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Peter Jensen: It shouldn’t require brain surgery to see nurses are underpaid

Having recently returned from sitting bedside with a surgical patient at a local hospital for two straight weeks, I can faithfully attest to some basic truths about modern medicine. First, it’s not Club Med. In many ways, it’s like having an inquisitive, yet psychotic, toddler armed with a blood pressure…

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HHS: We’ll do more to protect your health information’s privacy, speed health care investigations

Among other steps, the agency’s Office of Civil Rights is being reorganized to better investigate complaints of violations of HIPAA, the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act.

Chicago Sun-Times

Why compassion should be measured as a KPI

The prioritisation of economic values in the health care system may not be explicitly stated in PR material, but is felt by staff in every memo and scheduling and waitlist decision, say Alina Pavlova and Nathan Consedine

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Activists aim for Supreme Court with local abortion bans in blue states

Nearly 70 cities and counties across rural America have banned abortion in the past few years as part of a slow-burning conservative campaign to outlaw the procedure everywhere.

Tribune News Service

Fortune Brainstorm Health showcases health's dominant role in the U.S. economy

It seems every company is a now a health care company.

Fortune

Biden sketching dire picture of GOP desire to cut spending

President Joe Biden is aiming to use the leadup to the release of his proposed budget next week to sketch a dire picture of what could happen to U.S. health care if congressional Republicans have their way with federal spending

The Independent UK

Final state emergencies winding down 3 years into pandemic

California's coronavirus emergency declaration is ending

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Christian health nonprofit dupes members

Liberty HealthShare saddled thousands with debt as it built a family empire including pot farm, bank and airline

Salon

Feds promise to trim backlog of health care investigations

Federal officials say they’re working to cut down on a growing backlog of complaints lodged against health care providers and government agencies by patients who claim their civil rights or privacy have been violated

The Independent UK

Jamaica Prime Minister Andrew Holness heads to Haiti as gang wars threaten health care

Jamaica Prime Minister Andrew Holness is making a one-day visit to Haiti on Monday along with government ministers and ambassadors from two other Caribbean countries as part of a long-awaited visit to see how Caribbean leaders can help Haitians find their way out of their gang-ridden country’s crisis, which has…

Miami Herald

Surprise-billing lawsuits slow payments processes - Roll Call

Providers and payers continue to duke it out over how out-of-network payment disputes are handled once they go to arbitration.

Roll Call

Millions who rely on Medicaid may be booted from program

If you get health care coverage through Medicaid, you might be at risk of losing that coverage over the next year

The Independent UK

With Illinois children in ‘crisis,’ Pritzker releases report designed to improve behavioral health care

Mental health problems for children were already on the rise when the pandemic hit. Illinois is, indeed, experiencing a youth mental health care crisis, the report says, with 40% of young people in Illinois who experienced major depressive episodes unable to receive mental health care.

Chicago Sun-Times

NHS recovery plan: why an extra £2.6 billion is not enough without more staff

The UK government has announced an extra £1 billion of funding to support 800 new ambulances, 100 specialist mental health vehicles and 5,000 more sustainable hospital beds. This sum has been ringfenced for 2023-24 to provide extra capacity and support for staff in the urgent and emergency services. Rishi Sunak’s…

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Newcastle hospitals issued with warning after inspection finds mental health care failings

The Royal Victoria Infirmary and the Freeman Hospital have been ordered to improve how the mental health care needs of patients are being met

ABC News

Twin boys reunited with police, health care workers after emergency birth in north-west NSW

Emma Wilkins and her dad were pulled over for speeding during the 70km drive to the nearest hospital. But the police ended up escorting them under lights and sirens when they realised the gravity of the situation.

Salon

Judge tosses doctor sex assault lawsuit

Judge says the case falls under the state’s medical malpractice law

The Conversation

Over 90% of Rwandans have health insurance – the health minister tells an expert what went right

In 2015 the United Nations General Assembly adopted universal health coverage as one of the sustainable development goals. The aim of universal health coverage is to ensure that every person and community, irrespective of their circumstances, has access to the health services they need, at the time and place they…

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3 Health Care Stocks to Buy This Week if You Haven't Already

Amid persisting inflation and the Fed’s determination to tackle it with restrictive policies, the inelastic demand for the healthcare sector could offer protection in a volatile market. Given healthcare’s solid growth potential, investors might buy fundamentally strong stocks UnitedHealth Group (UNH), CVS Health (CVS), and HCA Healthcare (HCA) this week.…

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Dennis Anderson: Broadening conservation's appeal is a Pheasants Forever and Quail Forever goal

In January, Marilyn Vetter, 55, of New Richmond, Wis., was named CEO of Pheasants Forever and Quail Forever, which was founded 40 years ago in St. Paul and today is headquartered in White Bear Lake. Vetter replaces Howard Vincent, who led PF for 25 years and who announced last year…

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Fixing the health care worker shortage may be something Congress can agree on

The U.S. faces a shortfall of about 450,000 nurses and 120,000 doctors in the coming years. The Senate's top health committee, led by Sen. Bernie Sanders, is considering bipartisan solutions.

Tribune News Service

Editorial: Scam Missouri ‘cost-sharing’ ministry proves health care and religion are both ailing

The recent decision by federal law enforcement officials to shut down what they call a fraudulent, faith-based Missouri medical cost-sharing company reveals, again, a major failure of America’s health care system.

The Independent UK

Mississippi Senate passes limit on transgender health care

The Republican-controlled Mississippi Senate has given final approval to a bill that would ban gender-affirming care in the state for anyone younger than 18

The Texas Tribune

Gov. Greg Abbott promises to be “heavily involved” in push for education savings accounts

In an interview with the Tribune, the governor also backed criminalizing some health care treatments for transgender kids and shrugged off the idea that he’s in a conservative policy rivalry with Ron DeSantis.

The Independent UK

Ukraine's health care on the brink after hundreds of attacks

Researchers have documented more than 700 attacks against health care facilities and staff a year into Russia’s war in Ukraine

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