[ad_1] Five thousand striking nurses at Stanford Health Care and Stanford Children’s Health in California could return to work by Tuesday, if members of the nurses’ union approve […]
CMS tightens oversight for Medicare Advantage plans
[ad_1] The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services finalized plans to strengthen oversight of Medicare Advantage plans Friday. CMS will increase oversight of third-party marketing organizations and require […]
UCM Digital Health forms partnership to launch mobile integrated healthcare nationwide
[ad_1] Telehealth and emergency medicine triage provider UCM Digital Health is partnering with another emergency medicine group to expand patient-centered, mobile resources outside of hospitals. UCM and Empress […]
CMS report details health disparities among Medicare Advantage enrollees
[ad_1] Black, Indigenous and Alaska Native patients experienced the most significant disparities in clinical care among Medicare Advantage enrollees last year, according to a report from the Centers […]
FDA sets June meetings on COVID vaccines for youngest kids
[ad_1] The Food and Drug Administration on Friday set tentative dates in June to publicly review COVID-19 vaccines for the youngest American children, typically the final step before […]
Cedars-Sinai workers set strike date
[ad_1] Members of a union representing 2,000 workers at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles are set to go on strike May 9. Service Employees Union International-United Healthcare […]
At U.S. hospitals, a drug mix-up is just a few keystrokes away
[ad_1] A five-letter fix: Making it stick Omnicell added a five-letter search with a software update in 2020. But customers must opt in to the feature, so it […]
Michigan State University, Henry Ford Health partnership will continue without Lassiter
[ad_1] But now Lassiter’s right hand and President and COO of Henry Ford Health Bob Riney lead those efforts. Riney, a longtime executive at the health system, will serve […]
Racial split on COVID-19 endures as restrictions ease in US
[ad_1] Black and Hispanic Americans remain far more cautious in their approach to COVID-19 than white Americans, recent polls show, reflecting diverging preferences on how to deal with […]
Climate change may increase risk of new infectious diseases
[ad_1] Climate change will result in thousands of new viruses spread among animal species by 2070 — and that’s likely to increase the risk of emerging infectious diseases […]