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The rule pitched Wednesday would make it easier for group health plans regulated by ERISA to share mandatory notices with their members. A DOL official called the proposal a “big step forward.”
Read full article →(MedPage Today) -- Higher levels of trihalomethanes (THMs) -- a disinfection byproduct of the drinking water treatment process -- were linked to a higher risk of uterine cancer among a cohort of California women. Among those with addresses...
Read full article →(MedPage Today) -- At the International Symposium on Pediatric Neuro-Oncology, experts discussed how advanced MRI may enable more personalized brain tumor radiotherapy for children with brain tumors by identifying meaningful changes during treatment...
Read full article →(MedPage Today) -- The Trump administration is withholding a combined total of more than $1 billion in Medicaid funds from California and Minnesota until those states can prove they were not funding fraud, HHS officials said Tuesday. The Centers...
Read full article →(MedPage Today) -- Reproductive health should be addressed from the time of diagnosis of cystic fibrosis and annually thereafter, with a more prominent place in clinical care in the era of cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator (CFTR...
Read full article →(MedPage Today) -- More than a quarter of physician-industry interactions for research funding also involved the doctor receiving general payments from that same sponsor, an analysis of CMS data showed. In an analysis of nearly 60,000 physician...
Read full article →(MedPage Today) -- Note that some links may require registration or subscription. Bottles of the antihistamine cetirizine distributed nationwide by Rising Pharma have been recalled due to potential cross-contamination with ranitidine, according...
Read full article →More Americans are keeping jobs they would otherwise leave for fear of losing their insurance, as healthcare costs rise and non-employer coverage seems less affordable, according to a new poll.
Read full article →AdventHealth is expected to have a majority interest in the partnership, which will unite Denver-area hospitals and clinics owned by the two nonprofits. The deal is expected to close early next year.
Read full article →The new proposed rule is meant to prevent states from guaranteeing providers will be refunded for their taxes, and should save Washington $246 billion over the next decade, regulators said.
Read full article →(MedPage Today) -- Ronald Fischer, MD, a former Rhode Island anesthesiologist, was arrested on a sailboat last week after 20 years on the run. He disappeared in 2005 while on trial for first-degree sexual assault and had been living a secret life...
Read full article →(MedPage Today) -- Alice Thornton, MD, has spent more than two decades treating people living with HIV in Lexington, Kentucky. Her team tends to "cringe" anytime they hear about patients having to fill out lots of paperwork, like when applying...
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