Community Hospital in Grand Junction, Colo., is planning to break ground on a new primary care and acute care clinic in Palisade, Colo., according to the website nbc11news.com. The project will measure 6,700 square feet and will aim to increase access to healthcare in the area.
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued a warning for doctors and patients on Thursday after it received reports of people with breast implants being diagnosed with multiple types of cancer. Binita Ashar, the director of the Office of Surgical and Infection Control Devices in the agency’s Center for Devices and Radiological Health, said in a release that the FDA […]
Rural areas are particularly vulnerable, and delivering healthcare services while ensuring a positive patient experience presents a unique set of challenges. Couple those challenges with the increasingly complex compliance and regulatory environment, whether it’s the Omnibus Burden Reduction rule or complying with HIPAA changes amid increasing cyber threats, navigating the rural healthcare landscape can be tricky. Increasingly, rural hospitals are […]
Leaders in the long-term care industry are putting their heads together to help aging adults and their families navigate the complicated world of aging services. In a report from Nexus Insights — a think tank focused on senior care — over a dozen executives and professors argue the country needs navigational centers, or hubs, to serve as community entryways to […]
Michigan voters will see an abortion rights question on the ballot in November, the Michigan Supreme Court ruled on Thursday. The 5-2 ruling comes after the Michigan Board of State Canvassers last week deadlocked 2-2 along partisan lines, blocking certification of the sweeping amendment that if passed, would enshrine abortion rights into the state’s constitution. The deadline to finalize the […]
Walgreens Health announced Wednesday it is contracting with electronic data interchange clearinghouse Claim.MD to better the claims submission process, reduce denials and improve cash flow. Pecos, Texas-based Claim.MD helps providers, software vendors and insurance carriers manage electronic medical transactions. The company was founded in the early 1980’s and has an insurance network that includes Medicare, Medicaid and commercial payers. “Essentially, […]
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Can’t see the audio player? Click here to listen on Acast. You can also listen on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Stitcher, Pocket Casts, or wherever you listen to podcasts. The same federal judge in Texas who tried — unsuccessfully — to strike down the entire Affordable Care Act in 2018 has ruled that portions of the health law’s preventive care benefit […]
Hospital ranking lists — such as those released annually by U.S. News & World Report and Healthgrades — are a great way for the nations’ largest hospitals to generate good PR. However, they may not be all that useful when it comes to understanding the strengths and weaknesses of individual hospitals and how they compare to each other. Trilliant Health, […]
Federal officials found few instances of fraud in Medicare billing practices for telehealth services during the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic. There were 1,714 providers out of approximately 742,000 whose billing was deemed “high risk” for Medicare, according to a report released this month by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Office of Inspector General. Providers’ billing practices […]