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Medicare will make loans to health providers affected by a major cyber attack

Mon, 2024-03-11 11:52 — mike kraft
Medicare announces loan program to aid providers affected by Change cyberattack Medicare will make advance payments to physician groups, hospitals, and other facilities in response to the February 21 Change Healthcare cyberattack. Brittany Trang STAT

 

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US respiratory virus levels continue to ebb --except for the flu

Mon, 2024-03-11 10:58 — mike kraft
Except for flu, US respiratory virus levels continue to ebb Respiratory virus activity in the United States loosened its grip more last week, as COVID-19 activity continues to decline and a few regions of the country fell below their baselines for flu, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said in its updates today. CIDRAP
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UnitedHealth could take months for full recovery from cyberattack

Fri, 2024-03-08 11:18 — mike kraft
UnitedHealth hack could take months for full recovery UnitedHealth Group , the largest U.S. health insurer, is likely to need several months to make a full recovery from a cyberattack that has been one of the most disruptive hacks against America's healthcare infrastructure, security experts said. Zeba Siddiqui Reuters

 

 

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Reasons why female health care workers suffer high rate of burnout--study

Fri, 2024-03-08 10:48 — mike kraft
Burnout is rampant among female health care workers. Here’s why Health care workers — and particularly female health care workers — are burning out at alarming rates.   A recent survey from nursing marketplace platform ShiftKey shared with The Hill fo… aoconnelld The Hill

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U.S. patients struggle to get medication after cyberattack hits a major health care company

Wed, 2024-03-06 20:03 — mike kraft
Patients struggle to get lifesaving medication after cyberattack on a major health care company The attack on Change Healthcare has upended the lives and work of patients, doctors and pharmacists due to outages in systems used for medical billing and insurance claims. NBC News
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US healthcare hack creates hard choices for many affected doctors.

Wed, 2024-03-06 11:04 — mike kraft

 

Patients or payroll? US healthcare hack creates hard choices Nearly two weeks after the ransomware attack on UnitedHealth's Change Healthcare unit that has disrupted claims processing across the U.S., doctors are beginning to face a no win choice - stop treating patients or stop paying staff. Julie Steenhuysen Reuters

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U.S. nursing homes still plagued by staff shortages and poor infection control--government report

Mon, 2024-03-04 17:14 — mike kraft
Staffing shortages, poor infection control plague nursing homes - UPI.com Although the pandemic has ended, staffing shortages and employee burnout still plague U.S. nursing homes, a new government report finds. UPI
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A serious cyber attack has hit an important part of the US health care system

Mon, 2024-03-04 14:20 — mike kraft
Health-care hack spreads pain across hospitals and doctors nationwide One of the most serious cyberattacks to hit the health-care system in U.S. history is threatening the solvency of some hospitals, officials say. The Washington Post
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Less than 20 per cent of Americans know in advance the cost of their health care --poll

Thu, 2024-02-01 11:23 — mike kraft
Few Americans say they know how much health care will cost: Gallup Less than 20 percent of Americans say they know how much they will have to pay before receiving health care treatments, according to a report. The Bentley-Gallup Business in Society Report survey, … lsforza The Hill

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Nearly half of older Americans postpone or don't have surgeries because of financial concerns--study

Wed, 2024-01-31 10:14 — mike kraft
Many Americans postpone surgeries due to cost, job worries - UPI.com Older adults frequently delay needed surgery because of financial concerns, a new study finds. UPI

...Nearly half of people ages 50 and older who were very concerned about the cost of surgery wound up not having an operation they had considered, researchers reported Tuesday in the journal JAMA Network Open. 

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