Sen Kamala Harris Statement On Failure of Affordable Care Act Repeal Friend, Last night, U.S. Senator Kamala D. Harris released the following statement on the failure of the Republican efforts to repeal the ACA and strip millions of their health care coverage: “Tonight, the message sent by the American people was vindicated: Republicans must noContinue reading “Sen Kamala Harris Statement On Failure of Affordable Care Act Repeal”
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Researchers boost cancer screening rates visiting NYC barbershops
Researchers boost cancer screening rates visiting NYC barbershops By Steven Ross Johnson | July 26, 2017 Hospitals have found success engaging patients within such community institutions as libraries and farmers markets, and now a team of outreach specialists have taken it a hair further by hanging out at barbershops. A new study published in the American JournalContinue reading “Researchers boost cancer screening rates visiting NYC barbershops”
CMS approves Maryland waiver to encourage care coordination
CMS approves Maryland waiver to encourage care coordination By Virgil Dickson Maryland hospitals have a new federal reprieve from kickback laws to team up with doctors and better coordinate patient care. Under a new CMS waiver approval, Maryland hospitals and doctors can enter care-coordination partnerships and share savings stemming from more efficient treatment, according to NicoleContinue reading “CMS approves Maryland waiver to encourage care coordination”
Historic moment in the U.S. Senate , Senator Chris Murphy
Last night was an historic moment in the U.S. Senate. One that wouldn’t have been possible without so many of your calls, emails, protests and dogged determination. Like I do sometimes, I sat down last night at 2:30 am to write down what really happened, and take you behind the scenes of the health careContinue reading “Historic moment in the U.S. Senate , Senator Chris Murphy”
Self-Perceptions of Aging and Perceived Barriers to Care
Self-Perceptions of Aging and Perceived Barriers to Care: Reasons for Health Care Delay Jennifer K. Sun, MS; Jacqui Smith, PhD View article Supplementary data Disrupt Aging: A Call to Action for Gerontologists Jo Ann C. Jenkins, BS View article Age-Stereotype Paradox: Opportunity for Social Change Becca R. Levy, PhD View article Context Influences on the SubjectiveContinue reading “Self-Perceptions of Aging and Perceived Barriers to Care”
Health Care Technology News
Primary-care doc pay rises with demand, but the industry disparity is still large One of the lingering challenges to recruit more individuals to pursue a career in primary care has been the large wage differential found between those specialties and more specialized clinical fields. READ MORE Hospitals can expect pain from EHR installs During the firstContinue reading “Health Care Technology News”
CMS proposes chopping $1 billion from home health
CMS proposes chopping $1 billion from home health reimbursement over two years By Virgil Dickson For the fourth straight year, the CMS is proposing to drop reimbursement for home healthcare agencies in the Medicare program, including a $950 million cut for 2019. On Tuesday, the CMS proposed a 0.4% decrease, or $80 million cut for theContinue reading “CMS proposes chopping $1 billion from home health”
Senate GOP poised to vote on taking away health insurance from millions
Scaramucci’s batting 1000. Second day of work he made a liar out of Jay Sekulow on Fox News. Rex Tillerson is tired of rattling around the halls of empty State Department, contemplates ‘Rexit’ Stop Trumpcare in the Senate: All we need is 3 Republicans to say NO to cutting health care from 22 million people,Continue reading “Senate GOP poised to vote on taking away health insurance from millions”
Trump is letting Obamacare Fail
Surprise Emergency Room Bills
The Company Behind Many Surprise Emergency Room Bills By JULIE CRESWELL, REED ABELSON and MARGOT SANGER-KATZ Early last year, executives at a small hospital an hour north of Spokane, Wash., started using a company called EmCare to staff and run their emergency room. The hospital had been struggling to find doctors to work in its E.R., and turningContinue reading “Surprise Emergency Room Bills”
Universal health care would save us $17 trillion
Universal health care or single-payer health care would save us $17 trillion over 10 years. In order to demonstrate this, we just need a couple of numbers. The first number is how much we currently spend on health care per year. National Healthcare Expenditure (NHE) This is a number called the National Healthcare Expenditure (NHE). NHE measures everythingContinue reading “Universal health care would save us $17 trillion”
Joe Kennedy III on Obamacare and so called President cheering the suffering of our citizens
Can you imagine a United States president cheering the suffering of our citizens and advocating for the failure of our economy? I can’t – until now. Thanks to your fight, Republicans don’t have the votes to pass TrumpCare. So President Trump’s new plan is to actively sabotage the Affordable Care Act – and with it theContinue reading “Joe Kennedy III on Obamacare and so called President cheering the suffering of our citizens”
Modern Health Care News
TODAY’S TOP TECHNOLOGY NEWS Hospitals question feds’ proposed $900 million IOU tied to 340B cuts A proposed $900 million cut in spending on the 340B drug discount program could lead to a rollback in services at hospitals or even closures if finalized, according to industry insiders. The CMS however has insisted that the reduction inContinue reading “Modern Health Care News”