Fake HHS OIG phone scam targets thousands
(By Jessica Kim Cohen for Becker’s Hospital Review) Thousands of Americans have been hit by a scam involving the HHS
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Health Care – General
One in Five People Stop Taking Statins after a Heart Attack
A study conducted by researchers at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai in New York City, found within
Read MoreNonprofit Linked To PhRMA Rolls Out Campaign To Block Drug Imports
(By Emily Kopp and Rachel Bluth for Kaiser Health News) A nonprofit organization that has orchestrated a wide-reaching campaign against
Read MoreBreached Patient Records Spiked In March
According to the latest monthly analysis of data compiled by DataBreaches.net, the number of breached patient records spiked sharply in
Read More‘Not a pill person’: What prescription nonadherence is costing US healthcare
(By Brooke Murphy for Becker’s Hospital Review) Societal pressure to “do things naturally” is influencing already low rates of prescription
Read MoreA New Worry For Smokers’ Families: ‘Thirdhand Smoke’
(By Carmen Heredia Rodriguez for Kaiser Health News) Michael Miller, 44, does what most smokers do to protect his sons
Read MoreIn Remote Idaho, A Tiny Facility Lights The Way For Stressed Rural Hospitals
(By Anna Gorman for Kaiser Health News) ARCO, Idaho — Just before dusk on an evening in early March, Mimi
Read MoreHow Apple, Google, and other tech titans aim to shake up the way we treat disease
(By Meghana Keshavan for STAT) Silicon Valley has audacious plans for shaking up the way we diagnose — and cure
Read MoreTelehealth Innovation and Improvement Act
The bipartisan healthcare legislation (The Telehealth Innovation and Improvement Act), would expand access to healthcare in both rural and urban
Read MorePaul Levy: Value-based payment is an ‘energy-sapping distraction’
(By Emily Rappleye for Becker’s Hospital Review) ACOs will fail because the rewards are not immediate, substantial or transparent enough
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