The Best Places To Retire Abroad In 2024
Forbes Healthcare
JULY 26, 2024
For Americans retiring abroad, discover top retirement destinations around the world offering affordability, healthcare, quality of life, and beautiful surroundings.
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A new mask randomized trial shows that masks work?
Sensible Medicine
JULY 25, 2024
Atle Freithem and colleagues report in the British Medical journal the results of a pragmatic randomized control trial. The take-home message is that wearing a surgical mask for 2 weeks during the winter season of 2023 reduced the spread of self-reported viral illness. According to some, the study proves masks work. First, I commend the authors for running a randomized control trial.
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Steward fails to spark competitive auction during first round of hospital sales
Healthcare Dive - Practice Management
JULY 22, 2024
The bankrupt health system did not receive any qualified bidders in Ohio and Pennsylvania.
Dr. John Ioannidis: Yet Another Doctor Who Treats Theoretical Death From The Vaccine With More Gravity Than Actual Death From COVID
Science Based Medicine
JULY 21, 2024
Actual death is worse than theoretical death. This didn't used to be controversial in medicine. The post Dr. John Ioannidis: Yet Another Doctor Who Treats Theoretical Death From The Vaccine With More Gravity Than Actual Death From COVID first appeared on Science-Based Medicine.
The Rise Of The IVF Influencers
Forbes Healthcare
JULY 26, 2024
Creators are drawing big audiences sharing their deeply personal medical journeys through IVF. It’s helping them afford a shot at a family they might not otherwise have.
FTC to host public discussion of pharmacy benefit manager report
Medical Economics
JULY 26, 2024
Open meeting to be held online Aug. 1; independent pharmacies, PBM trade group offer responses to federal reviews.
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Florida awards additional Medicaid contracts to CVS, UnitedHealth, Molina
Healthcare Dive - Practice Management
JULY 22, 2024
The three payers were cut out of the state’s first round of contracts divvied out in April.
What To Know About The Deadly Nipah Virus As India Races To Contain Another Outbreak
Forbes Healthcare
JULY 22, 2024
Feared as a potential cause of another pandemic, Nipah has no treatments or vaccines, and the virus kills as many as three out of every four people it infects.
Ep 36: Food insecurity programs with Alex Ashbrook, FRAC
Medical Economics
JULY 26, 2024
A discussion of available food insecurity programs.
Statement for the Record to the House Committee on Oversight and Accountability Ending the Big PBMs’ Predatory Grip on Patient Access and Affordability
Patients Rising
JULY 23, 2024
American healthcare reads like a dystopian novel. A crisis, born from unchecked power consolidation, threatens the foundation of patient care and access to essential medications. At the heart of this […] The post Statement for the Record to the House Committee on Oversight and Accountability Ending the Big PBMs’ Predatory Grip on Patient Access and Affordability appeared first on Patients Rising.
Humana’s CenterWell to open 23 primary care clinics at Walmart stores
Healthcare Dive - Practice Management
JULY 24, 2024
CenterWell said it will lease space at Walmart Supercenter stores in four states.
OpenAI Founder Sam Altman Gave Thousands Of People Free Money. Here’s What Happened.
Forbes Healthcare
JULY 21, 2024
The landmark study provides more data on the benefits of universal basic income, the OpenAI founder’s favored solution for a future in which AI takes everyone's jobs.
Is remote care the future of preventive care?
Medical Economics
JULY 26, 2024
Remote care services offer opportunities for early intervention and reduce the need for in-person visits, unnecessary hospitalizations or emergency department visits.
It’s time to pass federally mandated paid parental leave
KevinMD.com
JULY 25, 2024
“You’ve got some guts starting your residency pregnant!” I was that intern. It was June 2011. A few months earlier, on Match Day—the day when the National Residency Matching Program releases results to applicants seeking residency in a specialty of their choice in the U.S.—I had found out that I’d gotten into my first-choice hospital Read more… It’s time to pass federally mandated paid parental leave originally appeared in KevinMD.com.
PBMs battle bipartisan scrutiny as lawmakers eye industry reform
Healthcare Dive - Practice Management
JULY 24, 2024
Top executives of CVS Caremark, Optum Rx and Express Scripts made a rare congressional appearance to defend pharmacy benefit managers’ drug pricing policies.
Covid Outbreak Among Olympic Athletes Serves As A Pandemic Reminder
Forbes Healthcare
JULY 25, 2024
Members of the Australian women's water polo team contracted Covid-19 days before the Paris Summer Olympic Games. A look at the 2024 health protocols compared with 2021.
True convenience for patients requires an integrated care system
Medical Economics
JULY 26, 2024
How does value-based care work in a retail clinic setting? Quite well, when partnerships, technology and payment combine to serve patients.
How weight loss drugs are creating a medical dilemma
KevinMD.com
JULY 22, 2024
On my outpatient clinical rotations last year, I saw ample management of heart disease and smoking cessation counseling. I also saw the annual physicals and checkups. But what surprised me was how many patients were on medications that were just now becoming more mainstream. I’m sure you’ve heard of one in particular—Ozempic. But it wasn’t Read more… How weight loss drugs are creating a medical dilemma originally appeared in KevinMD.com.
Healthcare costs could grow up to 8% next year: PwC
Healthcare Dive - Practice Management
JULY 22, 2024
The growth is driven by inflationary pressures, prescription drug spending and rising utilization of behavioral healthcare, according to the consultancy.
Scientists Show How Bird Flu Spreads Between Mammals — As H5N1 Pandemic Fears Grow
Forbes Healthcare
JULY 24, 2024
Cows from Texas likely infected healthy cows in Ohio and probably spread the virus to cats, a racoon and wild birds on farms through their milk, scientists said, raising fears the virus may be changing to better infect mammals like humans.
A Researcher is Born
UVM Larner College of Medicine
JULY 26, 2024
Pauline DiGianivittorio is a graduate research assistant and Ph.D. candidate in the cellular, molecular, and biomedical sciences (CMB) program at the University of Vermont’s Larner College of Medicine. In the following blog post, she reflects on her journey to pursuing a career in biomedical research.
2024 MGMA DataDive: Unveiling key trends in physician compensation
KevinMD.com
JULY 22, 2024
The wait is over! The highly anticipated 2024 MGMA DataDive, a federally recognized gold standard for physician compensation data, has finally arrived. This comprehensive analysis offers unparalleled insights into physician and advanced practice provider (APP) compensation, making it a crucial resource for staying informed in today’s health care landscape.
Commure to acquire AI scribe Augmedix in $139M deal
Healthcare Dive - Practice Management
JULY 22, 2024
The take-private deal would help the firm scale its documentation products to more providers and health systems, CEO Manny Krakaris said.
Swimming In The Seine Isn’t The Only Health Risk For Paris Olympians And Fans
Forbes Healthcare
JULY 23, 2024
There are many risks to Paris visitors, including Covid, air pollution, dengue, whooping cough and measles, among other.
Study shows eye-level interactions improve patient trust and outcomes
Medical Economics
JULY 26, 2024
Evidence suggests that sitting does not prolong interactions unnecessarily, addressing a common concern among clinicians.
1999? – By PM Polly
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On 31 st December 1999, I was at a New Year’s Eve party proudly wearing my plastic tattoo choker necklace (painful but worth it as it gave me that Goth youthful edge that I was hanging on to) with an array of pastel butterfly clips in my hair. My baggy pants, blue eyeshadow, crop top and worn-in Doctor Martens had been carefully put together. The fact that the boots were worn-in was important so that I could dance all night to the cheesy tunes, including Steps with ‘Better the Devil you Know’ an
CMS cracks down on ACA brokers to prevent plan switching
Healthcare Dive - Practice Management
JULY 22, 2024
Agents and brokers connecting consumers with Affordable Care Act plans now have to jump new hurdles to change their coverage, following mounting complaints about unauthorized plan switching.
Excess Arm And Stomach Fat Boosts Alzheimer’s And Parkinson’s Risk While Muscle Strength Decreases It, Study Suggests
Forbes Healthcare
JULY 24, 2024
Although previous research found greater levels of lean muscle mass may decrease the risk of neurodegeneration, this study suggests having greater muscle strength may be more important than muscle quantity.
Majority of older Americans open to stopping prescription medications
Medical Economics
JULY 25, 2024
Study found that 80% of those surveyed are willing to stop one or more medications
Promote Hepatitis screenings in your practice for World Hepatitis DayÂ
Health Prime
JULY 25, 2024
Promoting screenings for Hepatitis benefits medical practices by improving patient health outcomes, reducing long-term healthcare costs, ensuring compliance, and generating revenue. With World Hepatitis Day (July 28) around the corner, it’s an excellent time to shed light on Hepatitis, a silent yet potentially deadly infection affecting millions worldwide.
HCA posts $17.5B in revenue in Q2 and raises full-year guidance
Healthcare Dive - Practice Management
JULY 23, 2024
The Nashville, Tennessee-based provider attributed the stronger than expected results to increased patient volumes.
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