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A limited mask mandate is returning to my state this week. In 2023, the Maryland Department of Health (DOH) adopted a standard for return to universal masking in healthcare facilities when hospitalizations with respiratory viruses (covid, influenza, or RSV) reach a level of 10 cases per 100,000 population. Maryland has a population of 6.3 million and about 10,000 licensed hospital beds, so that works out to about 6% of hospital beds.
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While the shortage of GPs, Practice Nurses and Pharmacists regularly makes the headlines, seldom does a shortage of Practice Managers make the news. It was therefore refreshing, but also alarming, to see the subject of the acute shortage of Practice Managers discussed at a parliamentary launch. Supported by the Institute of General Practice Management (IGPM), a new report found that there is currently a 14% vacancy rate for Practice Managers in the UK.
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Walmart is offering same-day pharmacy delivery nationwide amid intensifying competition from Amazon and the struggles of corner drugstores run by CVS and Walgreens.
Robert F. Kennedy Jr., nominee for HHS secretary, seemed unfamiliar with the massive insurance program during Thursday’s hearing, mistakenly saying Medicare Part A mainly paid for primary care or physicians.
Robert F. Kennedy Jr., nominee for HHS secretary, seemed unfamiliar with the massive insurance program during Thursday’s hearing, mistakenly saying Medicare Part A mainly paid for primary care or physicians.
The Cigna Group reported more than $3.4 billion in 2024 profits including $1.4 billion in the fourth quarter despite rising medical expenses in its employer plans.
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