Sending online messages to your doctor is easier than scheduling an appointment. But starting Thursday, the Cleveland Clinic will begin billing patients’ insurance for messages that require at least five minutes of a healthcare provider’s time to answer. The decision has sparked passionate responses from Clinic patients and cleveland.com readers, many of whom have come to rely on the communication. - Laura |
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Starting Thursday, the Clinic will begin billing patients’ insurance for messages that require five minutes or more of a healthcare provider’s time to answer. The move was met with a variety of responses from patients and healthcare advocates. (cleveland.com file photo) |
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Clinic messages: The Cleveland Clinic’s decision to start charging for some messages that patients send to their provider is either a cash grab or a logical business decision to compensate physicians for their time. Julie Washington reports Clinic patients, health experts and patient advocates offered differing views Tuesday of the change in policy, which appears to be rare or at the forefront of new billing policies among Ohio hospital systems. Today in Ohio: Disgraced Ohio House Speaker Larry Householder’s attorneys are asking a judge to bar a whole bunch of evidence from his federal corruption trial because, well, it might be incriminating. We’re talking about the audacity of Householder’s latest legal maneuverings on Today in Ohio, cleveland.com’s daily half-hour news podcast. |
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Amy Schneider: Amy Schneider, the “Jeopardy” super champion, will testify today at an Ohio legislative hearing in opposition to a bill that would prohibit people under age 18 from obtaining puberty-blocking drugs, hormone therapy and surgeries to transition genders. Laura Hancock reports that Schneider, an Ohio native and transgender woman, will testify against House Bill 454 alongside representatives from Equality Ohio. Text and drive: A legislative crackdown that Gov. Mike DeWine has been calling for on drivers who text behind the wheel is again moving through Ohio’s General Assembly after stalling for well over a year. Jake Zuckerman reports the legislation, which passed Tuesday through the House Criminal Justice Committee on a unanimous and bipartisan basis, could pass the full chamber as soon as today. Opioids: Walmart has agreed to pay the state of Ohio $114 million as part of a preliminary nationwide settlement to resolve claims that the retail giant recklessly dispensed opioid prescription painkillers, reports Jeremy Pelzer. The money is part of a proposed $3.1 billion deal to settle thousands of opioid lawsuits from around the country. |
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Burke Lakefront: As Cleveland considers what to do with Burke Lakefront Airport, most Greater Clevelanders say the airport should be kept open. Robert Higgs reports that in a Baldwin Wallace/cleveland.com poll conducted between Oct. 7 and Oct. 18, 54.2% of the respondents said the airport should either “definitely” or “probably” be kept open. Police reform: Mayor Justin Bibb on Tuesday chose the first-ever leader of the newly created team that will oversee the city’s efforts at working toward police reform. Leigh Anderson will lead the new Police Accountability Team, which is expected to collaborate with city employees to help the city comply with mandates in the 2015 consent decree between the city and U.S. Department of Justice to bring constitutional policing to the city, Molly Walsh reports. Porch pirates: As holiday shopping begins, police are working to prevent theft from stores and front doors, reports Molly Walsh. Mentor police plan to once again utilize undercover officers and a GPS tracking device planted in “bait boxes” to catch criminals. |
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Deshaun Watson: Browns quarterback Deshaun Watson has bought a $5.395 million Hunting Valley home, which covers 17,000 square feet and includes its own fitness center, theater, pool, tennis and volleyball courts, all on 5.8 acres of land, reports Zachary Smith. Most expensive home: Ravencrest, the largest and most expensive home in Northeast Ohio, is on the market for $15 million, reports Joey Morona. The Tudor-style estate built for real estate developer Scott Wolstein took five years and $30 million to build. |
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Cory Barron: Cleveland police’s use of scientific testing helped change the course of the investigation into the 2014 death of Cory Barron, who died in a five-story fall from a trash chute at Progressive Field during a country music concert. Molly Walsh reports the Lorain County coroner changed the ruling of Baron’s death to homicide after investigators found additional evidence and tested other evidence using methods not available when Barron died more than eight years ago. Frank Q. Jackson: A member of the Heartless Felons gang who helped set up the September 2021 slaying of then-Cleveland Mayor Frank Jackson’s grandson received a life sentence on Tuesday, reports Cory Shaffer. Robert Shepard, 30, was not present when a hooded gunman fired seven bullets into the body of 24-year-old Frank Q. Jackson on Sept. 19, 2021. Kent State lawsuit: Kent State University unlawfully rescinded a promotion to a qualified professor because of their gender identity, according to a federal discrimination lawsuit filed Monday in Akron, John Tucker reports. GPat Patterson, an assistant professor with Kent State’s English Department, accused the university of engaging in “sabotage” by reneging on a promise to promote them to a leadership role. |
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CircleFest: The annual holiday festival presented by University Circle Inc. will help usher in the holiday season with a host of family-friendly activities at Wade Oval, including ice skating, a horse-drawn carriage, shopping at the outdoor holiday market and more. Alexis Oatman reports this will be the final year of the CircleFest in its current format. Bundt flavors: At its core, any flavor cake can be a Bundt; it is the unique shape that gives it its name -- taken from the Bundt pan. Brenda Cain and Yadi Rodriguez rank the 10 best at Nothing Bundt Cakes for National Bundt Cake Day. Holiday markets: Get your holiday gifts, treats and décor from local artisans and crafters. Paris Wolfe has a list of markets open every weekend from Nov. 18 through Dec. 27 throughout Northeast Ohio, with bonuses such as food trucks, visits by Santa and Mr. Jingeling, ice skating and more. |
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