Hall Render

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

The issue of agencies “strategically” choosing patients to maximize profitability came up in other comments. One commenter, from a patient advocacy group, noted that home health had become “big business” and that agencies focus on profits for shareholders, not patient care. Previously Waived Fingerprinting.

Medicare 40

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Bill of Health

AUGUST 4, 2022

One hundred sixty civil rights, medical, scientific, patient advocacy, and women’s health organizations opposed the Coons-Tillis bill, arguing that if it were enacted, “Patients will again be at risk of lacking access to information about their genes, about their very selves.

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Health Populi

JANUARY 7, 2019

With my public health hat on, I assert that smoking cessation is good for everyone (except perhaps for tobacco companies’ bottom lines). Beyond alcohol, the company is working on additional DTx categories including insomnia and depression, schizophrenia, traumatic brain injury, epilepsy, and PTSD, among other conditions.

FDA 72

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HIT Consultant

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

Precedent exists for accelerating approval timelines during health emergencies such as the AIDs/HIV epidemic, where Compound S, a re-make of AZT, or azidothymidine, originally developed to fight cancer, became controversially fast-tracked after the discovery that it could block HIV activity.

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The Digital Health Corner

JANUARY 30, 2017

Public health policy might very well change as a result of such outcome studies. I would submit that the potential for digital tech to prolong independence and/or improve lives of caregivers in the home or at a distance must be the subject of clinical studies.

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HIT Consultant

OCTOBER 10, 2024

While becoming a physician is a highly respected and demanding career path, there are many other avenues within the healthcare field that offer fulfilling and impactful roles, playing a part in advancing medical research, improving patient care, and ensuring public health.

Doctors 52

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Hall Render

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

Dunleavy adds $9M to budget to address food stamp, Medicaid backlog New study provides snapshot of increase in maternal deaths in Alaska Mental Health Trust Grants $1.6M medical workers 4 takeaways from Braselton hospital expansion presentation HAWAII Hawaii Gov. What does it take to keep RNs happy?

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Hall Render

NOVEMBER 18, 2022

Private payers spent $1.87B on social determinants of health over 5 years: 5 things to know. will keep Covid public health emergency in place at least until mid January. Beebe Health buys Mobile Health Clinic to reach underserved residents in Sussex County. Delaware extends Public Health Emergency another 30 days.

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Total Medical Compliance Resources

APRIL 14, 2023

Through collaboration with federal partners, researchers, clinicians, patient advocacy organizations, and the business sector, the Administration remains committed to addressing the longer-term impacts of the worst public health crisis in a century.

Governance 45

Governance COVID-19 Department of Veterans Affairs COVID-19 Vaccine 45

Hall Render

FEBRUARY 7, 2025

House Health workforce shortages, ACA protections, struggling hospitals among early Pa. Public Health Association Second-degree nursing programs are in demand With $87.5M nursing home official admits stealing $528K through kickback scheme Grant program for rural hospitals advances in Pa.

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