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Clinical Care
Surge in Syphilis Cases Leads Some Providers to Ration Penicillin
Nationwide, syphilis rates are at a 70-year high.
Payer
ProgenyHealth 2024 Maternal & Infant Health Report Spotlights Payer Interventions
Health plan efforts featured among the 5 key trends, insights, and predictions that will mark the year.
Covid-19
Rift Over When to Use N95s Puts Health Workers at Risk Again
The pandemic illustrated how a rift between the CDC and workplace safety officials can have serious repercussions.
Covid-19
How Lawmakers in Texas and Florida Undermine COVID Vaccination Efforts
The shift in health information trails rhetoric from Republican politicians who have reversed their positions on COVID vaccines.
Covid-19
Health Workers Warn Loosening Mask Advice in Hospitals Would Harm Patients and Providers
A CDC draft controversially concludes that N95 face masks are equivalent to looser, surgical face masks in certain settings.
Clinical Care
Gun Violence Costs U.S. Healthcare $1B+ Annually
That figure does not include hundreds of millions of dollars spent for patients' months-long recovery costs.
Strategy
The CDC Lacks a Rural Focus. Researchers Hope a Newly Funded Office Will Help.
Rural health advocates successfully pushed for the CDC to extend its rural health focus by creating an Office of Rural...
Revenue Cycle
New ICD-10-CM/PCS Codes Now in Effect for Rev Cycle
As of April 1, coding teams now have 42 new diagnosis codes and 34 new ICD-10-PCS procedure codes to choose...
Innovation
ViVE 2023 Opens on an Upbeat Note for Digital Health Companies
Recent CMS and CDC rulings offer hope that health systems will show more love for innovative treatments like digital therapeutics...
Pharma
A Technicality Could Keep RSV Shots From Kids in Need
The CDC is now assessing whether nirsevimab would be eligible for the Vaccines for Children program.
Covid-19
CDC slammed for suggesting Americans ask their 'vaccinators' questions about COVID vaccine
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is getting slammed for encouraging patients to consult with their ?vaccinator? if...
Revenue Cycle
CDC Releases New Diagnosis Codes for 2023 With a Focus on SDOH
On April 1, your revenue cycle will have additional diagnosis code options to further capture social determinants of health.