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Choice Health Acquires Private Duty Company Instant Care, Enters Arizona Market

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Texas-headquartered Choice Health at Home has entered the personal care space with the acquisition of Instant Care of Arizona for an undisclosed sum. Similar to national demographic trends, demand for serious illness and end-of-life care is expected to swell in Arizona. The state’s 1.3 Census Bureau.

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Executive Moves at UnitedHealth Group, Treasure Coast Hospice

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McMahon ascended to the role in 2021, serving in various other positions at UnitedHealth Group since 2003, including executive vice president of enterprise operations and CEO of Optum Rx, among other management positions in finance, information technology and operations. The organization is a subsidiary of Western Reserve Care Solutions.

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CMS to Sunset Look-Alike Dual-Eligible Special Needs Plans in 2023

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Generally, these are individuals with multiple debilitating conditions who have low incomes and high health care costs. Though D-SNPs have existed in one form or another since 2003, Congress made the programs permanent through the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2018.

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Roger Chou’s Undisclosed Conflicts of Interest: How the CDC’s 2016 Guideline for Prescribing Opioids for Chronic Pain Lost Its Clinical and Professional Integrity

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Their reporting prompted the state of Washington to “issue a public health advisory that singles out the unique risks of methadone” as contributing to the deaths of at least 2,173 people between 2003 and late 2011 (14). He can be reached by e-mail at chad.kollas@orlandohealth.com or via Twitter at @ChadDKollas. Anderson Cancer Center Orlando.

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