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Researchers have developed an expanded system for classifying serious maternal complications during hospitalization for childbirth, which can be used to compare severe maternal morbidity rates across hospitals and other patient populations, according to a study reported in the September issue of鈥
The Department of Health and Human Services鈥 Office for Civil Rights alerted health care organizations to postcards disguised as official OCR communications claiming to be notices of a mandatory HIPAA compliance risk assessment.
Rural hospitals, already facing enormous challenges, quickly adapted when COVID-19 reached their communities.
Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan announced the reopening of the state鈥檚 coronavirus emergency enrollment period. The reopening of enrollment, which is for private health plans only, will last through Dec. 15.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released a report describing the characteristics of multisystem inflammatory syndrome (MIS-C), a rare but serious condition that states have reported in more than 500 children with COVID-19.
The Food and Drug Administration Tuesday authorized the emergency use of three types of ventilator accessories for treating COVID-19 patients.
President Trump last night signed an executive order intended to increase domestic production of essential medicines, medical equipment and protective gear.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services does not intend for Paycheck Protection Program funds to impact Medicare payments to rural hospitals, CMS Administrator Seema Verma said in a tweet.
Sens. Mark Warner, D-Va., and Tim Scott, R-S.C., introduced the Getting Early Treatment and Comprehensive Assessments Reduces Emergencies (GET CARE) Act, which would encourage patients to continue seeking preventive care during the COVID-19 pandemic, including disseminating scientific and evidence-鈥
Michigan-based Trinity Health鈥檚 Transforming Communities Initiative is a 鈥渢hink big鈥 approach to health care, targeting such underlying problems as youth tobacco use and childhood obesity.