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Medicare Advantage Insurers Hold Sway Over More Hospital Admissions

Forbes Healthcare

Medicare Advantage is accounting for “a rising share of inpatient hospital days,” according to a new KFF study shows.

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Have Good Health Insurance? Too Bad. You Could Still Get A $250,000 Bill

Forbes Healthcare

The bureaucracy and opacity of hospital and insurance billing is impossible to navigate. But it doesn't have to be.

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Washington Bill Would Provide Workers’ Comp Insurance to Nurse for PTSD

Scrubs

And lawmakers in Washington state have proposed a bill that would provide workers’ compensation insurance coverage for nurses with PTSD, similar to a 2018 law that provides workers’ PTSD compensation to firefighters and police officers. Low pay, long hours, and staff shortages have only compounded the crisis.

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Almost One-Third of Rural Hospitals Benefiting from Microsoft’s Cybersecurity for Rural Hospitals Program

The HIPAA Journal

If the nearest hospital experiences a ransomware attack that causes disruption to hospital operations, rural residents must travel a further 20 miles for common services and often a further 40 miles for specialized services. In 2022, 429 rural hospitals were at high financial risk.

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Hospital Threatens to Deport Comatose Mother for Undocumented Status

Scrubs

A comatose patient at Lehigh Valley Network’s Cedar Crest Hospital in Pittsburg, PA may soon be on her way to the Dominican Republic despite her family wanting to keep her in the U.S. Rivas said his wife’s care went downhill once the hospital found out about their immigration status.

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Maine Hospital Using AI to Record Patient Conversations

Scrubs

Deborah Vaughan, a patient at the hospital, said she appreciates being able to look her doctor in the eye while talking about her health. Nobody went into medicine to write notes or fill out insurance authorization forms,” said J. Scott Smitherman, chief medical information officer at Providence Health.

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Hospitals charge private insurers more than double Medicare rates, RAND report finds

Medical Economics

Study shows private insurers paid hospitals an average of 254% of what Medicare would have paid

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