Patient Care News:
Hundreds of groups including major healthcare industry associations and hospitals sent letters to Congress and President Donald Trump urging an end to the partial government shutdown, citing health consequences of the lapsed funding....
Regulations.gov, the website used to view and submit comments on federal regulations and rules, will be shut down for at least 24 hours due to technical difficulties. The sites landing page said it was closing due to the government shutdown....
Steiner will replace Joel Wernick, who is retiring after 30 years as the Georgia systems top executive. Steiner currently serves as CEO of four Tenet Healthcare Corp. hospitals in Detroit....
The Medicare Payment Advisory Commission decided to recommend Congress make a 2% payment hike for long-term care hospitals because there were concerns over whether the current payment rates are adequate....
The Food and Drug Administration is preparing to allow the over-the-counter purchase of the drug overdose-reversal medication naloxone in an effort to expand greater access to the lifesaving drug....
Rural communities will feel the pain first. But it will also ripple through major cities, where the healthcare workforce has become highly dependent on a steady stream of physicians, nurses and support staff born in other countries....