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(MedPage Today) -- Nearly 100 people in 17 states have been sickened in a salmonella outbreak tied to recalled eggs, federal health officials said Friday. The 98 people had illnesses that started between Nov. 21 and June 30, according to the FDA...
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Read full article →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 →The nonprofit would become the sole owner of the 88-bed Idaho Falls Community Hospital and share ownership of the 38-bed Mountain View Hospital, It's been a minority investor in both since 2023.
Read full article →The agreement aims to create a “unified foundation across the department, equipping VA employees with trusted agentic AI, integrated data, and advanced collaboration tools that can reduce administrative friction and give staff more time to serve Veterans," the VA said.
Read full article →Funding for the global HIV response plunged in 2025, entirely due to a steep decline in U.S. support, according to reports from KFF and the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS). Taken together, the reports, released at the International AIDS Conference, show decades of progress to combat HIV is at risk. The current HIV...
Read full article →Former chief White House medical adviser Anthony Fauci was keenly aware of the media's interest in him early on in the COVID-19 pandemic, and considered some of the attention "flattering," according to diary entries released by Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.). Over the weekend, Paul published more than a thousand pages of Fauci's diary entries as...
Read full article →The eggs were only distributed in a handful of states, while the salmonella cases have been reported in more than a dozen.
Read full article →When staff are overextended and patients face delays or abandon care, the issue is no longer a narrow administrative burden. It becomes a business, financial, and access challenge that demands a different operating model. The post Prior Authorization Is Draining Revenue: Why Automation Has Become a Strategic Imperative appeared first on MedCity News .
Read full article →The question is not whether the technology is impressive. The question is whether it shows up at the right time, with the right information, inside the workflow where the decision is being made. Anything else is just another report. The post How AI Inside Clinical Workflows Is Unlocking Patient Throughput appeared first on MedCity News .
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