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South Texas Families Are Driving to Mexico for Medicine and Medical Procedures. Here's Why It's Accelerating
Nearly one in three residents of McAllen, Texas, has no health coverage at all, and Laredo trails only slightly behind — the two highest uninsured rates of any metro area in the country, according to a ValuePenguin analysis of Census Bureau data. This year, that gap has collided with a fresh round of U.S. drug-price increases, and pharmacies just across the river are picking up the overflow.
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Texas physician sued over $500K neurostimulator billing
Houston-based federal prosecutors have filed a False Claims Act lawsuit against a Texas physician accused of billing Medicare nearly $500,000 for surgical neurostimulator electrode implantations he allegedly never performed. Michael Neret, MD, owns and manages Neret MD Medical Clinic and practices in Bay City and Lake Jackson, Texas, according to...
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TCEQ considers fines for three Southeast Texas facilities
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Eli Lilly’s $6.5 Billion Texas Plant Will Make a Pill Millions of Americans Are Already Asking About
Eli Lilly broke ground Monday on a $6.5 billion manufacturing facility in Houston's Generation Park, a project Texas Gov. Greg Abbott called the largest active pharmaceutical ingredient investment in state history. The 600-plus jobs it's expected to create matter to the Houston area directly. But the more immediate relevance for readers everywhere may be what the plant will actually produce: Foundayo, Lilly's newly approved oral GLP-1 pill, along with other small-molecule medicines and advanced therapeutics.
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STHS GME Consortium Receives Reaccreditation for Internal Medicine Program
Trained to diagnose challenging medical issues, coordinate comprehensive treatment plans and emphasize prevention, internal medicine physicians are uniquely positioned to improve health outcomes across the lifespan. Unfortunately, fewer physicians are choosing internal medicine, contributing to a nationwide shortage of specialists trained to manage complex adult health conditions. According to the...