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Strategy
A Senator From Arizona Emerges As A Pharma FavoriteSen. Kyrsten Sinema has received almost $100,000 from drug companies in the current election cycle, a KHN analysis shows, one...
Finance
Public Option Could Lower Premiums But Not Raise Insured RateThe RAND study estimated that premiums for public plans could be 10% to 27% lower than those for private plans...
Strategy
The Feds Gave a Former White House Official $3 Million to Supply Masks to Navajo Hospitals. Some May Not Work.Zach Fuentes, former deputy chief of staff to President Trump, won the contract just days after registering his company. He...
Covid-19
Congress Said COVID-19 Tests Should Be Free — But Who's Paying?Vanderbilt University Medical Center conducted much of the COVID-19 testing in Tennessee during the early days through several designated outpatient...
Covid-19
In Hard-Hit New Jersey, COVID-19 Saddles Some Small Health Departments With Crushing WorkloadSecretaries are working as contact tracers. The person normally in charge of pet shops and tattoo parlors is monitoring nursing...
Finance
FY 2021 IPPS Proposed Rule Includes 600 Potential Code ChangesThe entire list of proposed changes to ICD-10-CM/PCS codes is available in tables 6A-6K and 6P.1a-6P.4a of the rule.
Covid-19
Two Coasts. One Virus. How New York Suffered Nearly 10 Times the Number of Deaths as California.California?s governor and San Francisco?s mayor worked together to act early in confronting the COVID threat. For Andrew Cuomo and...
Clinical Care
NIOSH Seeks Comment on Updated List of Hazardous Drugs in HealthcareThe list, which is a basic reference document for OSHA, USP and other standard-setting organizations, has not been updated since...
Covid-19
As Congress Weighs COVID Liability Protections, States Shield Health ProvidersCoronavirus patients and their families who believe a doctor, nurse, hospital or other provider made serious mistakes during their care...
Nursing
Bill Would Give Green Cards to PractitionersThe legislation would give green cards to 25,000 nurses and 15,000 physicians, ensuring that rural areas especially have the appropriate...
Finance
CMS Considers New Price Transparency Requirements in FY 2021 IPPS Proposed RuleCMS' rationale is that because previous rules already require hospitals to publicly report the information, the proposal will create additional...
Finance
2021 IPPS Proposed Rule: CMS Proposes Increased Payment Rates, New MS-DRG for CAR-TAccording to the proposed rule, CMS projects total Medicare spending on inpatient hospital services, including capital, will increase by about...