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Here’s Why COVID Measures Like Masking And New Ones Like Safety Goggles Could Return If A Bird Flu Pandemic Is Declared

Forbes Healthcare

Experts warn that although scientists don’t know how bird flu may behave if it starts spreading between humans, safety measures will need to be put in place since it has over a 50% mortality rate in humans.

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Hospital mergers tied to increased layoffs, reduced tax revenues: report

Healthcare Dive - Practice Management

A National Bureau of Economic Research report found layoffs followed hospital mergers, as employers struggled to absorb the costs of rising healthcare premiums.

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How To Improve Adoption of Clinical Technology

EvidenceCare

Connecting Buyers and Users for Effective Healthcare Technology Adoption Technology adoption within our healthcare system is more important than ever. With rapid digital tech and AI innovation in hospitals, one of the significant hurdles of adoption is the disconnect between those who purchase the technology and those who use it. This gap can impede the effective use of new systems, ultimately limiting the benefits that technology can bring to patients and clinicians.

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Why is The New York Times now promoting an anti-science agenda?

Science Based Medicine

This essay stems from concerns about two editorials published in The New York Times recently. We felt that they were problematic in that the past is viewed through a blurred prism to produce revisionist history. The post Why is The New York Times now promoting an anti-science agenda? first appeared on Science-Based Medicine.

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Supreme Court Kills Purdue Pharma Settlement That Would Have Shielded Sacklers From Liability

Forbes Healthcare

The federal government challenged the $6 billion settlement in court, even though victims of the opioid crisis said they wanted it to go through.

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Walgreens to reduce stake in VillageMD, close stores

Healthcare Dive - Practice Management

Walgreens is refocusing on pharmacy operations after failing to make inroads in healthcare services. The company will sell its majority stake in VillageMD and is no longer looking to invest in medical offices, executives said.

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Batteries All Around

The Healthcare Blog

By KIM BELLARD Quick question: how many batteries do you have? Chances are, the answer is way bigger than you think. They’re in your devices (e.g., smartphones, tablets, laptops, ear buds), they’re throughout your house (e.g., clocks, smoke detectors), they’re in your car (even if you don’t have an EV), and they may even be in you. We usually only think about them when they need recharging, or when they catch fire.

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Weight-Loss Drugmakers Are Overcharging By 400%; Here’s A Quick Solution

Forbes Healthcare

Congress can implement a quick and simple solution to make GLP-1 drugs affordable.

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Appeals court upholds ACA’s preventive services mandate, but opens door to future challenges

Healthcare Dive - Practice Management

The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals’ decision Friday is a win for the upwards of 150 million people that receive health insurance through their employers. However, it paves the way for future lawsuits from opponents of the ACA.

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Cyber attacks on health care up 136% last year

Medical Economics

Recent data confirms over 353 million victims were impacted across the US by cyberattacks last year.

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The Lab Leak Theory and the Complicit Media

Science Based Medicine

How the media's need for tales of intrigue and villains fosters the political weaponization of uncertainty The post The Lab Leak Theory and the Complicit Media first appeared on Science-Based Medicine.

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Bird Flu (H5N1) Explained: Finland Will Start Vaccinating Humans In A Global First

Forbes Healthcare

Bird flu typically spreads among birds, but there have been recent outbreaks among cattle in the U.S., and one Texas man contracted the virus from sick cows. Here’s why so many experts are worried about a possible new pandemic.

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SCOTUS strikes down Chevron doctrine, curbing federal agency power

Healthcare Dive - Practice Management

The court’s controversial decision raises the bar for healthcare regulators when they’re implementing laws with undefined terms — and opens the door for stakeholders in the industry to sue when they’re unhappy with an agency’s reading of statute.

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New podcast episode: U.S. Rep. Earl L. "Buddy" Carter

Medical Economics

U.S. Rep. Earl L. "Buddy" Carter gives his views on the Affordable Care Act, Medicare, and why physicians should get involved with policy decisions.

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“‘Panel stacking”: John Ioannidis versus a Delphi consensus statement on COVID-19

Science Based Medicine

My former science idol John Ioannidis has published a paper citing a Delphi consensus statement on COVID-19 as evidence that the scientific community is "biased" against his anti-"lockdown" pro-virus views. His descent continues apace. The post “‘Panel stacking”: John Ioannidis versus a Delphi consensus statement on COVID-19 first appeared on Science-Based Medicine.

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Surviving The Summer’s Heat Wave - And Be Aware Of Medication Risks

Forbes Healthcare

Tips on surviving the brutal heat waves and staying hydrated. Also, medications which have surprising risks during excess heat. Learn what to watch for to stay safe!

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Optum backs out of deal to buy Steward’s physician group

Healthcare Dive - Practice Management

Steward has been gunning for the deal since March. Without Optum at the table, it’s unclear who will buy the struggling health system’s medical clinics.

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Feds announce massive investigation of $2.75B in health care fraud

Medical Economics

Justice Department says physicians were involved in schemes across the nation.

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Meet a Champion of Nursing Diversity: Temitope (Temi) Oseromi

Minority Nurse

Temitope (Temi) Oseromi, MSN, RN, CCRN-K, has been serving as the nurse manager of Greater Baltimore Medical Center (GBMC) HealthCare’s Intensive Care Units—the Medical Intensive Care Unit (MICU) and the Surgical Intensive Care Unit (SICU) since 2022. Oseromi is responsible for managing two units and was given the additional task of rebuilding the MICU.

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Daily Multivitamin Use In Healthy Adults Doesn’t Decrease Risk Of Death, Study Suggests: What To Know About Pros And Cons Of Multivitamins

Forbes Healthcare

The daily multivitamin group had a 4% higher chance of all-cause mortality, though there weren’t any significant differences between death from cancer, heart disease or cerebrovascular diseases.

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Arkansas sues Optum, Express Scripts over role in opioid epidemic

Healthcare Dive - Practice Management

Pharmacy benefit managers have largely avoided the brunt of public blame for the deadly opioid crisis. Arkansas’ lawsuit brings the drug middlemen back to the forefront of the controversy.

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Health Care Consolidation Part 3: Will corporations and private equity continue to buy medical practices?

Medical Economics

Major retailers tried to remake health care, but most have already abandoned their attempts. Will these setbacks deter other corporations and private equity firms from continuing to consolidate health care?

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10 things more important than money

Physicians Practice

Some areas of life are far more important than the girth of your investment portfolio or the size of your bank account.

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Cincinnati Children’s Is A Unicorn, But It Should Be A Role Model

Forbes Healthcare

Cincinnati Children’s is a patient safety unicorn, a place where achieving zero patient harm is a genuine cornerstone of the corporate culture.

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Amwell to implement reverse stock split to avoid delisting

Healthcare Dive - Practice Management

The telehealth vendor’s stock price has declined significantly since 2020. It received a warning this spring that its stock was trading below minimum standards, and could be removed from trading.

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MGMA analyzes pay for administrative, nursing staff

Medical Economics

Report serves as benchmark for salaries and wages across the nation.

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CMS concludes CHOPD program for Medicare providers impacted by cyberattack

Health Prime

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) will end the Accelerated and Advance Payment (AAP) Program on July 12, 2024. This program was launched in response to the Change Healthcare/Optum Payment Disruption (CHOPD) caused by a cyberattack on Change Healthcare in February. Its goal was to assist Medicare providers and suppliers facing financial challenges.

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Summer Temperatures Are Rising — And So Are Covid-19 Cases

Forbes Healthcare

A trio of variants is fueling a surge in Covid-19 cases, with the CDC reporting an increase in test positivity, emergency department visits, hospitalizations and death.

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Optum Rx reaches $20M settlement with Justice Department over opioid prescribing

Healthcare Dive - Practice Management

The UnitedHealth pharmacy benefit manager did not have to admit guilt as part of the settlement, which amounts to a minuscule fraction of its annual revenue.

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MedPAC weighs in on Medicare physician reimbursement, site-neutral payment, alternative payment model incentives

Medical Economics

Report to Congress this month debates aspects of how Medicare will pay doctors in coming years.

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Shawana S. Moore Reflects on Serving as the First African-American President of National Association of Nurse Practitioners in Women’s Health

Minority Nurse

For the last two years, Shawana S. Moore, DNP, APRN, WHNP-BC, PNAP, FAAN, who works as the Interim MSN and DNP Program Director at Emory University’s Nell Hodgson Woodruff School of Nursing, has served as the first African American President of the National Association of Nurse Practitioners in Women’s Health (NPWH). Minority Nurse asked Moore to reflect upon what she’s accomplished, what she’s proud of, and what still needs to be done.