Las quejas sobre deficiencias en Medicare Advantage son comunes, pero la supervisión federal es rara

Además de los dolores ocasionales, envejecer puede traer sorpresas desagradables y enfermedades graves. Las relaciones de largo plazo con doctores de confianza suelen hacer que incluso las malas noticias sean más llevaderas. Perder ese respaldo —especialmente en medio de una crisis de salud— puede ser aterrador. Por eso, existen requisitos federales poco conocidos que, se…

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Are private health insurers evil?

Michael Cannon makes the convincing case that the answer is a resounding ‘no’. Those who say that private health insurance companies are evil entities that profit from denying health care to patients fail to appreciate that private health insurance companies are in fact a wondrous force for good.Outrageous? Not at all. Health insurance companies get…

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‘Demon Copperhead’ Author Lays Foundation for Women in Appalachia To Beat Addiction

PENNINGTON GAP, Va. — On a Saturday evening in June, people of this rural region gathered at the historic Lee Theatre to celebrate the founding of Higher Ground Women’s Recovery Residence. Author Barbara Kingsolver opened the facility in January with royalties from her Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, “Demon Copperhead,” whose plot revolves around Appalachia’s opioid crisis….

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Hospital Cleaning Procedures and Methods

Considerations for Developing Hospital Cleaning Procedures and Methods Elements of the Process The cleaning process depends on the people, protocols, and products involved. With various surfaces, equipment, and intricate designs, the hospital setting presents a unique challenge. In addition to creating efficient protocols and using effective products to clean and disinfect, hospitals must empower associates to…

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The Clinical Enterprise is the Beating Heart of Health Systems

By JEFF GOLDMSITH As health systems struggle to emerge from the post-COVID financial crisis, the importance of the clinical enterprise to these systems has dramatically increased.  Healthcare organizations are getting larger, as failing enterprises are absorbed into growing systems.  Yet clinicians of all stripes but particularly physicians feel a deepening sense of alienation from the…

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