Dive Brief: CMS on Tuesday released guidelines for health facilities to resume nonemergency services in states ready to begin the second phase of reopening under the Trump administration’s general guidance. The document promotes continued use of telemedicine as much as possible and states facilities must maintain the necessary space, equipment and workforce in case of… Read More »
As promised, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services expanded its Medicare telehealth coverage during the coronavirus crisis to enable more patients to get virtual care services from their doctors without having to travel to a healthcare facility. WHY IT MATTERSUnder the expansion, Medicare will temporarily pay clinicians for telehealth services nationwide to help stem the spread… Read More »
“The World Health Organization offered the testing kits that they have available and to give it to us now. We refused them. We did not want to buy them.” Former Vice President Joe Biden in remarks during the March 16 Democratic presidential primary debate This story was produced in partnership with PolitiFact. This story can… Read More »
LAS VEGAS, NV – SEPTEMBER 23: Former first lady Michelle Obama speaks during a rally for When We All Vote’s National Week of Action at Chaparral High School on September 23, 2018 in Las Vegas, Nevada. Obama is the founder and a co-chairwoman of the organization that aims to help people register and to vote.… Read More »
A pharmacist empties a prescription bottle of opioid painkillers that she filled for a patient at the pharmacy inside the facility in Boston. John Tlumacki | Boston Globe | Getty Images The Trump administration unveiled a proposal Thursday afternoon that would make it easier for health-care providers to known whether a patient has a history… Read More »
FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Donald Trump arrives at Morristown municipal airport for a weekend at the Trump National Golf Club in Bedminster, New Jersey, U.S., August 2, 2019. REUTERS/Yuri Gripas WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration is considering unveiling, as early as September, his healthcare plan as part of his presidential re-election campaign… Read More »
The pediatrician, Dr. Paul Wise, toured detention centers at the border last summer and was critical of the conditions there, according to a Stanford publication. In that interview, Wise described how migrant children are kept in a “kind of cage-like” processing center. “From there, they get moved to a different processing center, which is kind… Read More »