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Allina Health’s efforts to eliminate stigma around mental health and addiction begin internally

Inspired by a friend struggling to get their child in crisis access to services, Allina Health President and CEO Penny Wheeler, M.D., recognized there often is a gap between the care medical professionals aspire to provide and what actually is delivered.
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Younger nurses are increasingly seeking practitioner role

Also in this weekly roundup of nursing news: how one hospital system took nurse feedback and ran with it to help patients; 16 nurses at one hospital are pregnant at once; and a nurse helps unite a missing man with his family.
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Hospital groups notify court of appeal of 340B case

The American Hospital Association, the Association of American Medical Colleges and America's Essential Hospitals today formally notified the court of their intent to
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FDA seeks stakeholder input on impact of drug shortages, solutions

The Food and Drug Administration will hold a public meeting Nov. 27 to receive stakeholder input on the underlying systemic causes of drug shortages and recommendations to mitigate them.
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CMS awards $10 million in grants to 2019 health insurance navigators

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services today awarded 39 organizations grants to help consumers shop for and enroll in health coverage in 2019 as navigators in states with federally-facilitated health insurance exchanges.
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OIG recommends FDA enhance medical device cybersecurity review process

The Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General yesterday recommended the Food and Drug Administration take additional steps to integrate cybersecurity into its premarket review process for medical devices
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CMS: New option for claiming 2018 hardship exemption from individual mandate

Consumers may claim a hardship exemption from the Affordable Care Act’s individual health insurance mandate on their federal income tax return for 2018 without presenting the documentary evidence or written explanation generally required for hardship exemptions, according to guidance issued today by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services.
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HHS eases certain provider requirements in Carolinas due to hurricane

Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar yesterday declared public health emergencies in North and South Carolina as Hurricane Florence approaches, and waived or modified certain Medicare, Medicaid and Children’s Health Insurance Program requirements to give health care providers and suppliers greater flexibility to meet emergency health needs.
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Throwback Thursday: First Person Oral History with Elliott C. Roberts, Sr.

On Thursdays, we highlight an oral history featuring a health care leader who shaped the past and laid the foundation for the future.
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AHA Chair Nancy Agee on Tackling the Opioid Crisis 

Also in this roundup of health care news: Hospitals step up the war on superbugs; how medical schools try to help doctors understand patients in poverty; and copycat comments, unwitting patients become part of federal rulemaking process.