Marcus Overton isn’t a stranger to emergency rooms—and he doesn’t like them. “They’re chaotic and loud,” says the 75-year-old San Diego resident, who battles diabetes and heart-valve problems. “They usually put you in a bed, pull a curtain around you, and you wait.”
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Fact check: Hospitals get paid more if patients listed as COVID-19, on ventilators
Sen. Scott Jensen, R-Minn., a physician in Minnesota, was interviewed by "The Ingraham Angle" host Laura Ingraham on April 8 on Fox News and claimed hospitals get paid more if Medicare patients are...
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Study Shows COVID-19 Body Count 20 Times Higher Than Seasonal Flu Deaths
Confusion about lethality comparisons may be owing to "a knowledge gap" in how the CDC reports on seasonal influenza and COVID-19. ...
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ECMO Life Support 'Last-Ditch' Intervention for Coronavirus Patients
Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation provides life support for coronavirus patients suffering respiratory failure. ...
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Surgeons Pan Cuts in CMS' Proposed Fee Schedule for 2021
The proposed rule would reduce payments to nearly all surgical specialties, including up to 9% for cardiac surgery, 8% for thoracic surgery, 7% for vascular surgery, 7% for neurosurgery, and 6% for...
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President Trump Signs Executive Order to Permanently Expand Telehealth Benefits for Medicare Recipients
Additionally, CMS released a proposed rule to reduce the clinician burden in rural communities. ...
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