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Smaller U.S. providers and community health care centers fight to stay afloat after Change Healthcare hack

Submitted by mike kraft on Wed, 2024-03-27 10:23

Hack poses financial problems for community health centers - Roll Call In the aftermath of the Change Healthcare hack, small providers and community health centers are struggling to pay their bills. Jessica Wehrman Roll Call

Community health centers and organizations that primarily serve low-income people are being disproportionately hurt by the biggest hack in health care history, which has disrupted payments for thousands of health care providers for a month now.

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Large U.S. Nursing home operator files for bankruptcy after cyber attacks

Submitted by mike kraft on Fri, 2024-03-22 10:29

Nursing home co. Petersen files for bankruptcy after cyberattacks Petersen Health Care, one of the largest nursing home operators in the U.S., filed for bankruptcy on Wednesday after cyberattacks and defaults on government-backed loans worsened the company’s long-standing financial challenges. Dietrich Knauth Reuters

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Opinion: sabbaticals for nurses could help counter shortages and burnout

Submitted by mike kraft on Thu, 2024-03-21 11:16

Sabbaticals for nurses could help fight worker shortages and burnout Sabbaticals for nurses could help fight worker shortages and burnout. Torie Bosch STAT

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Analysis: After years of ransomware attacks, health-care defenses still fail

Submitted by mike kraft on Wed, 2024-03-20 10:58

After years of ransomware attacks, health-care defenses still fail The danger was obvious in 2021, when ransomware gangs struck hospitals already overwhelmed by the covid-19 pandemic. Joseph Menn The Washington Post

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UnitedHealth hack takes toll on healthcare providers to the American poor

Submitted by mike kraft on Wed, 2024-03-20 10:44

UnitedHealth hack takes toll on healthcare providers to the nation's poor The ransomware attack on UnitedHealth that has disrupted payments to U.S. doctors and healthcare facilities nationwide for a month, has taken an especially harsh toll on the community health centers that serve more than 30 million poor and uninsured patients. Julie Steenhuysen Reuters

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Clinical outcomes worse for young, immunocompromised COVID patients --study

Submitted by mike kraft on Tue, 2024-03-19 09:31

Clinical outcomes worse for young, immunocompromised COVID patients In a national case series, 11.4% of immunocompromised patients younger than 21 years with COVID-19 admitted for intensive care died, compared to 4.6% of their peers with healthy immune systems. CIDRAP

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In addition to almost triple the rate of in-hospital mortality, patients with ICCs had longer hospital stays.

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U.S, Health workers fear employers put profits before protection as CDC revisits airborne transmission guidelines

Submitted by mike kraft on Mon, 2024-03-18 20:37

Health workers fear it's profits before protection as CDC revisits airborne transmission As the CDC revisits its airborne transmission guidelines, health care workers fear the agency is repeating past mistakes about mask guidance to prevent the spread of viruses. Yahoo News

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U.S. government urges states to make interim payments for healthcare providers hit by cyberattack

Submitted by mike kraft on Mon, 2024-03-18 10:33

US agency urges interim payments for healthcare providers hit by UnitedHealth hack The U.S. government said on Friday it has urged states to make interim payments to healthcare providers that were hit by the cyberattack at UnitedHealth's unit Change Healthcare. Reuters Reuters

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Differences between health workers, laypeople on how to allocate limited medical resources amid a crisis--survey

Submitted by mike kraft on Fri, 2024-03-15 10:41

Health workers, laypeople differ on how to allocate limited medical resources amid a crisis On average, healthcare providers more strongly agreed that scarce resources shouldn't be allocated to patients less likely to survive. CIDRAP

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Non-COVID hospital deaths rose during pandemic, varied by urban or rural setting

Submitted by mike kraft on Thu, 2024-03-14 10:11

Non-COVID hospital deaths rose in pandemic, varied by setting Amid COVID-19 pandemic-related healthcare disruptions, the likelihood of in-hospital death rose significantly for six time-sensitive, non-COVID conditions and varied by urban or rural setting, finds a study published yesterday in JAMA Network Open. CIDRAP

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