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(MedPage Today) -- Last week, the House passed its agriculture spending bill by three votes, 213 to 210, with four Democrats crossing over. The legislation contains a $141 million cut to the part of the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for...
Read full article →(MedPage Today) -- Michigan podiatrist Anthony Weinert, DPM, has filed a $50 million lawsuit against HHS agents, claiming he was falsely accused of healthcare fraud, which he says cost him his reputation, two clinics, and a supervisory surgical...
Read full article →(MedPage Today) -- Federal charges against two virologists have sparked public outcry among scientists concerned about NIH researchers being targeted by the Trump administration. Last week, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) announced charges...
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Read full article →Nearly 70% of surveyed health plans said providers’ use of AI documentation and coding tools was a top three trend inflating commercial healthcare costs next year, according to a new report from PwC.
Read full article →(MedPage Today) -- On hot afternoons, DeAnna Brandon's three dogs zag around while she splashes in a backyard kiddie pool with her grandkids. These are the moments the 48-year-old blood cancer survivor cherishes -- and wonders if she'll get to...
Read full article →(MedPage Today) -- Neurologic manifestations in Ebola survivors persisted more than 7 years after acute infection, data from the prospective PREVAIL III study showed. Compared with controls, people who survived the 2014-2016 epidemic in West Africa...
Read full article →(MedPage Today) -- Note that some links may require registration or subscription. Health officials sounded the alarm on the presence of tularemia, or "rabbit fever," in northern Colorado. (USA Today via Yahoo!) The number of confirmed...
Read full article →The trust fund underpinning Medicare’s hospital benefit is set to run out of money one quarter earlier than previously expected as tax cuts in the GOP’s reconciliation legislation shrink Medicare’s revenue.
Read full article →Despite major financial struggles, some providers at a physician group in Washington, D.C., say the contract terms from its new, and much larger, parent is not the lifeline they want.
Read full article →A spokesperson said the layoffs were primarily in non-clinical or member facing roles.
Read full article →The insurer is offloading its interest in the massive end-of-life care provider to an undisclosed group of investors, amid widespread concern about private investors’ activity in healthcare.
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