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The Future of Health Care Reform is Top of Governor Hochul’s State of the State Address

Health Care Law Brief

The address featured a number of health care reform initiatives—a strong indication that New York will prioritize health care issues and spending in the year ahead. Below is a summary of Governor Hochul’s big-ticket health care agenda items.

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DHHS Revises and Clarifies Guidelines for Patients’ Informed Consent When Providing Sensitive Medical Care

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The Ill Health of Rural Hospitals in Four Charts

Health Populi

There are 1,844 rural hospitals operating in the U.S. That number is down by 19 in the 2019 calendar year, the worst year of rural hospital closings seen in the past decade. That hockey-stick growth of closures is shown in the first chart, where 34 rural hospitals shut down in the past 2 years.

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Update to CMS Guidance on Shared Health Care Facilities

Foster Swift

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) have recently released updated guidance regarding hospital co-locations arrangements. The Final Guidance is meant to address how CMS and other state agency surveyors will evaluate how hospitals share their space, services, and staff.

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CMS Guidance Ends Waivers for COVID-19

Foster Swift

Read More › Tags: Alerts and Updates , Health Care Reform , Hospitals , Medicare , Medicare/Medicaid. The memorandum, which was issued by the Director of the Quality, Safety & Oversight Group, details the numerous changes that will take place within 30 or 60 days of the memorandum’s publication.

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Equity in Health Care Education: Ethical Distribution of CMS Funding

Bill of Health

While this may have some merit, both students and hospitals also benefit. Hospitals benefit in that they reduce the cost of their labor force, and receive additional indirect funding to support hospital services. The resident trainees endure long hours and low salaries, but, in effect, they are being paid to train.

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Personal Crusades for Public Health

Bill of Health

When a health care setting drops its masking requirement, high-risk patients learn that their safety does not come first, a disconcerting realization that might itself lead to trauma. Of course, not every health care provider has the ability to alter the masking practices followed by the hospital or medical practice in which they work.