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Rethinking How We Treat Dually Diagnosed Patients

HIT Consultant

Advocacy and Policy Reform : Advocacy efforts should target policy reform to ensure that behavioral health services are equitable and accessible to all. Policymakers should prioritize the needs of dually diagnosed patients in health care reform initiatives. Bernard DiCasimirro Dr. Bernard DiCasimirro, D.O.,

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Merck Price Negotiation Lawsuit May Face Same Obstacles as 340B Takings Claims

Bill of Health

Both Lilly and Novo invoked the unconstitutional conditions doctrine, which they argued prohibited the government from requiring them to relinquish their property without just compensation as a condition of participating in federal health-insurance programs. Both courts pointed to the Supreme Court’s decision in Ruckelhaus v.

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Health Provider News

Hall Render

ranks second nationwide in hospital patient safety, with 7 Central Va. hospitals highly-ranked WASHINGTON DOJ resolves allegations Tacoma spine surgeon billed for unnecessary surgeries WA hospitals lose $1.74

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Biden Pledges Better Nursing Home Care, but He Likely Won’t Fast-Track It

Kaiser Health News

Still, she said, “I think one year, knowing that this is government stuff, may be the best we can hope for. However, Grabowski, noting the industry’s skill at staying steps ahead of the government and weak agency enforcement, said that “it sounds like a great objective, but it’s going to be really challenging.”

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Is a Federal Medical License Constitutional?

Bill of Health

Although three in four doctors support scrapping state medical boards in favor of a single federal license, such sweeping reform is likely far off. Some scholars have interpreted this to mean that the federal government has the right under the Commerce Clause to regulate all medical licensure. By Timothy Bonis.

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Immigration Bureaucracy Threatens 11-Year-Old’s Spot on Transplant Lists

Kaiser Health News

It’s a category in which the government says it will defer trying to deport someone so they can deal with a severe illness. “Deferred action is not a visa, it’s just a decision from the government not to deport.” People who have action deferred can also apply for a work permit.

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Health Provider News – March 11, 2022

Hall Render

California health officials working to address “Long COVID” Pandemic awakens need for at-home hospital care. Nurses are waiting months for licenses as hospital staffing shortages spread. State health care reform efforts vary, but gaining momentum overall. Jordan named CEO of Marimn Health.