U.S. Pedestrian Deaths Surge; Experts See Tie to Cellphones
(Reuters) – U.S. pedestrian deaths rose sharply for the second year in a row in 2016, a…
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U.S. Pedestrian Deaths Surge; Experts See Tie to Cellphones
(Reuters) – U.S. pedestrian deaths rose sharply for the second year in a row in 2016, a... -
U.S. Senator Launches Probe into Five Top Opioid Drugmakers
U.S. Democratic Senator Claire McCaskill has sought details from the nation’s top opioid drugmakers on their sales... -
How Will the 115th Congress Impact Emergency Medicine?
Editor’s Note: This article was written before the American Health Care Act was released. For all the...
U.S. Senator Launches Probe into Five Top Opioid Drugmakers
U.S. Democratic Senator Claire McCaskill has sought details from the nation’s top opioid drugmakers on their sales…
How Will the 115th Congress Impact Emergency Medicine?
Editor’s Note: This article was written before the American Health Care Act was released. For all the…
U.S. Senators Question Kaleo’ $4,500 Tag on Opioid Overdose Treatment
(Reuters) – U.S. Democrat Senator Claire McCaskill has asked Kaleo Pharmaceuticals to justify the more than 550…
CMS Administrator Andy Slavitt’s Twitter Feed Imparts Honest, Partisan Opinions on Health Care
In the past few years, major hospitals, health organizations, and prominent leaders in health care have hopped…
Republicans Propose Giving U.S. States Option to keep Obamacare
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Two Republican senators have said that U.S. states should be allowed to stay in…
President Trump May Not Enforce Individual Health Insurance Mandate Says Aide
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Trump administration may no longer enforce a rule requiring individual Americans to carry…
U.S. Hospital Readmissions Reduction Program Appears to Work
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Hospital readmission rates appear to be falling since passage of the Medicare…
Vermont to Launch All-Payer Accountable Care Organization Model for Financing Health Care
Beginning in January 2017, Vermont will launch a voluntary all-payer accountable care organization (ACO) model for financing…
Maryland Hospitals Feel Impact of Global Budget Revenue Model
In the 1976 movie All the President’s Men about Watergate, the informant “Deep Throat” tells Bob Woodward…
