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Analysis: We knew the coronavirus was coming, yet we failed 5 critical tests

The arrival of COVID-19 has provided a nuclear-level stress test to the American health care system, and our grade isn't pretty: at least 73,000 dead, 1.2 million infected and 30 million unemployed; nursing homes, prisons and meatpacking plants that have become hotbeds of infection.

11 May 2020

COVID bailout cash goes to big players that have paid millions to settle allegations of wrongdoing

The Trump administration has sent hundreds of millions of dollars in pandemic-related bailouts to health care providers with checkered histories, including a Florida-based cancer center that agreed to pay a $100 million criminal penalty as part of a federal antitrust investigation.

9 May 2020

New guide could help hospitals to prioritize and plan operations

As fast and sharp as a cut from a scalpel, the coronavirus pandemic forced hospitals across America to slash elective surgical cases in March and April, to slow the risk of infection and make room for surges of patients.

8 May 2020

Air ambulance service may lead to surprise bills for many patients

When an emergency dispatcher calls for a helicopter or plane to fly a critically ill patient to a hospital, they don't have time to check whether they take the patient's insurance.

5 May 2020

ECG screening more effective at detecting cardiac conditions in college athletes

Over the past 30 years, colleges and universities have increasingly screened athletes for health conditions that may pose undue risk to sports participation. Sudden cardiac death is the leading cause of death among college athletes, so a primary function of these screenings is to reveal unknown heart conditions.

4 May 2020

COVID-plagued California nursing homes often had problems in past

When Jorge Newbery finally got through to his 95-year-old mother, Jennifer, on a video call April 18, she could barely talk or move and her eyes couldn't focus.

4 May 2020

As COVID-19 lurks, families are locked out of nursing homes. Is it safe inside?

Families are beset by fear and anxiety as COVID-19 makes inroads at nursing homes across the country, threatening the lives of vulnerable older adults.

4 May 2020

Researchers develop guide to help organizations introduce telemedicine as an alternative option

Stay-at-home orders caught many medical practices and health care systems off guard, leaving them ill-equipped to rapidly adopt an efficient telemedicine platform so they could keep providing time-sensitive care to non-COVID-19 patients.

4 May 2020

RA patients enrolled in Medicare plan face significant cost exposure on specialty drugs

After a sharp drop in out-of-pocket costs between 2010 and 2011, Medicare patients who use specialty biologic medications for rheumatoid arthritis have seen higher out-of-pocket spending for those same drugs because of gradual price increases, a new study in the Journal of the American Medical Association Open finds.

4 May 2020

Support team can help reduce avoidable hospitalizations for nursing home residents

Nursing home residents are often cared for by a variety of health care professionals, including licensed nursing staff. Transfers to a hospital can result from multiple factors, such as recurrent falls or medication mismanagement.

29 Apr 2020

Telehealth will be free, no copays, they said. But angry patients are getting billed.

Karen Taylor had been coughing for weeks when she decided to see a doctor in early April. COVID-19 cases had just exceeded 5,000 in Texas, where she lives.

27 Apr 2020

The other COVID risks: How race, income, zip code influence who lives or dies

It started with a headache in late March. Then came the body aches.

22 Apr 2020

Coronavirus fuels explosive growth in telehealth ― and concern about fraud

On March 17, Medicare chief Seema Verma stepped to the podium at a White House coronavirus briefing and unveiled a "historic action" to promote virtual medical care, or telehealth.

22 Apr 2020

‘It hurts our soul’: Nursing home workers struggle with thankless position

In the months before county health officials ordered the evacuation of COVID-19-plagued Magnolia Rehabilitation & Nursing Center, the facility's employees complained of bounced checks.

21 Apr 2020

Before ‘tidal wave’ of illness, nursing home thought it had COVID-19 contained

More than 20 patients have died. Dozens more are still hospitalized. And residents who had already been sent back to a nursing home in Gallatin, Tennessee, have turned up with new cases of COVID-19.

20 Apr 2020

COVID-19: AGS reinforces the need for medical supplies, telehealth in older adult care

In a new series of letters sent yesterday to Congressional leaders, Vice President Pence, and White House Coronavirus Task Force Coordinator Deborah Birx, MD, experts at the American Geriatrics Society continued to reinforce the need for medical supplies, telehealth, expertise in older adult care, and a range of other priorities as the federal government plans the next phase of America's response to COVID-19.

18 Apr 2020

In fine print, HHS appears to ban all surprise billing during the pandemic

Federal officials offering emergency funding to hospitals, clinics and doctors' practices have included this stipulation: They cannot foist surprise medical bills on COVID-19 patients.

17 Apr 2020

Obama: GOP’s stance on preexisting conditions off-base, especially during pandemic

Endorsing his former vice president, Joe Biden, to win the White House, former President Barack Obama sought to contrast the 2020 platforms of Democrats and Republicans on a critical plank: their stance on the Affordable Care Act. It's a difference, he argued, that has assumed newfound urgency.

17 Apr 2020

The COVID-19 bailout that’s left every hospital unhappy in its own way

In the throes of the novel coronavirus outbreak in early April, Kenneth Raske, president of the powerful Greater New York Hospital Association, took his case for needing billions in federal relief funding to another New Yorker, well placed in the White House.

17 Apr 2020

Caring for geriatric patients during COVID-19 pandemic requires vigilance

As the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic advances so does the uncertainty and evolution of the pandemic as it relates to nursing homes and long-term care facilities

16 Apr 2020

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Analysis: We knew the coronavirus was coming, yet we failed 5 critical tests

COVID bailout cash goes to big players that have paid millions to settle allegations of wrongdoing

New guide could help hospitals to prioritize and plan operations

Air ambulance service may lead to surprise bills for many patients

ECG screening more effective at detecting cardiac conditions in college athletes

COVID-plagued California nursing homes often had problems in past

As COVID-19 lurks, families are locked out of nursing homes. Is it safe inside?

Researchers develop guide to help organizations introduce telemedicine as an alternative option

RA patients enrolled in Medicare plan face significant cost exposure on specialty drugs

Support team can help reduce avoidable hospitalizations for nursing home residents

Telehealth will be free, no copays, they said. But angry patients are getting billed.

The other COVID risks: How race, income, zip code influence who lives or dies

Coronavirus fuels explosive growth in telehealth ― and concern about fraud

‘It hurts our soul’: Nursing home workers struggle with thankless position

Before ‘tidal wave’ of illness, nursing home thought it had COVID-19 contained

COVID-19: AGS reinforces the need for medical supplies, telehealth in older adult care

In fine print, HHS appears to ban all surprise billing during the pandemic

Obama: GOP’s stance on preexisting conditions off-base, especially during pandemic

The COVID-19 bailout that’s left every hospital unhappy in its own way

Caring for geriatric patients during COVID-19 pandemic requires vigilance

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