A inmigrantes con problemas de salud se les podría negar la visa para entrar al país, por nueva directiva del gobierno de Trump

Los extranjeros que solicitan visas para vivir en Estados Unidos podrían ser rechazados si tienen ciertas afecciones médicas, como obesidad o diabetes, según una directiva emitida el jueves 6 de noviembre por la administración Trump. Esta directiva, incluida en un cable enviado por el Departamento de Estado a funcionarios de embajadas y consulados —y revisada…

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Economic Value of Bronchoscopy Technologies that Improves Sensitivity for Malignancy for Peripheral Pulmonary Lesions

That is the title of my new paper in Annals of the American Thoracic Society with co-authors David Ost, Fabien Maldonado, Jaehong Kim , Moises Marin, Tony Amos, Deanna Hertz, Iftekhar Kalsekar, and Anil Vachani. The abstract is below. Rational: While previous studies have assessed the clinical or economic value of specific technologies, the economic…

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FTC erects additional administrative barriers to hospital mergers

Last week, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) increased their required premerger reporting requirements for any healthcare providers such as hospitals. Healthcare Dive reports: Thursday’s update marks the first time the FTC has revised its Hart-Scott-Rodino Act premerger notification form in nearly 50 years.The law is intended to alert officials of companies’ intent to merge and…

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