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The Trump administration has created a new division within the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services tasked with protecting the moral and religious beliefs of health care workers. According to Office for Civil Rights Director Roger Severino: America's doctors and nurses are dedicated to saving lives and should not be bullied out of the practice of medicine simply because they object to performing abortions against their conscience.
Oregon approved taxes on hospitals, health insurers and managed care companies in an unusual special election Tuesday that asked voters - and not lawmakers - how to pay for Medicaid costs that now include coverage of hundreds of thousands of low-income residents added to the program's rolls under the Affordable Care Act. Measure 101 was passing handily in early returns Tuesday night.
I didn't plan to meet Jessica Esparza every two years, but interesting changes kept happening in her life. Jessica is an undocumented immigrant, brought to the U.S. by her parents as a child.
On this Veterans Day, News 2 spoke with two women who served as nurses in the U.S. Navy during World War II. Aside from her roles as wife and mother, being a member of the U.S. Navy is one of Knapp's greatest honors.
DES PLAINES, Ill. The Emergency Nurses Association applauds the House of Representatives for passing the Protecting Patient Access to Emergency Medications Act yesterday.
One of our top targets are healthcare companies in California that are gouging Medicare with medically unnecessary procedures, or medical treatments that never took place" WASHINGTON, DC, USA, October 10, 2017 / EINPresswire.com / -- The California Corporate Whistleblower Center says, "We are urging a manager or a nurse at a California based nursing home, skilled nursing facility, a rehab center, a dialysis center or a company providing hospice services to call us anytime at 866-714-6466-if they can prove their employer is involved in significant Medicare overbilling. One of our top targets are healthcare companies in California that are gouging Medicare with medically unnecessary procedures, or medical treatments that never took place.
Tuesday, U.S. Senator Joe Donnelly received the 'Legislator of the Year' award from the National Council for Behavioral Health for his efforts to address the opioid and substance use disorder epidemics in Indiana and across the country. The National Council for Behavioral Health specifically highlighted Donnelly's bipartisan Strengthening the Addiction treatment and Workforce Act , introduced in June with Senator Lisa Murkowski , which would provide incentives for providers to practice at substance use disorder treatment facilities in underserved areas.
Just a day after giving a major foreign policy speech in Wisconsin, Sen. Bernie Sanders gave a speech on Medicare for All at the annual convention for the CNA/NNOC in San Francisco. There's a lot of tsuris all over the place over the fact that Bernie Sanders and Amy Klobuchar will be putting on a show-pony debate next week on CNN with the Clueless Twins, Lindsey Graham and Bill Cassidy, on the subject of healthcare.
In this Wednesday, Sept. 13, 2017 file photo, a woman is transported from The Rehabilitation Center at Hollywood Hills as patients are evacuated after a loss of air conditioning due to Hurricane Irma in Hollywood, Fla.
The first 911 call from the Rehabilitation Center at Hollywood Hills didn't sound ominous: A nursing home patient had an abnormal heartbeat. An hour later, came a second call: a patient had trouble breathing.
Following months of concern about the facility's financial situation and fines for health inspection violations, Trego County Manor will be closing in approximately 30 days. The decision was made official Tuesday evening during a joint meeting of the manor's board of directors and the Trego County Commission.
Dr. Edward Gilmore will be honored for more than 46 years of service at Mount Desert Island Hospital's Annual Meeting on Monday, August 7 from 4:00 to 7:00 p.m. at the Bar Harbor Club on 111 West Street in Bar Harbor. All are welcome and encouraged to attend this community celebration, which is free to the public.
The American Nurses Association believes that respect for the inherent dignity, worth, unique attributes, and human rights of all individuals is a fundamental principle. ANA's Code of Ethics with Interpretive Statements establishes the ethical standard for the profession to advocate for social justice and human rights, especially for those whose rights may be more easily violated or not fulfilled.
He personally sent packing a so-called single-payer universal healthcare bill that was virtually all fluff with little substance. Then he was viciously attacked by the nurses union that pushed the bill, playing bully politics.
Doctors, nurses, patients and activists listen to Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., speak about Senate Republicans' health care bill on Friday at Bellevue Hospital in New York City. Schumer has vowed to help defeat the legislation, which the Congressional Budget Office scored on Monday.
Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., speaks to reporters at the Capitol after Republicans released their long-awaited bill to scuttle much of President Barack Obama's Affordable Care Act, at the Capitol in Washington, Thursday, June 22, 2017. He is one of four GOP senators to say they are opposed it but are open to negotiations, which could put the measure in immediate jeopardy.
Today, at 116 years young, we have achieved national recognition for our leadership and academic excellence in the fields of education, nutrition, the arts and sciences, and, especially, in the nursing and health care professions. But Texas Woman's University's work is not yet done.
An all-star lineup of Democratic leaders on Saturday took turns throwing carefully crafted barbs at President Donald Trump at the California Democratic Convention, but the biggest-yet meeting of "The Resistance" was not as scripted, nor as unified, as many party faithful had hoped. Tension marked the event from the start, with outgoing party Chairman John Burton on Friday night repeatedly shouting down activists in his signature profane style.
Thousands of California Democratic activists gathered Friday for a three-day convention as they look to lift the party's national prospects after last year's stunning loss to President Donald Trump. In a state where Democrats are itching to lead the liberal resistance to Trump and the Republican Congress, the party's activists find themselves singularly united behind the goal of stunting the GOP.