Medicare Cuts Threaten to Destabilize Home Health Workforce

This article is a part of your HHCN+ Membership Medicare-reimbursement cuts to home health agencies in 2023 threaten to destabilize the workforce, namely through handcuffing operators by limiting their ability to offer competitive compensation. The 2023 home health proposed payment rule from the U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) seeks to cut agency payments by an aggregate 4.2%, […]

Watchdog: Feds should improve cybersecurity oversight of organ sharing network

Watchdog: Feds should improve cybersecurity oversight of organ sharing network

The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) should improve its cybersecurity oversight of an important organ sharing network service and the nonprofit overseeing it, the inspector general’s office overseeing the federal agency said Monday. The report serves as a warning that data involving organ donors and receivers may not be adequately protected in the event of a security breach. […]

Opinion: We must redesign medical education to support clinician diversity

Opinion: We must redesign medical education to support clinician diversity

New medical students across the country are participating in the white coat ceremony symbolizing the beginning of their journey to become a clinician. However, not all students will graduate and practice medicine. Systemic challenges play a role in disparate graduation rates, signaling a need for a redesign of medical education. According to a recent study published in JAMA Internal Medicine, […]

Copper Queen Community Hospital Plans To Expand In Arizona – HCD Magazine

Copper Queen Community Hospital Plans To Expand In Arizona – HCD Magazine

The Copper Queen Community Hospital in Bisbee, Ariz., is enlarging its surgical department in Bisbee, according to the website azcentral.com. The $10 million project will broaden access to specialty services. An adjoining endoscopy unit is also in the works. Additionally, Copper Queen Community Hospital recently opened a new outpatient physical therapy clinic in Bisbee and a rural health clinic in […]

8 Big & Tall Retailers to Bookmark, Now!

8 Big & Tall Retailers to Bookmark, Now!

When it comes to fashion, there are simply more options for women’s fashion than men’s fashion.  And while I’m comfortable shopping in any department, regardless of what gender is displayed (love flannel shirts from the men’s section at Target!), we thought to highlight the big & tall retailers, especially as there are significantly less options for big and tall men. […]

The Rise of the Rainbow Watch

The Rise of the Rainbow Watch

Rainbow setting—that is, adorning a timepiece with a bevy of colorful gems—has emerged as one of the most collectible tropes in high watchmaking. Rolex has a rainbow-tinted history that traces back to the ’80s when it embellished the elegant Cellini models, though it was the bezel of the 2012 Cosmograph Daytona—comprising 36 trapezium-cut sapphires of different colors—that really ignited the […]

Secret Model Beauty: Darker Eyes or Darker Lips

The Best Makeup, Skin Care, Hair, Fitness, and Diet Tips: Darker Eyes or Darker Lips Makeup can take years to master since there are many effects. Unfortunately, it’s counterproductive to wear all the techniques at the same time. For example, having a very dark, smokey eye, a very dark lipstick might give the look of “wearing too much.” Makeup is […]