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Emergency Departments Are on the Frontline of the Flu
What does it feel like to be working in an emergency department during this nasty flu season? Every day feels like Monday.
Monday is usually the busiest day of the week in the ER. "Now instead of having a Monday peak," said Dr. Bill Frohna, who runs the emergency department at MedStar Washington Hospital Center in Washington, D.C., "it's seven days a week of a Monday."
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Source: Kaiser Health News (in collaboration with NPR)
Navigating Health Policy in an Election Year: Insights From Dr Dennis Scanlon
April 2nd 2024On this episode of Managed Care Cast, we're talking with Dennis Scanlon, PhD, the editor in chief of The American Journal of Accountable Care®, about prior authorization, price transparency, the impact of health policy on the upcoming election, and more.
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The Biden administration recently launched the Global Health Security Strategy, a new effort to combat the spread of infectious diseases; lawmakers zeroed in on the risks of massive consolidation in health care during the first congressional hearing on the Change Healthcare hack; the FDA recently announced the recall of a pair of heart devices linked to numerous deaths and injuries.
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