Dr. Mandy Cohen, former secretary of the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services, will replace outgoing CDC director Rochelle Walensky. Bryan Anderson/Ap hide caption...
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AMA: The state of mental health in children in the United States is a national emergency
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Continue reading...At least 1.7 million Americans use health sharing arrangements, despite a lack of protections
The plans require members to ask for charitable treatment before submitting bills. A new report has provided the first nationwide tally of Americans who rely on...
Continue reading...Do all test results need to be reviewed by the patient’s primary care physician?
This resource is part of AMA’s Debunking Regulatory Myths series, supporting AMA’s practice transformation efforts to equip clinicians and their care teams with resources to reduce...
Continue reading...Perspective | When dealing with a cancer prognosis, sometimes information isn’t power
Comment on this storyComment At first, it often seemed like my mother’s oncologist, with his mostly bald head and dry sense of humor, was the God...
Continue reading...Governor Ron DeSantis vetoes $14.5 million in health care spending
Gov.Ron DeSantisit has not placed any deep or sweeping vetoes on health care projects as part of the nearly $511 million in spending items in the...
Continue reading...Senators Tina Smith, Jerry Moran push to reduce cost of cancer treatments – Senator Tina Smith
WASHINGTON DC [6.15.23] Today, US Senators Tina Smith (D-MN) and Jerry Moran (R-KS) introduced bipartisan legislation to ensure cancer patients receiving oral medications are not hit...
Continue reading...Individualized care for specific patient populations Improved outcomes in women’s health
Derek van Amerongen, MD, MS: If each of you could share 1 or 2 pieces of advice for our listeners in this area of cervical and...
Continue reading...SCAN, CareOregon moves to retire medical debt a wake-up call for the healthcare industry
If a healthcare organization wanted to help patients in financial difficulty, what would be the best route? Should they be asking patients to demonstrate financial need...
Continue reading...Oregon GOP senators end 6-week strike after new deals on abortion, gun bills
The Oregon Senate is seen during a vote in the state capitol in Salem, Oregon on Thursday, June 15, 2023. Enough Republican members showed up in...
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