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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 -
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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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
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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 Sydney Halleman • May 5, 2023 -
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 Rebecca Pifer • May 4, 2023 -
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 Sydney Halleman • May 3, 2023 -
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 Rebecca Pifer • Updated June 1, 2023 -
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 Shannon Muchmore • May 2, 2023 -
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 Sydney Halleman • April 28, 2023 -
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 Rebecca Pifer • April 27, 2023 -
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 -
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 Sydney Halleman • April 25, 2023 -
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 Sydney Halleman • April 24, 2023 -
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 Delilah Alvarado • April 21, 2023 -
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 -
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 Delilah Alvarado • April 19, 2023 -
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 Sydney Halleman • April 18, 2023 -
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 Delilah Alvarado • Updated April 14, 2023 -
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 Rebecca Pifer • April 12, 2023 -
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 Rebecca Pifer • April 12, 2023 -
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 -
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 Rebecca Pifer • April 12, 2023 -
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 Rebecca Pifer • April 11, 2023 -
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 Delilah Alvarado • April 10, 2023 -
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 Sydney Halleman • April 10, 2023 -
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 , Delilah Alvarado • April 10, 2023