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Hospital chain attack part of ongoing cybersecurity concerns

Diverted ambulances, cancer treatment delayed and electronic health records offline are just some of ripple effects of an apparent cyberattack on a major nonprofit health system that disrupted operations throughout the U.S. While CommonSpirit Health confirmed it experienced an ”“IT security issue” earlier this week, the company has remained mum…

The Independent UK

Nursing home surprise: Medicare Advantage plans covering less time than Medicare covers

Health care providers, nursing home representatives and patient advocates say Medicare Advantage plans increasingly are ending members’ coverage for nursing home and rehabilitation services before patients are healthy enough to go home.

Chicago Sun-Times

Private companies see profit in eye care

The field of optometry provides fertile grounds for raising costs, inviting private equity firm's investments

Salon

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Preckwinkle offers Cook County budget with no new taxes, but warns of health-care staffing ‘crisis’

Cook County Board President Preckwinkle is offering bold spending plans, armed with roughly $1 billion in federal COVID-19 relief money. But she needs workers to pull these plans off, and faces more than 4,000 vacancies. “We’re working towards a more just, prosperous and equitable future,”…

Chicago Sun-Times

Democrats scored a huge win: Now what?

For more than a decade, Republicans riled up their base with vows to repeal Obamacare. Today, nothing but crickets

Salon

‘This is trans health care’: Barriers to testosterone limit care options in Missouri

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — In April, Kenny Caldwell walked into a Costco pharmacy in Kansas City to pick up their monthly medication. They walked out empty-handed.

Tribune News Service

With 12 in-custody deaths, Louisville activists say better health care needed to address jail crisis

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Garland is asked to probe threats to children’s hospitals

Three major medical associations are asking the U.S. attorney general to investigate and prosecute people who are threatening violence against children’s hospitals and physicians that provide gender-affirming health care

The Independent UK

Privacy, stigma may keep workers from using abortion travel benefits

Several major corporations, from Amazon to Walmart, are promising to pay travel expenses for employees and family members who must leave their home states to receive a legal abortion.

Tribune News Service

Proposed Medicare cuts will make it harder for doctors to provide necessary health care

With lower reimbursement for Medicare services, practices will be under pressure to cut back on the number of Medicare patients they serve, limit services or reduce investment in technology.

Chicago Sun-Times

UnitedHealth Group completes $13 billion deal to acquire Change Healthcare

UnitedHealth Group has completed its acquisition of Tennessee-based Change Healthcare, a $13 billion dollar deal the Justice Department unsuccessfully tried to block this year on competitive grounds.

Tribune News Service

NCLT rejects M.K. Rajagopalan’s plea against ASG Hospital’s bid for Vasan Health Care

MD of MGM Healthcare alleged the approved resolution plan of ASG was in violation of Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code regulation; NCLT, however, ruled his plea was rejected as not tenable in law or on facts

The Hindu

Britain’s hard lessons from handing elder care over to private equity

LONDON — A little over a decade ago, Four Seasons Health Care was among the largest long-term care home companies in Britain, operating 500 sites with 20,000 residents and more than 60 specialist centers. Domestic and global private equity investors had supercharged the company’s growth, betting that the rising needs…

Tribune News Service

From BTS to Zoom therapy, why Korean Americans are seeking more mental health help

LOS ANGELES — For more than 3 million followers on TikTok, Nick Cho is their "Korean Dad."

Los Angeles Times

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Commentary: Protect the Dreamers. The US needs doctors-in-training like me

I am a proud undocumented medical student attending the UCLA School of Medicine — a reality that still seems like a dream. It is a reality because of the 2012 Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals policy, or DACA. However, the DACA program and its beneficiaries remain in jeopardy as the…

The Texas Tribune

Gov. Greg Abbott and Beto O’Rourke accused each other of misinforming Texans during their debate. Here are the facts.

O’Rourke and Abbott accused each other of bending the truth during the only planned gubernatorial debate on Friday. Many of their claims needed context and clarification.

Chicago Sun-Times

Why health care bills are on the rise

Inflation is expected to boost annual U.S. national health expenses by $370 billion by 2027 compared with pre-pandemic projections, consulting firm McKinsey says.

Tribune News Service

Health plan shake-up could disrupt coverage for low-income Californians

Almost 2 million of California’s poorest and most medically fragile residents may have to switch health insurers as a result of a new strategy by the state to improve care in its Medicaid program.

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Axios

Post-Dobbs birth control fight heads to college campuses

Universities in the post-Roe era are struggling to offer students the full range of reproductive health care.

The Conversation

Hurricane Ian flooded a hospital and forced evacuations from dozens of nursing homes – many health facilities face rising risks from severe storms

Hurricane Ian, one of the most powerful storms to hit the U.S., tore part of the roof off a hospital in Port Charlotte, Florida, and flooded the building’s lower level emergency room, sending staff scrambling to move patients as water poured in. At least nine hospitals and dozens of nursing…

Benzinga

10 Health Care Stocks Whale Activity In Today's Session

This whale alert can help traders discover the next big trading opportunities. Whales are entities with large sums of money and we track their transactions here at Benzinga on our options activity scanner.

Los Angeles Times

Commentary: Now that the CDC has dropped masking, a plea to doctors and hospitals

With a one-two punch, the Biden administration and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have tossed tens of millions of Americans at high risk of death and disability from COVID-19 into a sea of contagion without any clear guidance for infection prevention and control.

WEKU

They were turned away from urgent care. The reason? Their car insurance

Russell Cook expected a quick, inexpensive visit to an urgent care center for his daughter after a car wreck. She wasn't badly hurt, but they were sent to an emergency room — for a much larger bill.

Tribune News Service

Death is anything but a dying business as private equity cashes in

Private equity firms are investing in health care from cradle to grave, and in that latter category quite literally. A small but growing percentage of the funeral home industry — and the broader death care market — is being gobbled up by private equity-backed firms attracted by high profit margins,…

WEKU

Some hospitals rake in high profits while their patients are loaded with medical debt

Across the U.S., many hospitals have become wealthy, even as their bills force patients to make gut-wrenching sacrifices. This pattern is especially stark for health care systems in Dallas-Fort Worth.

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