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NYC COVID cases up 250% in 2 months — driven by FLirt variant

Fri, 2024-07-05 09:13 — mike kraft

NYC COVID cases up 250% in 2 months — and this variant's harder to duck The increases is driven by the new FLiRT variant. Gothamist

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New York City data shows an average of 687 cases of COVID reported per day during the week ending on June 22, 250% higher than the amount reported two months prior. That same week, there was an average of 53 COVID-related hospitalizations each day — primarily involving older adults — and one death, according to city data. ...

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U.S.nursing homes falling further behind on vaccinating patients for COVID

Wed, 2024-07-03 16:10 — mike kraft

Nursing homes falling further behind on vaccinating patients for COVID COVID-19 continues to menace nursing homes across the US, but a new report reveals just four out of 10 nursing home residents have gotten their updated COVID shot since last fall. NPR

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Medicaid for Millions in America Hinges on Deloitte-Run Systems Plagued by Errors

Mon, 2024-06-24 09:13 — mike kraft

Medicaid for Millions in America Hinges on Deloitte-Run Systems Plagued by Errors - KFF Health News The technology has generated notices with errors, sent Medicaid paperwork to the wrong addresses, and been frozen for hours at a time, according to state audits, court documents, and interviews. While it can take months to fix problems, America’s poorest residents pay the price. khnkytjaw KFF Health News

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Sterilized reused respirators not effective enough against aerosolized particles--lab study

Thu, 2024-06-20 17:49 — mike kraft

Lab study: Sterilized reused respirators not effective enough against aerosolized particles Over 78% were dirty, rendering them unsuitable for sterilization, the authors say. CIDRAP

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Half of U.S. military bases in the U.S are in 'health care deserts'

Mon, 2024-06-17 17:10 — mike kraft

Half of U.S. military bases in the country are in 'health care deserts' For hundreds of thousands of U.S. troops and their families, when the Pentagon orders them to find health care off base there is none. NPR

For hundreds of thousands of U.S. troops and their families, when the Pentagon orders them to find health care off base there is none.

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HHS lets UnitedHealth instead of hospitals, doctors notify victims of data breach, WSJ reports

Wed, 2024-06-12 09:28 — mike kraft

US health dept lets UnitedHealth notify victims of data breach, WSJ reports The U.S.

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Supreme Court to hear hospital payment case; Congressional efforts against administration's nursing home staffing quotas

Tue, 2024-06-11 09:05 — mike kraft

Supreme Court will hear case claiming US underpays hospitals serving needy patients The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to hear a lawsuit by more than 200 hospitals that serve low-income populations accusing the federal government of shortchanging them on Medicare funding by about $1.5 billion per year. Brendan Pierson Reuters

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Nursing Homes Have Problems as More Utilities Cut Power To Prevent Wildfires

Mon, 2024-06-10 09:08 — mike kraft

Nursing Homes Are Left in the Dark as More Utilities Cut Power To Prevent Wildfires - KFF Health News A nursing home in Colorado had 75 minutes to prepare for a power outage that lasted 28 hours. Such public safety power shut-offs are being used more often as a fire prevention tool, but not all health facilities are prepared. khnkytjaw KFF Health News

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Some U.S. community health centers still affected 3 months later by UnitedHealth hack

Wed, 2024-06-05 16:44 — mike kraft

Community health centers still bogged down by red tape after UnitedHealth hack More than three months after a cyberattack on UnitedHealth Group's technology unit, some community health centers, which serve 30 million low-income and uninsured patients, are still wading through red tape to receive back payments and struggling with operations issues. Amina Niasse

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People of color disproportionately dropped from Medicaid for administrative reasons--study

Tue, 2024-06-04 18:53 — mike kraft

Study finds people of color disproportionately dropped from Medicaid (medicalxpress.com)

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New research suggests Black and Hispanic people were twice as likely as white people to lose Medicaid coverage due to process-related issues, report findings published in the journal JAMA Internal Medicine by researchers at Oregon Health & Science University, Northwestern University and Harvard Medical School.

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