Health & Insurance, Social Services
November 23, 2020
Via: POLITICOPresident-elect Joe Biden is putting scientists in charge and back on the stage to restore trust in the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The plans include immediately reviving regular media briefings and giving a central role to long-sidelined career […]
Health & Insurance, Social Services
November 20, 2020
Via: Kaiser Health NewsWith its choice of a new leader, the Florida Hospital Association has signaled that seeking legislative approval to expand Medicaid to nearly 850,000 uninsured adults won’t be among its top priorities. In October, Mary Mayhew became the association’s CEO. Mayhew, […]
Health & Insurance, Social Services
November 19, 2020
Via: CNBC HealthcareNews from global pharma firms that their coronavirus vaccine candidates are highly effective is welcome, but work needs to be done to ensure they reach everyone around the world, the World Health Organization’s Europe chief said Thursday. “I firmly believe […]
Health & Insurance, Public Institutions, Public Works, Social Services
November 17, 2020
Via: Kaiser Health NewsAs the novel coronavirus emerged in the news in January, Sarah Keeley was working as a medical scribe and considering what to do with her biology degree. By February, as the disease crept across the U.S., Keeley said she found […]
Health & Insurance, Social Services
November 10, 2020
Via: Waste360The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has issued guidance and an accompanying one-pager to help employers understand which standards are most frequently cited during coronavirus-related inspections. OSHA based these documents on data from citations issued, […]
Health & Insurance, Social Services
November 6, 2020
Via: Kaiser Health NewsThe Department of Veterans Affairs is recruiting 8,000 volunteers for the Phase 3 clinical trials of at least four COVID-19 vaccine candidates at 20 federal medical facilities across the U.S., according to officials with the VA and Operation Warp Speed, […]
Health & Insurance, Social Services
November 3, 2020
Via: Kaiser Health NewsWith the Trump administration announcing two days before Election Day that Georgia’s healthcare.gov website will no longer provide options for residents shopping for plans starting in 2023, consumers will need to rely on private brokers, insurance companies, agents and commercial […]
Health & Insurance, Social Services
November 2, 2020
Via: Kaiser Health NewsNearly half the nation’s hospitals, many of which are still wrestling with the financial fallout of the unexpected coronavirus, will get lower payments for all Medicare patients because of their history of readmitting patients, federal records show. The penalties are […]
Health & Insurance, Social Services
October 29, 2020
Via: Kaiser Health NewsSen. Lindsey Graham has never been a fan of the Affordable Care Act — even though it’s helped dramatically lower the number of uninsured people in his home state of South Carolina. The Republican, who heads the Senate Judiciary Committee, […]
Health & Insurance, Social Services
October 27, 2020
Via: CNBC HealthcareWith the development of a coronavirus vaccine nearing its final stages, public health departments across the U.S. are hastily preparing to distribute it — even though they don’t know when it will be approved or which ones will ultimately get […]
Social Security, Social Services
October 21, 2020
Via: FCWA bill introduced by Rep. Peter DeFazio (D-Ore.) and John Larson (D-Conn.) seeks to increase the Social Security cost-of-living adjustment to 3%, up from the 1.3% announced by President Donald Trump earlier this month. The Social Security adjustment also applies […]
Health & Insurance, Social Services
October 8, 2020
Via: CNBC HealthcareCalifornia-based lab test manufacturer GenMark Diagnostics announced Thursday that the Food and Drug Administration granted emergency authorization for its rapid molecular test that can distinguish between more than 20 different viruses and bacteria, including the coronavirus. Flu and Covid-19 patients […]
Health & Insurance, Social Services
October 7, 2020
Via: Kaiser Health NewsWithin one day, President Donald Trump announced his COVID diagnosis and was admitted to Walter Reed National Military Medical Center for treatment. The flurry of events was stunning, confusing and triggered many questions. What was his prognosis? When was he […]
Social Security, Social Services
October 5, 2020
Via: Utility DiveAccording to CISA, China “has a history of using national military and economic resources to leverage offensive cyber tactics in pursuing its national interests.” The agency warned that attacks could target industries considered critical to U.S. national and economic interests, […]
Health & Insurance, Social Services
October 1, 2020
Via: CNBC HealthcarePublic health measures like wearing a mask and avoiding close contact with others could help prevent the forthcoming influenza season from complicating the nation’s response to the coronavirus pandemic, White House coronavirus advisor Dr. Anthony Fauci said on Thursday. The […]
Health & Insurance, Social Services
September 28, 2020
Via: Kaiser Health NewsWhen it comes to health care, President Donald Trump has promised far more than he has delivered. But that doesn’t mean his administration has had no impact on health issues — including the operation of the Affordable Care Act, prescription […]
Health & Insurance, Social Services
September 23, 2020
Via: Kaiser Health NewsReopening colleges drove a coronavirus surge of about 3,000 new cases a day in the United States, according to a draft study released Tuesday. The study, done jointly by researchers at the University of North Carolina-Greensboro, Indiana University, the University […]
Health & Insurance, Social Services
September 22, 2020
Via: Kaiser Health NewsDavid Usher is sitting on $1.7 million he’s scared to spend. The money lent from the federal government is meant to help hospitals and other health care providers weather the COVID-19 pandemic. Yet some hospital administrators have called it a […]
Health & Insurance, Social Services
September 10, 2020
Via: Kaiser Health NewsNurses at Alta Bates Summit Medical Center were on edge as early as March when patients with COVID-19 began to show up in areas of the hospital that were not set aside to care for them. The Centers for Disease […]
Health & Insurance, Social Services
August 24, 2020
Via: Kaiser Health NewsThe Trump administration’s latest effort to use COVID-19 rapid tests — touted by one senior official as a “turning point” in arresting the coronavirus’s spread within nursing homes — is running into roadblocks likely to limit how widely they’ll be […]