Biden administration announces boost to rural health care in midterm election push
[ad_1] Jeremy JohnsonA political scientist at Helena Carroll College in Montana said he doubts the strategy will bring rural voters back to Democrats in the midterms. Montana Democrats have made health care a top issue in the 2020 election, but are still swept by Republicans in statewide and federal elections. “It’s good that we discuss […]
Who won’t text in 2022?Most state Medicaid programs
[ad_1] This summer, West Virginia will use the U.S. Postal Service and an online account to reach Medicaid enrollees about the expected end of the COVID-19 public health emergency, which will put many recipients at risk of losing coverage. What West Virginia won’t do is use a form of communication that is ubiquitous across the […]
Rehabilitation hospital peaks in Arizona
[ad_1] Reunion Rehabilitation Hospital (Dublin, Ohio), Inpatient Rehabilitation Hospital System and Healthcare Real Estate Developer American Development and Investment LLC (Dallas) is working with Reunion Rehabilitation Hospital Peoria in Peoria, Arizona. The three-story, 49,128-square-foot inpatient facility will house 40 beds, two physiotherapy gyms, dining and kitchen space, administrative offices, and other service and support areas […]
SBLM Architects appoints new directors
[ad_1] architectural firm SBLM Architects (New York) has hired Ann Chu as Director of the Healthcare Studio in the company’s New York office. With more than 25 years of experience in healthcare, Chu will focus on expanding the studio’s project portfolio and design team. [ad_2] Source link
Healthcare Data Breach
[ad_1] Data breaches in March have continued to trend downward since their latest high in November 2021. [ad_2] Source link
Why insurers are cutting what brokers pay for exchange programs
[ad_1] What a difference a bad year can make. President Joe Biden’s last special enrollment period on the health insurance exchange has resulted in a flood of sick, expensive customers signing up for coverage. Health plans aren’t sure they need more of these members. With a second pandemic-related special enrollment period and states set to […]
Mask rules for planes and trains still in the air
[ad_1] The federal requirement to wear masks on planes and public transportation is set to expire next week, and airline executives and Republican lawmakers are urging the Biden administration to abandon the mandate. On Monday, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control was discussing the fate of the rule — and consideration of an alternative “framework” […]
WHO: COVID cases and deaths fall for third week in a row
[ad_1] The number of new coronavirus cases and deaths reported to the World Health Organization fell for the third week in a row, a trend that may have been helped by the cancellation of testing and surveillance programs. The more than 7 million new cases reported were down 24 percent from a week earlier, the […]
George Miller Jr., CEO of Loretto Hospital, is out
[ad_1] “George Miller is no longer president and CEO of Loreto Hospital and is not affiliated with the organization,” Loreto’s board of directors said in a statement. “Our leadership team, team members and medical staff remain unwavering in their commitment to providing the Austin community with the highest level of patient care and advocacy.” Tesa […]
Appeals court: J&J must pay $302 million in pelvic mesh case
[ad_1] A California appeals court upheld a lower court ruling that Johnson & Johnson must pay the state a fine for deceptively marketing women’s pelvic mesh implants, but reduced the amount by $42 million to $302 million. Johnson & Johnson appealed in 2020 after Superior Court Judge Eddie Sturgeon assessed a $344 million fine by […]
COVID-19, overdose push U.S. to highest death toll ever
[ad_1] 2021 is the deadliest year in U.S. history, and new data and research provide more insight into how it got so bad. The main reason for the increase in deaths? COVID-19, said Robert Anderson, who oversees the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s death tally efforts. The agency quietly updated its provisional death toll […]
Providence to pay $22.7 million for alleged spine surgery fraud
[ad_1] Providence Health has agreed to pay $22.7 million to settle allegations of Medicare and Medicaid fraud, officials announced Tuesday. The Renton, Wash.-based health system hired two neurosurgeons who allegedly falsified or exaggerated patient diagnoses and over-performed medicine at St. Mary’s Medical Center in Walla Walla between 2013 and 2017 Inappropriate or medically unnecessary procedures. […]