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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.
Payer
Medicare Certifies Hospices in California Despite State Ban on New Licenses
The agency has rolled out sweeping changes to target end-of-life care providers that were billing for unneeded services, but some...
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.
Clinical Care
Feds Hope to Cut Sepsis Deaths by Hitching Medicare Payments to Treatment Stats
A new Biden administration rule setting treatment metrics for sepsis has triggered pushback for its lack of flexibility.
Clinical Care
Police Blame Some Deaths on 'Excited Delirium.' ER Docs Consider Pulling the Plug on the Term.
The theory of excited delirium exonerates police despite mounting opposition to the term among most prominent medical groups.
Clinical Care
Expert: CMS Takes Significant Step to Improve Sepsis Care in 2024 IPPS Rule
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services make SEP-1 sepsis care bundle a pay-for-performance measure.
Clinical Care
Excessive Drinking During the Pandemic Increased CA's Alcoholic Liver Disease Death Rates
The rate peaked at 13.2 deaths per 100,000 residents in 2021, nearly double the rate from two decades ago.
Clinical Care
Inside the Preventable Deaths That Happened Within a Prominent Transplant Center
James Eason, MD, who earned acclaim by operating on Steve Jobs, led the transplant center named in his honor at...
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.
Pharma
Florida Study Links Cannabis to 386 Deaths Over 6 Years
Although the findings raise concerns, the figures for cannabis-related deaths in Florida pale when compared with opioid- and alcohol-related deaths.
Telehealth
Rural Seniors Benefit From Pandemic-Driven Remote Fitness Boom
Along with social isolation came the rapid introduction of remote access to everything from work to workouts.
Clinical Care
Weighing Risks of a Major Surgery: 7 Questions Older Americans Should Ask Their Surgeon
Older adults contemplating major surgery often aren't sure whether to proceed.