Columbus, OH

A large part of patient care in the modern corporate setting is working within your restrictions. Most corporate health care settings will limit how wide your scope can be, and this often determines how you treat patients. As a family physician working within a huge corporate setting, this oftentimes leads to alternate outcomes, such as referring a patient to another office where a procedure can be done safely or having to be docile towards insurance requirements and administrators. In America, insurance plans dominate the treatment of the primary care patient, so the selection of medications and treatment will often be up to the insurance provider rather than the medical provider. The insurance the client picks will change their life trajectory.

How corporate health care is failing physicians and patients alike

Amazon continues to recruit employees for its healthcare businesses. Here are nine health technology jobs the Big Tech company is hiring for this month. 1. EHR Solution Sales Leader, U.S. Nonprofit Healthcare: Will understand business and technical trends impacting the healthcare industry, and have experience with EHR and associated application migrations to the cloud. Salary range: $128,600 to $212,600.

Amazon's pay for 9 health IT jobs

Employers are facing legal pushback over high healthcare costs, the Medicare Advantage landscape is getting more tricky, and alternative payment models are growing in popularity. Three key payer trends hospitals need to know:. 1. Employers are getting sued over healthcare costs. Large, self-insured employers are beginning to face lawsuits from...

3 key payer trends hospitals need to know

South Carolina State

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Florida State

Akeena

Recent data from the U.S. Census Bureau reveals a significant trend: Florida is experiencing a substantial outflow of residents. According to the latest figures, over 275,000 individuals left Florida for other states in 2022.

Florida Sees Surge in Departures as Hundreds of Thousands Move Out

According to a study by the Social Security Administration, over one in four of today’s 20-year-olds will become disabled before they retire. It is important to learn about disability benefits, as you never know when disaster strikes. This is particularly true for those working in jobs that involve a certain amount of danger.

5 Conditions That Qualify for Long-Term Disability Benefits

Verywell Health

A recent survey showed that many Americans trust convenient care clinics or urgent care to provide routine healthcare services that primary care providers typically perform. Convenient care clinics are easily accessible to individuals with or without an established primary care provider. While convenient care clinics fill gaps in primary care,...

Is Urgent Care Replacing Primary Care Physicians?

Maryland State

Laurel, MD

A Black-owned radiology practice is suing the University of Maryland Medical System alleging unfair and discriminatory bidding practices, The Baltimore Sun reported Aug. 19. The lawsuit, filed July 31 in Prince George's County Circuit Court, lists Capitol Radiology in Laurel, Md., as the plaintiff. Baltimore-based University of Maryland Medical System, Largo, Md.-based UM Capital Region Health, Laurel-based Advanced Radiology at Capital Region, and Los Angeles-based RadNet are named as defendants.

Black-owned radiology practice alleges Maryland system violated bidding rules

In the August edition of the Annals of Emergency Medicine, Dr. William Dixon from the Department of Emergency Medicine at Stanford Health Care, raised concerns about the risk of gastroparesis, or stomach paralysis, among patients taking a new class of medications known as glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonists (GLP-1 RAs), which include the blockbuster treatments Ozempic, Wegovy, Mounjaro, and Zepbound.

Emergency Rooms Should Be Ready to Handle Ozempic, Mounjaro Side Effects, Doctor Warns

The Marijuana Herald

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According to a study published in the Archives of Medical Sciences: Atherosclerotic Disease, heart attack patients with a history of marijuana use have a lower in-hospital mortality rate compared to those without a history of use. For the study, researchers from various institutions, including the Detroit Medical Center-Wayne State University and the Royal Devon University … 
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Study of Nearly 10 Million People Finds Marijuana Linked to Improved Outcomes for Heart Attack Patients, Reduced In-Hospital Mortality

Fox News

Nearly half of U.S. counties don’t have a practicing cardiologist on staff, according to a recent study. Doctors explain the dangers of this lack of care, and what needs to change.

No cardiologists available in half of US counties as study reveals ‘incredibly concerning’ care gaps

Illinois State

Chicago, IL

Chicago-based Ascension Saint Elizabeth will close and be repurposed as a community asset amid Ontario, Calif.-based Prime Healthcare's recent plans to acquire the hospital and eight other Midwest St. Louis-based Ascension hospitals in the first quarter of 2025. "After prayerful discernment and extensive review of historical data, Ascension concluded that...

Ascension Illinois hospital to close amid Prime acquisition

Hackensack, NJ

Hackensack Meridian Health's John Theurer Cancer Center in Hackensack, N.J., has launched a cancer risk assessment initiative, the goal of which is to improve access to screening and facilitate earlier detection. The program was established at the health system's Hennessy Institute for Cancer Prevention and Applied Molecular Medicine in Totowa,...

'This is the future': Hackensack Meridian's new precision oncology partnership

Colorado State

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David Heitz

A bill quietly introduced this spring in the Colorado legislature to decriminalize the possession of drug paraphernalia obtained by harm reductionists has become law. As low-key as the legislation was introduced, the bill was signed into law without fanfare June 6. It garnered little to no media attention.

Colorado legalizes needles, pipes for meth and crack if obtained by harm reduction group

Georgia State

Appling County, GA

Daily Coffee Press

A 40-year-old man from Appling County, Christopher Eric Stone, with a significant criminal history, was recently sentenced to over five years in prison after pleading guilty to possession of methamphetamine with intent to distribute, according to officials from the Department of Justice.

Georgia Man Sentenced to Over 5 Years for in Federal Prison for Meth Distribution

Denver, CO

In addition to collecting more than 8,000 used needles in the past year from Denver drug users, the Harm Reduction Action Center passed out 10,000 meth pipes and “snort kits,” according to a newsletter sent to its supporters Thursday. They also connected about 1,700 people to medical, mental health and substance abuse treatment.

Denver group hands out 10K meth pipes, ‘snort kits,’ connects 1,700 to treatment annually

The Conversation U.S.

Chronic pain affects hundreds of millions of people around the world. But the opioid crisis in North America led many health care providers to realize they relied too heavily on drugs to help patients manage their pain. In this episode of The Conversation Weekly podcast, a pain management specialist discusses...

Chronic pain: emerging treatment options for patients after the opiod crisis – podcast

A recent study identified two new risk factors for dementia: untreated vision loss and high levels of LDL cholesterol. The study, published July 31 in The Lancet, involved researchers from University College London (UK) who analyzed 14 prospective cohort studies with roughly 6.2 million older adults who were cognitively intact at baseline. Over 14 years, more than 171,800 developed dementia.

Dementia gets 2 more risk factors

Morristown, NJ

Morristown Minute

NEWARK, N.J. – Sixteen individuals have been charged in connection with a widespread "grandparent scam" that defrauded elderly Americans out of millions of dollars. The charges were announced by U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger.

16 Charged in Nationwide 'Grandparent Scam'; Millions Stolen

New Jersey State

West Windsor Township, NJ

Princeton Junction resident faces severe penalties after being found guilty of evading $1.25 million in taxes over four years. Princeton Junction, N.J. - A Mercer County man has been found guilty of evading federal income taxes and filing false tax returns, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced Friday, August 16, 2024. Gordian A. Ndubizu, 69, of Princeton Junction, New Jersey, was convicted on August 15, 2024, on all eight counts of an indictment that included four counts of tax evasion and four counts of filing false tax returns for the tax years 2014 through 2017.

NJ Professor Guilty of Tax Evasion: $1.25M Fraud

Summary: Endometriosis, affecting over 11% of reproductive-age women, remains challenging to diagnose early, with researchers exploring new diagnostic methods to improve early detection and reduce reliance on invasive procedures. Takeaways:. The average time to diagnose endometriosis is seven years, largely due to the complexity of symptoms and limitations of current...

Researchers Explore Emerging Solutions for Early Endometriosis Diagnosis

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59% of physicians find productivity-based pay unfair

More than half of physicians say productivity-based pay models are unfair and don't truly reflect performance, a Medscape report found. The 2024 \"Medscape Physicians and RVUs...

More than half of physicians say productivity-based pay models are unfair and don't truly reflect performance, a Medscape report found. The 2024 "Medscape Physicians and RVUs...

59% of physicians find productivity-based pay unfair

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