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Study Finds Many Hospital Pneumonia Diagnoses Are Inappropriate

April 2, 2024 Morning Briefing

Misdiagnosed adults in hospitals are almost always given a full antibiotic course for pneumonia that may not be necessary, according to researchers. Also in the news: safer table saws, exercise-related injuries, mental health, and more.

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Florida Court OKs 6-Week Abortion Ban, But Amendment Will Be On Ballot

April 2, 2024 Morning Briefing

The state’s highest court ruled that Florida’s Constitution does not protect abortion access, triggering a strict six-week ban. An amendment protecting abortion was, however, OK’d for November’s ballot. In Kansas, abortion “coercion” was criminalized.

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Senate Committee Examines Possible ER Care Damage By Private Equity

April 2, 2024 Morning Briefing

The goal is to examine if private equity’s management of a large share of ERs across the country has harmed patients. Separately, Intermountain Health closed Saltzer Health’s multispecialty clinics after not being able to find a buyer.

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HHS: Teaching Hospitals Must Get Consent To Conduct Invasive Exams

April 2, 2024 Morning Briefing

HHS reinforced to teaching hospitals and medical schools that the law requires patients to provide informed consent before “sensitive examinations” like pelvic exams can take place. Other Biden administration news reports on cybersecurity, the menthol ban, and more.

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Morning Briefing for Tuesday, April 2, 2024

April 2, 2024 Morning Briefing

ACA plans, Medicare Advantage payments, bird flu, opioid settlements, patient consent for exams, abortion, and more are in the news.

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Biden Administration Confirms 2025 Medicare Advantage Payments To Drop

April 2, 2024 Morning Briefing

Stat notes that the government wasn’t convinced by insurer and lobbyist efforts arguing that Medicare Advantage payouts wouldn’t cover the costs for people using health care. Also, experts warn Medicare coverage for Wegovy could hike monthly payments for many.

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First Edition: April 2, 2024

April 2, 2024 Morning Briefing

Today’s early morning highlights from the major news organizations.

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Viewpoints: It’s Time To Abolish The Comstock Act To Protect Women; Should It Be Legal To Sell Your Kidney?

April 2, 2024 Morning Briefing

Editorial writers discuss an arcane law being used against abortion, selling your kidneys, “Havana Syndrome” and more.

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More Patients Are Losing Their Doctors — And Trust in the Primary Care System

By Lynn Arditi, The Public’s Radio April 2, 2024 KFF Health News Original

A shortage of primary care providers is driving more people to seek routine care in emergency settings. In Rhode Island, safety-net clinics are under pressure as clinicians retire or burn out, and patients say it’s harder to find care as they lose connections to familiar doctors.

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California Universities Are Required to Offer Abortion Pills. Many Just Don’t Mention It.

By Jackie Fortiér, LAist and Adolfo Guzman-Lopez, LAist April 2, 2024 KFF Health News Original

One year after California became the first state to require public universities to provide abortion pills to students, LAist found that basic information for students to obtain the medication is often nonexistent.

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ACA Plans Are Being Switched Without Enrollees’ OK

By Julie Appleby April 2, 2024 KFF Health News Original

Insurance agents say it’s too easy to access consumer information on the Affordable Care Act federal marketplace. Policyholders can lose their doctors and access to prescriptions. Some end up owing back taxes.

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Track Opioid Settlement Payouts — To the Cent — In Your Community

By Aneri Pattani and Lydia Zuraw and Holly K. Hacker April 2, 2024 KFF Health News Original

Want to know how much opioid settlement money your city, county, or state has received so far? Or how much it’s expecting in the future? Use our new searchable database to find out.

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Download the Data: Opioid Settlement Payouts

By Lydia Zuraw April 1, 2024 Page

We encourage any news organization to use the data and localize it for your own reporting.

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UnitedHealth To Roll Physician Group Stewardship Health Into Optum

April 1, 2024 Morning Briefing

Stat notes the move is a noteworthy departure for UnitedHealth, which has “gobbled up” many independent physician practices over recent years. Also in the news: concierge physician care, for-profit companies’ psychiatric hospitals, more.

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Viewpoints: Social Media May Be Able To Address Teen Mental Health; The Fight Over Abortion Rights

April 1, 2024 Morning Briefing

Editorial writers discuss teen mental health, reproductive health, anti-aging drugs, and more.

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H1N2 Case In Pennsylvania Is First US Influenza A Case This Year

April 1, 2024 Morning Briefing

Meanwhile, the latest USDA tests show that highly pathogenic avian flu has been found in dairy herds in Michigan and Idaho, showing it’s spreading to new states. RSV, the measles outbreak, and covid misinformation are also in the news.

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Spotlight Falls On NYC Shelter System In Wake Of Subway Shover’s Arrest

April 1, 2024 Morning Briefing

Carlton McPherson had been placed into specialized homeless shelters designed for people suffering severe mental illnesses: the problems with this system are now being examined. Also in the news: overbilling in Missouri, rape crisis centers in Illinois, and more.

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Morning Briefing for Monday, April 1, 2024

April 1, 2024 Morning Briefing

Concierge physician care, psychiatric hospitals, covid misinfo, sudden infant deaths, flu, reproductive health, and more are in the news.

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FDA Warns That Impella Heart Pumps Are Linked To 49 Deaths Globally

April 1, 2024 Morning Briefing

The tiny pumps can puncture the heart wall, and despite the FDA’s concerns, they will be allowed to remain in use. Separately, a biased organ test that kept thousands of Black people from kidney transplants is finally being changed.

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Study: Unsafe Sleep Practices Linked To Most Sudden Infant Deaths

April 1, 2024 Morning Briefing

An analysis determines that 76% of cases of infants who died suddenly involved unsafe sleep practices like co-sleeping or sleeping in an adult bed. Most were under the age of 3 months.

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