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Hall Render

Health Policy Commission still missing key document in Steward sale to Optum Local obesity drug developer lands deal worth up to $600M with Novo Nordisk Mass. Million CALIFORNIA California hospital dismisses CEO California physician pleads guilty to $2.5M million expansion ‘Very, very unusual.’

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Hall Render’s Health Provider News – February 25, 2022

Hall Render

40% of Nursing Home Residents Haven’t Received COVID-19 Boosters, Analysis Finds. 342 hospitals have received price transparency noncompliance notices from CMS. Biden extends COVID-19 national emergency. No COVID-19 boosters for 70% of nursing home staffs, AARP says.

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Health Provider News – February 18, 2022

Hall Render

CMS may now enforce its COVID-19 vaccination policy for healthcare workers in all 50 states. HHS seeks $30B to combat COVID-19. TLC medical show features cases from Alabama hospital. As Alabama COVID numbers fall, ICUs across the state remained slammed. Million in Covid Relief. CALIFORNIA.

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Health Provider News

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in billing fraud Arizona system names new CEO Banner Health CEO Peter Fine to retire after 24 years, handing the reins to health system president Four UArizona bioscience startups selected for Flinn Foundation program Gov.

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The Health Consumer in 2024 – The Health Populi TrendCast

Jane Sarashon

There’s a sort of health care “shrinkflation” that has been shaping patients-as-payors of medical bills. health care ecosystem, basing shoppable services on price and convenience. adults had major, unexpected medical expenses in the past 12 months ranging from $1,000 to $1,999.

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Inflation and the cost of health care top U.S. voters’ issues for 2024 elections

Health Populi

A close second in line is affordability of health care, as consumers’ household budgets must make room for paying medical bills — with prescription drug costs also very important as a discussion topic for 2024 Presidential candidates, we learn from the latest KFF Health Tracking Poll published 1 December.

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Health Provider News

Hall Render

Hospital president will update community DC A CT hospital’s single missing digit threatened $42M in COVID-19 relief payments Amazon-owned One Medical is coming to Rosslyn Children’s National Hospital is advancing phase 2 of its Walter Reed campus overhaul D.C.