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CDC Director Walensky to step down in June

Healthcare Dive

Rachel Walensky, who has served as director since 2001, was criticized for the federal government’s handing of the pandemic, announcing in August last year that she planned to reorganize the CDC.

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The Proposed TRIPS Compromise Risks Setting Several Bad Precedents

Bill of Health

Such obligations are unnecessary when a government is keen to acquire vaccines that are both affordable and scarce, and when the vaccine manufacturer has the ability to enforce intellectual property rights, if any, in importing countries. The new obligations for listing of patents were not included in the original TRIPS for good reason.

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Guide to a Proactive Healthcare Cybersecurity Stance

Healthcare IT Today

About Troy Hawes Troy is a managing director with the Cybersecurity Consulting practice at Moss Adams and has been providing IT consulting services since 2001. He is adept at working with the specialty IT compliance and security needs of hospitals and providers, private businesses, government and tribal entities.

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Healthcare & Life Sciences Private Equity Deal Tracker: TPG to Take Convey Private for $1.1 Billion

McGuire Wood

Founded in 2001, the company solutions, designed for government-sponsored health plans, are designed to support member interactions, compliance and Medicare processes. TPG Capital will take Convey Health Solutions Holdings (NYSE: CNVY) private, according to a news release. Convey , based in Fort Lauderdale, Fla.,

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Ohio Hospital Pays $4.4 Million to Settle Accusations of Performing Unnecessary Procedures

The Health Law Firm

The settlement agreement covers accusations that the doctors and the hospital billed Medicare for unnecessary cardiac procedures from 2001 to 2006. The Ohio hospital agreed to pay the US government $3.9 Click here to read the press release from the DOJ. million, and the physician group agreed to pay $541,870 to settle the accusations.

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The High Cost-of-Thriving and the Evolving Social Contract for Health Care

Health Populi

23% of households had zero or negative net worth in 2017, up from 16% in 2001. “Forging a new social contract is a shared responsibility,” she asserts, with a collaboration between governments, employers, industry, nongovernmental organizations, nonprofits, academia and individuals. That is, government spending.

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CMS Proposes Minimum Staffing Requirements and Enhanced Facility Assessments for Nursing Homes

C&M Health Law

The proposed rule represents the first time the federal government has proposed comprehensive nationwide nursing home staffing requirements, although various states have already enacted their own staffing requirements. The 2001 recommendation of 4.1 Proposed Staffing Standard – 3.0 hours of nursing staff per resident per day, or 3.0