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People formerly covered by the ACA exchanges are remaining uninsured almost on a one for one basis. “For us, obviously, it’s not a good thing,” CEO Sam Hazen said.
Read full article →The hospital operator recorded a $65 million hit from turbulence on the Affordable Care Act exchanges in the second quarter, but avoided the worse repercussions slamming some of its peers.
Read full article →Selected devices will be exempt from certain pre-market requirements while manufacturers collect real-world data through Medicare.
Read full article →(MedPage Today) -- I often think about what happens when our worst fear as humans is realized -- not that something should happen to me, but to my child. Why them, why not me? This is a sentiment regularly expressed to me by parents in neonatal...
Read full article →(MedPage Today) -- Note that some links may require registration or subscription. More healthcare workers in Congo went on strike as confirmed Ebola cases in the nation approached 3,000, including 1,309 deaths. (AP) Florida reported the state...
Read full article →Healthcare AI has poured into the exam room, but choosing the right provider remains untouched.
Read full article →(MedPage Today) -- "What you're seeing here is pure censorship." -- Steven Kahn, MBChB, editor-in-chief of Diabetes Care, after American Diabetes Association (ADA) leadership blocked a collection of editorials discussing researchers' removal...
Read full article →(MedPage Today) -- Since 2010, the Affordable Care Act (ACA) has expanded health insurance to millions, protecting people with pre-existing conditions and strengthening America's healthcare safety net. But one of its lesser-known provisions has...
Read full article →(MedPage Today) -- TTHealthWatch is a weekly podcast from Texas Tech. In it, Elizabeth Tracey, director of electronic media for Johns Hopkins Medicine in Baltimore, and Rick Lange, MD, president of Texas Tech Health El Paso, look at the top medical...
Read full article →(MedPage Today) -- In 2008, The Washington Post reported on a devastating tragedy. A 44-year-old went into respiratory arrest following elective surgery at a physician-owned hospital in Abilene, Texas. The facility, which only provided limited...
Read full article →(MedPage Today) -- The Ebola outbreak in Congo has killed over 1,000 people, reaching the grim milestone nearly three times faster than the 2014-2016 Ebola epidemic that is considered the worst on record. Data from Congo's Ministry of Health shows...
Read full article →(MedPage Today) -- Starting a GLP-1 receptor agonist for type 2 diabetes was associated with a lower risk of fragility fractures in adults 50 and older, including hip and vertebral fractures, according to a large target trial emulation study....
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