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HHS to distribute $9B in COVID-19 relief funds to smaller providers this week
by Robert King | December 14, 2021 The Department of Health and Human Services announced it has distributed $9 billion in relief payments…
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Hospitals paying $24 billion more for labor during the COVID-19 pandemic
Clinical labor costs are up by an average of 8% per patient day, translating to $17 million in additional annual…
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Scripps delays nonurgent procedures amid staffing shortages
Mackenzie Bean – August 20th, 2021 Scripps Health is temporarily postponing some medical procedures because of significant staffing shortages and a jump…
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Volumes, margins on the rise as hospitals slowly recover from the COVID-19 pandemic
June 29, 2021 / Jeff Lagasse, Associate Editor The numbers indicate the severity of the pandemic is waning, both in terms…
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SCONE Medical Receives FDA Emergency Use Authorization for Novel Aerosol Infection Containment Device
PHOENIX, Jan. 4, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — As the world faces a new era of emerging and re-emerging infectious diseases, new technologies are…
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Musculoskeletal Organizations Support Bill to Mitigate Medicare Changes, Safeguard Care During COVID-19 Pandemic
Washington, D.C. — The American Association of Orthopaedic Surgeons (AAOS) jointly with 63 other musculoskeletal organizations is offering its support…
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Pandemic Preparedness Among Spine Surgeons: Major Work in Progress
by Elizabeth Hofheinz, M.P.H., M.Ed. “Learn from yesterday, live for today,” said Albert Einstein. Alas, it’s pretty tough to follow…
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Pandemic hampers reopening of joint replacement gold mine
August 10, 2020 / Bernard J. Wolfson, Kaiser Health News Dr. Ira Weintraub, a recently retired orthopedic surgeon who now…
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New Stimulus Package Announced: $1,200 Second Stimulus Checks, Unemployment Benefits, Student Loan Relief, PPP Loans, School Opening, Coronavirus Testing
Updated July 28, 2020 / Zack Friedman, Contributor Senate Republicans unveiled their stimulus package proposal today. Here’s what you need…
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U.S. government engaging Pfizer to produce millions of COVID-19 vaccine doses
July 22, 2020 / Jeff Lagasse, Associate Editor The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and the Department of Defense announced an…
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HHS to dole out $10B in additional COVID-19 funds to hospitals in ‘high-impact’ areas
July 17, 2020 / by Tina Reed The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) plans to begin distributing $10 billion…
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First COVID-19 vaccine tested in U.S. poised for final testing
July 14, 2020 / Associated Press The first COVID-19 vaccine tested in the U.S. revved up people’s immune systems just…
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Florida HCA hospitals to pause elective surgeries again
July 9, 2020 / ALEX KACIK More than a dozen HCA Healthcare hospitals in Florida will delay certain inpatient surgeries and procedures…
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Texas hits new record for virus deaths as hospitals scramble
July 10, 2020 / Associated Press AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Worsening coronavirus trends in Texas again set another grim milestone Thursday as the state…
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Second Stimulus Check Update: Here’s Everything We Know Right Now
July 9, 2020 / Jim Wang, Contributor All eyes are on the Senate when it returns from its two-week July…
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