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Scientists have discovered that a type of bacterium travels with some types of cancer as it spreads through the body, and that in those cases using an antibiotic actually slows the growth of cancer cells in mice. In other public health news: HIV guidelines, do-it-yourself gene editing kits, depression, tobacco, medical care for homeless, light therapy and more.
In New Hampshire, where unemployment rates are at record lows, employers struggle to find workers to fill positions. But a new effort sees a solution in one of the state's other problems: the opioid epidemic. Also in the news, telemedicine's role in helping curb the epidemic; what insurance companies cover in terms of opioids; the responsibility of hospitals for post-surgical patients; and more.
Catholic institutions have wrestled over how closely to adhere to their religious doctrine in the face of shifting governmental policies. In other women's health news, a federal judge rules that a Texas law banning a common second-trimester abortion procedure is unconstitutional, and a restrictive law in Maine becomes the ACLU's next target.
News outlets report that by linking quality scores to payments, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services may have caused some facilities and providers to avoid patients who could ultimately make them look bad.
For hospitals in non-urban areas and those with large numbers of Medicare patients, the gap between their costs and the reduced federal payments is becoming a serious concern. Also, time is growing short for Medicare beneficiaries to sign up for 2018 coverage.
More and more, health companies are broadening their security and their reach by moving beyond their traditional boundaries. In other health industry news: electronic health records, medical-device companies and the cost of ambulance rides.
Last year, federal officials implemented the first stage of new rules to improve care that won praise from advocates for residents. But the industry has complained that the regulations go too far. Also, in Kansas, the high use of anti-psychotics among nursing home residents is raising concerns, and in one county in Maryland nursing homes are working to make Asians feel their care is culturally sensitive.
During Alex Azar's tenure at Eli Lilly, the drugmaker instituted steep price increases on insulin and other medicines.
Some states have enough funding for a few months if Congress fails to soon renew the funding for the Children’s Health Insurance Program, but others are going to run out imminently. “Everybody is still waiting and thinking Congress is going to act, and they probably will, but you can’t run a health-care program that way,” says Linda Nablo, chief deputy director at Virginia’s Department of Medical Assistance Services.
Republican states with one insurer offering coverage through the exchanges are particularly vulnerable to the GOP's plan to scrap the individual mandate. In other health law news, industry groups push for repeal or delay of some ACA taxes.
In the first three weeks of the abbreviated open enrollment period, nearly 2.28 million people signed up for a plan through the exchanges.
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The letter from Florida's Rehabilitation Center at Hollywood Hills, which is tied to several deaths following Hurricane Irma, says that staff followed proper procedure in handling the crisis, but that they couldn't overcome the lack of power.
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Media outlets report on news from Ohio, Minnesota, Florida, Texas, Michigan, Virginia, Illinois and California.
Dr. Julian Craig, an internal medicine physician, appeared before the City Council's health committee and criticized the Veritas management company, saying it disregarded hospital programs designed to ensure patient safety. In other industry news, Medicare officials announce an expansion of a program to help rural hospitals, and a historic hospital in Massachusetts is hoping to merge with a larger system.
But federal rules require states that contract out their Medicaid management to offer recipients more than one option.
Long before Brexit, the N.H.S. suffered from chronic staffing shortages, but recruiting nurses from the European Union had helped plug the gap. Now though, England faces a potential mass exodus of a good percentage of its health care workers.
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