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    Opinion

    Celebrated healthcare heroes are workplace violence victims

    Violence prevents nurses, doctors and other professionals from providing uninterrupted, quality patient care, argues Andrew Thum, the director of nursing workforce operations at Jefferson Health in Philadelphia.

    By Andrew Thum • May 8, 2023
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    AHA, hospital groups file court brief asking to restore ACA preventive services mandate

    The medical associations said preventive health services are essential to increase longevity and quality of life, and that medical evidence should dictate preventive care recommendations rather than political considerations.

    By Brian T. Horowitz • May 8, 2023
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    Labor

    Amid a surge in COVID-19 cases, hospitals need nurses so desparetly they're offering massive sign-on bonuses and staffing firms say open positions for both temporary and permanent nursing roles are at all-time highs

    By Healthcare Dive staff
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    CDC Director Walensky to step down in June

    Rachel Walensky, who has served as director since 2021, was criticized for the federal government’s handing of the pandemic, announcing in August last year that she planned to reorganize the CDC.

    By May 5, 2023
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    DEA temporarily extends COVID-19 telehealth prescribing flexibility for controlled substances

    The agency said on Wednesday that it needs additional time to parse through the 38,000 public comments it received in response to a proposal to reintroduce stricter limits around telehealth prescribing.

    By May 4, 2023
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    Envision wins $91M in arbitration against UnitedHealthcare

    The arbitration panel found UnitedHealthcare “unilaterally reduced reimbursement to Envision clinicians,” in violation of its in-network agreement.

    By May 3, 2023
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    Biden admin officially ends COVID vaccine mandate for health workers

    The CMS on Wednesday issued a final rule lifting the controversial vaccine mandate in early August, though regulators said they wouldn’t enforce the mandate between now and then.

    By Updated June 1, 2023
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    CMS launches investigations into denied emergency abortion care

    The agency alleges that hospitals in Missouri and Kansas violated EMTALA by failing to provide needed care to a woman whose pregnancy became nonviable at 18 weeks.

    By May 2, 2023
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    CMS targets Medicaid payment transparency, wait times in new proposed rules

    The agency wants to create maximum waiting times for certain appointments in addition to requiring stronger quality monitoring and reporting standards for Medicaid and CHIP managed care plans.

    By April 28, 2023
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    Lawmakers show bipartisan support for site-neutral payments

    Political will appears to be rising to equalize Medicare payments to hospitals and doctor’s offices for certain low-acuity services, according to lawmaker comments during a Wednesday hearing.

    By April 27, 2023
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    FDA approves new ALS medicine in precedent-setting decision

    The conditional approval is likely to influence how other experimental treatments for the nerve-destroying disease are tested and reviewed.

    By Jacob Bell • Updated April 25, 2023
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    LCMC ordered by judge not to close HCA-acquired hospitals as legal battle continues

    LCMC Health and regulators have filed dueling court requests over whether state acquisition approval preempts federal antitrust review in LCMC’s acquisition of three facilities from HCA. 

    By April 25, 2023
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    DOJ charges 18 in COVID healthcare frauds totaling $490M

    It's the largest enforcement action against COVID-19 healthcare fraud schemes to date, according to regulators.

    By April 24, 2023
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    Supreme Court maintains access to abortion pill, blocking restrictions on its use

    The stay suspends an order by a Texas judge that had invalidated the FDA’s approval of mifepristone, allowing access to continue while a circuit court hears the case.

    By April 21, 2023
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    LCMC Health sues feds for blocking Tulane hospital deal despite securing COPA

    The lawsuit comes after the Federal Trade Commission blocked the sale to allow for an antitrust review, despite the system receiving a certificate shielding the acquisition from federal scrutiny.

    By Susan Kelly • April 20, 2023
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    Supreme Court delays decision in court battle over abortion pill

    An administrative stay of a Texas district court ruling will remain in place through Friday, pushing out a Supreme Court decision in the closely watched case over the drug mifepristone.

    By April 19, 2023
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    CMS walks back limits on non-standardized plan options, finalizes marketplace standards

    The final rule comes as a record 16.3 million Americans, spurred by COVID-19 incentives, signed up for ACA marketplace plans during 2023 open enrollment.

    By April 18, 2023
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    Appeals court rules abortion drug can stay on market — but limits access

    The Department of Justice appealed the order on Thursday, moving the fight over access to mifepristone to the Supreme Court.

    By Updated April 14, 2023
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    HHS proposes rule shoring up HIPAA to protect reproductive health data, including around abortions

    Privacy lawyers said the regulation would insulate physicians from the chilling effect of abortion bans, freeing them to have honest conversations with patients about their healthcare options — even in states where abortion is illegal.

    By April 12, 2023
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    Legal abortions fell by more than 32K following Dobbs decision, new data shows

    Legal abortions in the 13 states with near-total bans plummeted to under 10 per month in the six months after the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade, according to the Society of Family Planning.

    By April 12, 2023
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    Opinion

    A Texas judge just turned back the clock on healthcare

    The wiping out of preventive service requirements under the Affordable Care Act would render millions unable to receive life-saving preventive procedures, the CEO of the American College of Preventive Medicine argues.

    By Donna Grande • April 12, 2023
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    New ONC rule aims to raise trust in clinical decision support algorithms

    The rule proposed Tuesday would give providers more information in their electronic health record system to assess clinical decision support algorithms and their results.

    By April 12, 2023
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    CMS proposes 2.8% hospital payment bump for 2024; lobbies decry rise as ‘woefully inadequate’

    Hospital lobbies slammed the proposed rule as insufficient to help hospitals address inflation and rising labor costs, though research signals hospitals are more financially stable than such groups suggest.

    By April 11, 2023
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    Federal judge invalidates FDA approval of abortion pill

    The decision imperils access to the drug more than two decades after its U.S. approval, and could carry consequences for the FDA’s authority over prescription medicines.

    By April 10, 2023
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    Healthcare added 34K jobs in March as temp nursing demand wanes

    Hospitals may be catching a break from labor woes, with new data showing employment growth and declining demand for contract labor.

    By April 10, 2023
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    Biotech fears ‘dangerous’ precedent as judge challenges FDA authority

    Industry leaders warned that “any medicine is at risk” if a federal judge’s decision to overturn the approval of abortion drug mifepristone is upheld.

    By Ben Fidler , April 10, 2023