Baptist Health South Florida breaks ground on nine-story patient tower

[ad_1] South Florida Baptist Health has begun construction on the Gloria Drummond Patient Tower at Boca Raton Regional Hospital in Boca Raton, Florida. The nine-story patient tower will include fully private patient rooms, operating theatres and intensive care units. Additionally, the facility will house the Michelle and Michael Haggerty Graduate Medical Education Center, more than […]

Shanghai hospital pays the price for China’s coronavirus response

[ad_1] A string of deaths at a hospital for elderly patients in Shanghai underscores the dangerous consequences of China’s stubborn quest for a zero coronavirus outbreak amid an escalating outbreak in the city of 26 million. Relatives of the patients told The Associated Press that several patients have died at the Shanghai Donghai Nursing Home. […]

As COVID mission ends, Pentagon plans to tackle next pandemic

[ad_1] A COVID-19 patient is in respiratory distress. The Army nurse knew she had to act quickly. It’s the peak of this year’s omicron surge, and an Army medical team is helping at a Michigan hospital. Common hospital beds are full. The same goes for the intensive care unit. But the nurse heard there was […]

proud moment

[ad_1] Howard Brown Health Broadway Youth Center (BYC) has served Chicago’s LGBTQ+ community for nearly two decades. “The main focus is to support LGBTQ+ young people [ages 12 to 24] In terms of access to health care and comprehensive resources,” said Frankie Reynolds, director of business development, construction and real estate at Howard Brown Health, […]

Opioid Use and Disability – Healthcare Economist

[ad_1] What are the trends in opioid use over time?Among individuals applying for Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI), a Maestas et al. (2022) Find: …opioid use among SSDI applicants fell from 33% in 2013 to 24% in 2018. In contrast, the proportion of applicants reporting musculoskeletal injuries (often associated with chronic pain) did not change […]

“Get used to it”: The epidemic has given people a taste of coexistence with the virus

[ad_1] In this new phase of coexistence with the virus, the U.S. is seeing for the first time what it is like to experience a COVID-19 outbreak, with lists of newly infected people dotted. Cabinet members, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, the Broadway actor and the governors of New Jersey and Connecticut have all tested positive. […]

MedPAC alternative payment model strategy boosts ACO incentives

[ad_1] Medicare payment advisors said Friday they have focused on strategies to simplify Medicare’s alternative payment models, including removing the ratcheting effect that makes earning shared savings getting harder For responsible care organizations. The Medicare Payments Advisory Committee recommends reducing the amount of risk tracking in population-based models.Providers currently have seven tracks to choose from, […]

5 Key Points of the HHS Environmental Justice Strategy

[ad_1] released Thursday by the Department of Health and Human Services sketch Addressing environmental health issues looks very similar to the environmental justice strategy outlined in 1995, but with a greater focus on climate change and the communities most affected by extreme weather. The department seeks public comment on whether the strategy it outlines adequately […]

The BA.2 variant takes over. What do you know about it?

[ad_1] In the latest battle of coronavirus mutants, a super-contagious version of the omicron has taken over the world. The version of the coronavirus known as BA.2 now dominates in at least 68 countries, including the United States. The World Health Organization said it accounted for about 94 percent of sequenced omicron cases submitted to […]

Late Centene CEO Neidorff called public health plan ‘visionary’

[ad_1] In the summer of 2015, Andy Slavitt didn’t have time for the possible. Slavitt, then administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, spent a year trying to support Affordable Care Act communications after many major insurers pulled out, saying the market was too risky. But Maricopa County, Arizona, raises a question. The […]

‘Let the victim pay the bill’: Sexual assault survivors are often charged hundreds of dollars for rape packages

[ad_1] $347. This is the average out-of-pocket cost of sexual assault survivors who received forensic examination services as part of a rape kit from 2016 to 2018, Kaiser Family Foundation established. Under federal law, they shouldn’t have to pay anything at all. Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) — Reauthorize Last month as part of an […]

MACPAC wants more transparency on managed care-directed payments

[ad_1] On Friday, Medicaid payment advisor suggested policymakers increase managed care Targeted payments, typically used to increase Medicaid payments to hospitals. Medicaid and CHIP Payment and Access Committee staff questioned directed payments as improvements to state programs because managed care rates were already high enough to ensure enrollees had access to care. MACPAC recommends that […]