Outside firms will help audit the $178 billion Provider Relief Fund, which was meant to help hospitals and medical practices weather the financial challenges of the pandemic.
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Outside firms will help audit the $178 billion Provider Relief Fund, which was meant to help hospitals and medical practices weather the financial challenges of the pandemic.
The study reinforces previous recommendations from the FDA, which had urged patients not to carry consumer electronics in a pocket over implanted devices—as magnets in some smartphones trigger settings that can temporarily disable medical devices.
School districts in Florida may impose mask mandates, a judge said Friday, ruling that Gov. Ron DeSantis overstepped his authority by issuing an executive order banning the mandates.
Public health experts said full information is vital for a public dealing with an emergency such as the pandemic — similar to the government reports needed during a hurricane.
Medicaid enrollees often face hurdles accessing vaccines, including worries about taking time off work or finding transportation.
Connections Community Support Programs, which also is the former medical and behavioral healthcare contractor for the Department of Correction, has agreed to the entry of consent judgments totaling more than $15.3 million.
Hospitals have been guaranteeing some surgeries for years. But many expect the practice to become more widespread as employers, insurers and patients push for lower costs.
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce voluntarily dropped its lawsuit seeking to block provisions of the health insurer price transparency rule less than a week after the Biden administration delayed enforcement.
MetroHealth will require its employees, contractors and volunteers to receive COVID-19 vaccinations by Oct. 30.
Kansas hospitals are clamoring for traveling nurses as the number of COVID-19 patients rises to levels last seen in January.
Illinois health care workers and educators from kindergarten through college will be required to be vaccinated against COVID-19 or submit to weekly testing, Gov. J.B. Pritzker said Thursday.
The Institute for Clinical and Economic Review says it plan to assess the clinical effectiveness of COVID-19 treatments.
The U.S. is projected to see nearly 100,000 more COVID-19 deaths between now and Dec. 1, according to the nation's most closely watched forecasting model.
A growing list of states are seeing record numbers of hospitalized COVID-19 patients in a surge that is overwhelming doctors and nurses and afflicting more children.