Health
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SCAN, CareOregon, RIP Medical Debt write off $110M of patient debt
SCAN Group and CareOregon grants to a medical purchase and debt forgiveness charity will erase $110 million in medical bills…
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Option Care Health CEO stands by Amedisys’ $3.6 billion bid
Option Care Health CEO John Rademacher said Wednesday that the company is worth $3.6 billion bid for all shares to…
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Aetna, Optum ‘pseudocode’ lawsuit revived
Aetna and OptumHealth face another round of legal battles with patients who allege that the companies sought to charge more…
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‘Obamacare’ court battle could affect HIV protections, cancer screening costs
NEW ORLEANS – Judge’s order will remove requirements for health plans that include free coverage of HIV prevention drugs, cancer…
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Google Cloud, Mayo Clinic develop general AI search
Google Cloud and Mayo Clinic are the latest organizations to try their hand at general artificial intelligence in healthcare. Google…
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Why home hospitals continue to grow, despite Medicare, payer obstacles
More than 400 hospitals and hospital systems have home-hospital programs, although it is uncertain what future reimbursements might look like…
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Leapfrog Group: Health disparities persist in highly regarded hospitals
According to a study of more than 10 million patient records, hospitals that receive high safety scores and score high…
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Overview of COVID-19 vaccines | CDC
messenger ribonucleic acid (mRNA):Nucleoside modified mRNA encoding the viral spike (S) glycoprotein of SARS-CoV-2 PurposeProvides instructions the body uses to…
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Trinity Health President Shannon Striebich on overcoming healthcare problems
That’s the story in health systems across the United States: Inflation and labor costs have exceeded reimbursement. This is the…
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Merck sues government over Medicare drug price negotiation plan
Merck is suing the federal government over Medicare’s drug price negotiation scheme, calling the program a sham tantamount to extortion.…
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