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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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More African Americans have gained health insurance following adoption of the Affordable Care Act, HHS report finds

February 25, 2022 Sharika Soukup

Nearly 1 million Black American adults would become eligible for medical insurance if 12 holdout states expanded Medicaid eligibility under the ACA, according to the HHS report. Story continues below advertisement “There’s a clear policy choice that’s being made by those states that runs counter to the interests of a large number of people who…

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UC Davis Health develops Fragility Fracture Program to identify and provide care for patients at risk of osteoporosis

February 24, 2022 Sharika Soukup

A fragility fracture, which can result from a fall from standing height, can be indicative of weakened, brittle bones and even osteoporosis By BRANDON NGUYEN — [email protected] The National Osteoporosis Foundation finds that roughly half of all women and up to a quarter of men will suffer a fragility fracture in their lifetime. As individuals…

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Face-mask requirements for health care settings still apply to dental offices

February 22, 2022 Sharika Soukup

The universal face-mask mandate will end Feb. 16, as previously scheduled, for most vaccinated Californians in public indoor settings, including restaurants, gyms and entertainment venues, but masks will continue to be required for all individuals in dental and medical offices and other specified settings. Many counties also have their own mask mandates in place, and…

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Wounded veteran awaiting trial in health care fraud case dies in federal custody

February 20, 2022 Sharika Soukup

Springfield, Missouri – An Army veteran who was scheduled to go to trial in San Antonio later this year for health care fraud has died while in federal custody, officials confirmed Tuesday. Justin Perez-Gorda, 33, died Jan. 29 while being treated at a medical center for federal prisoners in Springfield, Missouri, a spokesperson for the…

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Health care workers brace for consequences of vaccine mandate

February 19, 2022 Sharika Soukup

As of Monday, there are mainly three types of health care workers in Montana. Those with at least one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine, those with an exemption because of their religious belief or medical condition, and those without a job. Feb. 14 was the date when medical facilities in the state that receive federal…

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Inside one hospital, see how they provide care amid chaos : Shots

February 14, 2022 Sharika Soukup

Nurse Heather Gatchet’s shift in the emergency department at Salem Health’s Salem Hospital typically starts at 6:00 a.m. Before that, she packs her daughter’s lunch, drinks tea, and starts driving to work. To stave off her rising sense of panic, she calls her mom on the way. “My mom’s like my cup of coffee” Gatchet…

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