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Category: Healthcare
UHC: Help prevent infections when receiving medical treatment
Tips to help keep your health on track! Everyone knows when you’re sick you go to a medical facility for treatment in order to get better. What you need to be aware of, however, is that patients can also contract an infection while getting treatment for their medical issue. U [...]
UnitedHealthcare issues scam alert
UnitedHealthcare today issued a scam alert in response to reports of a number of calls attempting to solicit personal information from railroad workers. An email from Gail Snopkowski, senior service account manager of railroad accounts for UnitedHealthcare, to SMART TD said “ [...]Cost of sleepiness too pricey to ignore
by The National Healthy Sleep Awareness Project Sleep deprivation impacts workplace safety, productivity and individual health (DARIEN, Ill.) March 2018 – Getting insufficient sleep and working while fatigued have become commonplace in the modern 24/7 workforce, with more tha [...]
Lifestyle changes for a healthier heart
by UnitedHealthcare Tips to help keep your health on track! While there are many risk factors that can lead to heart disease, you may be able to make certain lifestyle changes to improve your heart health. In addition to your medical treatments and medicines, you may also ben [...]
Three GCAs ratify contract with Amtrak
Amtrak employees represented by SMART Transportation Division General Committees of Adjustment GO-769, GO-663, and GO-342 (Conductors, Assistant Conductors, and Yardmasters) voted in overwhelming favor of ratifying a tentative agreement reached last month. The agreement, effe [...]
Medicare introduces new claim review process
Medicare is always working to fight fraud and abuse. With that, a new type of claim review has recently begun: a process called Targeted Probe and Educate, or ‘TPE’ for short. How TPE works: Palmetto GBA/Railroad Medicare will conduct data analysis and find providers whose bi [...]
Consultation being offered for those targeted by CSX FMLA investigations
The office of Designated Legal Counsel Willard J. Moody, Esq., based in Portsmouth, Va., has extended an offer of service to SMART Transportation Division members who may have been unjustly fired for alleged Family Medical Leave Act (FMLA) violations. Television station WNYT [...]“Your Track to Health” adds new URL, updates info for national rail workers
“Your Track to Health,” the web portal that distributes national railroad health and welfare plan information to SMART Transportation Division members, has added a new shorter URL for members to access. To get the latest info on these railroad H&W plan offerings, TD membe [...]