[ad_1] The COVID-19 pandemic is “most certainly not over,” the head of the World Health Organization warned Sunday, despite a decline in reported cases since the peak of […]
Biden says monkeypox cases something to ‘be concerned about’
[ad_1] President Joe Biden said Sunday that recent cases of monkeypox that have been identified in Europe and the United States were something “to be concerned about.” In […]
US sees risk of COVID supply rationing without more funds
[ad_1] The White House is planning for “dire” contingencies that could include rationing supplies of vaccines and treatments this fall if Congress doesn’t approve more money for fighting […]
AHA wants False Claims Act enforcement of Medicare Advantage care denials
[ad_1] The American Hospital Association on Thursday urged the Justice Department to conduct more False Claims Act investigations of Medicare Advantage insurers for denying patients access to services […]
High-tech’s business model hasn’t worked for the Cue COVID test
[ad_1] “I’ve got this,” coos Gal Gadot in Cue Health’s Super Bowl TV commercial. Cue hired the “Wonder Woman” actress to be the voice of the company’s new […]
Most with long COVID were never hospitalized, study finds
[ad_1] Most people diagnosed with long COVID were never hospitalized for COVID-19, a study found. From a sample of 78,000 patients with long COVID, 75.8% were not admitted […]
CDC urges Pfizer booster for children ages 5 to 11
[ad_1] Kids ages 5 to 11 should get a booster dose of Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine, advisers to the U.S. government said Thursday. The Center for Disease Control and […]
Inspection results endanger DMC’s Medicare, Medicaid eligibility
[ad_1] Medicare and Medicaid reimbursement covered 90.2 percent of inpatient days — days when a patient occupies a bed, regardless of payment source — at Detroit Receiving in […]
20 years after spate of hospital deaths, ex-worker accused
[ad_1] In the five months that Jennifer Anne Hall was a respiratory therapist at Hedrick Medical Center, the rural Missouri hospital experienced 18 “code blue” incidents — an […]
Court tosses $300,000 hospital bill for promised $1,300 tab
[ad_1] Colorado’s Supreme Court has ruled in favor of a woman who expected to pay about $1,300 for spinal fusion surgery but was billed more than $300,000 by […]
