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FBI Investigating Virus That Took Major Hospital Chain Offline
Earlier today, healthcare provider MedStar Health, which operates nearly a dozen hospitals in the D.C. area and some 100 clinics, took its network offline after detecting the presence of a computer...
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Nonprofit Hospitals Suing Poor Patients Without Telling Them They Qualify For...
Given that nonprofit hospitals are tax-exempt, the general view is that their primary focus should be on providing care for those who need it rather than making using the court system to make those...
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In Most States, No Regulator Cares If A Merger Closes Your Local Hospitals
The consolidation of, well, everything in healthcare is kind of par for the course these days, really. Insurance companies, provider networks, and hospitals are constantly merging or buying each other...
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CDC Reports “Worrisome” News On Antibiotic Use In Hospitals
The overuse of antibiotics in human patients and farm animals has been linked to the development of so-called “superbugs” that are resistant to most traditional antibiotics. In a new report, the...
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Why Would A Hospital Charge You For Holding Your Newborn Baby?
Though there are many kinds of surprises you might find on your bill after a trip to the hospital, some seem too strange to be true. For example, a new father in Utah who was amused to find a charge...
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Hospital, Doctors Groups Say They Can’t Support Current Obamacare Replacement...
People are still dissecting and deciding where they come down in response to the recently proposed legislation to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act. Yesterday, two of the largest groups in the...
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How To Protect Yourself From A Hospital Data Breach
This article was originally published by Consumer Reports. You may never have considered whether your preferred hospital is one of the approximately 311 major teaching hospitals in the U.S., but...
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What You Should Know About America’s High Rate Of Maternal Mortality
When you think about fatalities during childbirth, your mind may immediately leap to infant deaths. But although it’s much safer to give birth in America now than say, 100 years ago, women are dying...
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Google Wiping Private Medical Records From Search Results
If the thought of a stranger accessing your medical history online gives you the creeps, you’re not alone: In an effort to tamp down on the spread of such private information, Google has started wiping...
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Hospital Groups, Public Health Officials: Senate Obamacare Repeal Bill Makes...
After reviewing the Senate bill to gut and replace much of the Affordable Care Act, groups representing the nation’s hospitals believe that this legislation will leave millions — particularly those...
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