Piedmont buying four HCA hospitals in Macon, Cartersville, Snellville
Georgia Health News
Piedmont Healthcare is adding four HCA hospitals to its network in a deal valued at close to $1 billion. | READ MORE
[President] Biden administration rolls out COVID-19 vaccine text-line
Healthcare IT News
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Department of Health and Human Services have rolled out a service allowing people to find COVID-19 vaccines available nearby via text message. |READ MORE
Health care organizations ask HHS to delay quality measure reporting for ACOs
Healthcare Finance
Citing rushed implementation, unanswered questions and potential negative consequences to patient care, 11 health care organizations are calling on the Biden administration to delay and make changes to mandated quality measure reporting for accountable care organizations. |READ MORE
Employers, insurers push to make virtual visits regular care
ABC News
Make telemedicine your first choice for most doctor visits. That’s the message some U.S. employers and insurers are sending with a new wave of care options.|READ MORE
Hit by higher prices for gear, doctors and dentists want insurers to pay
Kaiser Health News
Treating patients has become more expensive during the pandemic, and doctors and dentists don’t want to be on the hook for all the new costs.|READ MORE
AMA announces CPT codes for Novavax COVID-19 vaccine
Healio
The AMA announced that the CPT code set was updated to include codes for the COVID-19 vaccine developed by Novavax. The codes will be effective upon FDA approval or emergency use authorization, according to a press release. |READ MORE
Critical care nurses’ mental, physical health connected to preventable medical errors
healthleaders
Even before the COVID-19 pandemic began, critical care nurses were experiencing alarmingly high levels of stress, anxiety, depression, and poor physical health – factors that correlated with an increase in self-reported medical errors, according to a new study by The Ohio State University College of Nursing. |READ MORE
Americans missed almost 10 million cancer screenings during pandemic
HealthDay
Nearly 10 million cancer screenings have been missed in the U.S. during the coronavirus pandemic, researchers report.|READ MORE
A primary care physician for every American, science panel urges
Kaiser Health News
The federal government must aggressively bolster primary care and connect more Americans with a dedicated source of care, the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine warn in a major report that sounds the alarm about an endangered foundation of the U.S. health system.|READ MORE
Finding a doctor is tough and getting tougher in rural America
HealthDay
Health care in rural America has become ever more scarce during the coronavirus pandemic, with folks finding it increasingly difficult to find a doctor or get to a hospital. |READ MORE
1 in 3 neighborhoods in major U.S. cities is a 'pharmacy desert'
HealthDay
One-third of neighborhoods in the 30 largest U.S. cities are "pharmacy deserts," and this is much more common in Black and Hispanic communities, a new study finds.|READ MORE
U.S. approves high-dose opioid reversal nasal spray from Hikma
Associated Press
U.S. regulators on Friday approved the first high-dose nasal spray for reversing opioid overdoses. |READ MORE
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