Tag: healthcare
Lack of Info on China’s COVID-19 Surge Stirs Global Concern
(AP) Moves by several countries to mandate COVID-19 tests for passengers arriving from China reflect global concern that new variants could emerge in its ongoing explosive...
ER Doctors Call Private Equity Staffing Practices Illegal and Seek to...
(Kaiser Health News) A group of emergency physicians and consumer advocates in multiple states are pushing for stiffer enforcement of decades-old statutes that prohibit...
Hospitals Sue Patients, Threaten Their Credit
(Kaiser Health News) Despite growing evidence of the harm caused by medical debt, hundreds of U.S. hospitals maintain policies to aggressively pursue patients for...
White House Reveals Winter COVID-19 Plans, More Free Tests
(AP) The Biden administration is again making some free COVID-19 tests available to all U.S. households as it unveils its contingency plans for potential...
States Challenge Biden to Lower Drug Prices by Allowing Imports from...
(Kaiser Health News) The Biden administration is facing mounting pressure from states to let them import medicine from Canada to help lower prescription drug...
Merck, Moderna Detail Potential Skin Cancer Vaccine Progress
(AP) Moderna's stock soared Tuesday after the COVID-19 vaccine maker detailed progress in developing a preventive shot for a deadly form of skin cancer.
The...
The System Feds Rely on to Stop Repeat Health Fraud Is...
(Kaiser Health News) The federal system meant to stop health care business owners and executives from repeatedly bilking government health programs fails to do...
Foundations, Major Donors Tackle Nation’s Nursing Shortage
(AP) As more nurses leave their jobs in hospitals and health-care centers, foundations are pouring millions of dollars into efforts to ensure that more...
FDA Change Ushers in Cheaper, Easier-to-Get Hearing Aids
(AP) It's now a lot easier — and cheaper — for many hard-of-hearing Americans to get help.
Hearing aids can now be sold without a...
The Business of Clinical Trials Is Booming – Private Equity Has...
(Kaiser Health News) After finding success investing in the more obviously lucrative corners of American medicine — like surgery centers and dermatology practices —...
