoming experts by focusing on specific types of cancer. Oncologists can specialize through a special interest in … Read more
The FBI arrested a couple on Thursday for allegedly fraudulently billing Medicare $7.45 million while running a hospice that reported a five-year survival rate of more than 97 percent. Federal officials told CBS News they were the first in a series of arrests planned for Thursday. Because most people enter hospice care in the final … Read more
Hawaii’s health care executive said government reimbursement problems have left the state’s entire health care system in an “unviable state.” A doctor in expensive San Francisco has a distinct economic advantage when it comes to treating elderly patients insured by Medicare over a doctor in similarly expensive Honolulu. Federal authorities pay San Francisco doctors large … Read more
For decades, five brothers living in rural Kentucky were slowly turned to stone. After just a few minutes of walking, their feet became so painful that even the doctors couldn’t explain their pain. By the time her eldest sibling, Louise Benge, reached her 50s, she had come to believe that medicine might not be able … Read more