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Tenet Health says systems are coming back, calls patient worries ‘preposterous’

April 24, 2022 Sharika Soukup

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — WPTV has learned new information from Tenet Health regarding ongoing telephone and computer problems at St. Mary’s Medical Center and Good Samaritan Medical Center. Telephone service and some information systems at the hospitals have been hobbled since Wednesday for reasons unknown. Patients and staff have contacted WPTV NewsChannel 5 expressing…

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$136 for a $2 bag of saline? Anthem, MaineHealth trade blame in billing disputes

April 22, 2022 Sharika Soukup

6 for a bag of saline? Anthem, MaineHealth trade blame in billing disputes

Anthem offices in South Portland. Shawn Patrick Ouellette/Staff Photographer An IV bag of saline costs Maine Medical Center $2, but the Portland hospital has charged patients covered by Anthem insurance a total of $136 per bag and also tried to hide the bill, according to Anthem. Anthem, on the other hand, refuses to pay Maine…

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Children’s Hospital New Orleans innovates pediatric healthcare with world-class facility and top experts | Sponsored: Children’s Hospital New Orleans

April 21, 2022 Sharika Soukup

Editor’s Note This article is brought to you by Children’s Hospital New Orleans. Children’s Hospital New Orleans now serves as one of the country’s top destinations for pediatric care, following the completion of a $300 million campus expansion project. The hospital’s 17-acre campus includes more than 230,000 square feet of new clinical care space, a…

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Healthy man nearly dies from COVID-19, urges people to sign legal document for healthcare decisions | Coronavirus

April 19, 2022 Sharika Soukup

Healthy man nearly dies from COVID-19, urges people to sign legal document for healthcare decisions MADISON (WKOW) — Madison man Mike Wiltse was perfectly healthy and newly-wed when he fell sick from COVID-19 and almost died. Now, he’s urging everyone to sign a legal document stating their healthcare decisions in an emergency on this year’s…

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Interpreter shortage challenges appropriate medical care for deaf patients

April 17, 2022 Sharika Soukup

Deaf residents report frequent issues with sign language interpretation at Connecticut hospitals and health care facilities, hindering their ability to understand medical care fully. And though video remote interpreting (VRI) services are widely available at Connecticut hospitals, patients have reported mixed experiences with the technology. The issues persist more than 30 years after passage of…

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Postal service reform bill would shift retirees health care costs to Medicare : Shots

April 6, 2022 Sharika Soukup

A US Postal service employee unloads mail at a facility on February 10, 2022 in Houston, Texas. On February 8, the House of Representatives passed the Postal Service Reform Act of 2022 (H.R. 3076). The legislation will address operational and financial issues that the agency has been grappling with for years. Brandon Bell/Getty Images hide…

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Florida lawmakers seen to strip $561 million from hospital, health care system budgets

April 5, 2022 Sharika Soukup

Florida lawmakers seen to strip 1 million from hospital, health care system budgets

Proposed budget slashes hospital funding Aaron Mesmer reports TAMPA, Fla. – Florida health care system advocates are urging state lawmakers to reconsider budget cuts that could slash hundreds of millions of dollars from hospitals across the state. According to the Florida Hospital Association, the heath care budget proposal in the Florida House of Representatives would…

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Anti-mandate doctors ‘do not speak for the mainstream of health care’

February 27, 2022 Sharika Soukup

As the Shasta County Board of Supervisors prepares to consider a 10-point COVID-19 declaration brought by a group of physicians opposed to vaccine mandates, another group of doctors supports a different approach. In a letter sent to the supervisors on Wednesday, executives representing Redding’s two main hospitals, major nonprofit medical center and other health facilities…

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