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Citing “ridiculous” ICD-10 diagnosis codes and the administrative burden of adopting them, a pair of bills introduced recently in the House and Senate would halt implementation of the ICD-10 code set and require a government study instead.
Is heart disease getting a bum rap in the United States? So says researchers who find that over reporting heart disease as a cause of death is common in American hospitals.
Most hospitals already have disaster plans in place that anticipate a surge of patients, but they should also remember to plan for people who just show up looking for safe refuge.
Effects of economizing Medicare changes that include a home health copayment may not be big enough to outweigh vigorous opposition, a first House hearing on possible ways to overhaul Medicare suggests.
Turns out, those sexy high heels fit for Victoria Beckham or a very pregnant Kim Kardashian don’t give you bunions — but genetics do.
With the May 26 release date of the long-anticipated new season of “Arrested Development” coming ever closer, we got to thinking about the show’s contributions to health care.
Fewer than one in 25 youth football players suffered concussions, according to preliminary findings from the first year of a two-year study sanctioned by USA Football.
Florida Gov. Rick Scott has vetoed Medicaid rate increases for home health services and private duty nursing services, according to the Home Care Association of Florida.
It’s National EMS Week through May 25, and time to honor all those emergency medical service responders who have carried the nation through some tough experiences of late.
Surveys in Michigan of 300 home and community-based provider organizations show that “providers overall felt that low wages, part-time hours and the lack of training were significant barriers to recruitment and retention,” a release from the National Association for Home Care & Hospice (NAHC) states.
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