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Two trends in health insurance coverage are driving an increase in medical debt: inadequate health care coverage and high-deductible health plans that intentionally push more costs onto patients. These plans leave individuals financially vulnerable when seeking medical care, despite…
AHA urges the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals to reverse the Federal Trade Commission’s decision in Illumina Inc. v. FTC, “a paradigmatic example” of how the agency’s practices violate the Constitution’s due process clause.
When Jefferson Health set reducing its rate of central line-associated bloodstream infections (CLABSI) as a primary focus for 2020, it didn’t need to reach for new, fancy or exotic methods to achieve this goal.
Multiple interventions are driving quality improvements to reduce healthcare-associated infections at Cedar County Memorial Hospital in El Dorado Springs, Mo. The common threads in all interventions are effective daily communication and follow-up.
The advantages of a central line are obvious when a patient needs drugs given through their veins over a long period of time, or for kidney dialysis. In these cases, a central line is easier and less painful than having needles inserted in the patient’s veins each time they need therapy.
June 9, 2023
The Honorable Chiquita Brooks-LaSure
Administrator
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
Hubert H. Humphrey Building
200 Independence Avenue, S.W.
Room 445-G
Washington, DC 20201
June 9, 2023
The Honorable Chiquita Brooks-LaSure
Administrator Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Attention: CMS-1785-P
P.O. Box 8013
Baltimore, MD 21244-8013
Submitted Electronically
Serving a small rural community in upper Michigan, Mackinac Straits Health System was once in dire financial straits, operating on only a few days of cash reserves.
American Hospital Association (AHA) statement for the record to the Senate Finance Committee to provide the hospital perspective on how hospital mergers and acquisitions can expand and preserve access to quality care.
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Note: this joint Cybersecurity Advisory (CSA) is part of an ongoing #StopRansomware effort to publish advisories for network defenders that detail various ransomware variants and ransomware threat actors. These #StopRansomware advisories include recently and historically observed…