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medicare cms in fiscal financial trouble

Medicare’s Hospital Insurance (HI) Trust Fund has the wherewithal to pay the full bill for beneficiaries’ stays in hospitals, hospice sites and skilled nursing facilities for the next 12 years. But what then? 

Jeff Kuvin, MD, explains the effort to create an new independent cardiology board. He is the ACC point person for the effort.

Jeffrey Kuvin, MD, one of the leading voices behind efforts to create a new Board of Cardiovascular Medicine, spoke with Cardiovascular Business about where things stand today.

Heather Pressdee, 41, pleaded guilty to the charges, which included three counts of first-degree murder and 19 counts of attempt to commit murder.

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The health system employs 40,000 people and cares for more than 12 million patients in eight states.

doctor in handcuffs after being arrested

A survey of physicians by the American Medical Association reveals that many practices are still losing revenue and struggling to make payroll as a result of the Change Healthcare hack.

man in prison behind bars

A lawsuit filed in federal court claims the state is detaining mentally ill and disabled patients without due process or proper access to treatment.

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The approval, made as part of a special FDA pilot program, took just 50 days.