The Next Phase of Surgical Robotics

Technology advancements like imaging will overlap with changing commercialization models and new hospital realities to enable entirely new patient impacts and economic models.  The post The Next Phase of Surgical Robotics appeared first on MedCity News.

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So Your Insurance Dropped Your Doctor. Now What?

Last winter, Amber Wingler started getting a series of increasingly urgent messages from the local hospital in Columbia, Missouri, letting her know her family’s health care might soon be upended. MU Health Care, where most of her family’s doctors work, was mired in a contract dispute with Wingler’s health insurer, Anthem. The existing contract was…

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Médicos, callados mientras Florida busca terminar con décadas de mandatos de vacunación infantil

SARASOTA, Florida — Florida planea eliminar casi medio siglo de vacunas infantiles obligatorias contra enfermedades que han causado muertes y dejado secuelas en millones de niños. Muchos críticos, incluidos profesionales de salud, temen hablar públicamente en contra de esta decisión. Con el apoyo del gobernador republicano Ron DeSantis, Joseph Ladapo, cirujano general del estado, anunció…

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Trump Team Takes Aim at State Laws Shielding Consumers’ Credit Scores From Medical Debt

The Trump administration took another step Tuesday to weaken protections for Americans with medical debt, issuing new guidance that threatens ongoing state efforts to keep that debt off consumers’ credit reports. More than a dozen states, including Washington, Oregon, California, Colorado, Minnesota, Maryland, New York, and most of New England, have enacted laws in recent…

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