On Tuesday, June 30, 2020, the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions committee will hold a hearing on the federal government’s ongoing response to COVID-19.
By Lance Robertson – Even under the best of circumstances, caregiving can be challenging. For many family caregivers, the routine tasks they perform on behalf of their loved ones are more complex because of the COVID-19 pandemic.
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services announced nearly $107 million in Quality Improvement Awards to 1,273 health centers across nearly all U.S. states, territories and the District of Columbia.
By Garrett Grigsby & Robert P. Kadlec MD – The very word ‘pandemic’ conjures images of global disease and death. Educational campaigns highlighting the centennial of the 1918 Influenza pandemic are a jarring reminder that more than 50 million people died due to…
By Keith Boone – I’ve been seeing a lot of tweets recently complaining about misuse of HIPAA (about a half-dozen). Mostly from people who know better than doctors what the regulations and legislation actually says.
By ADM Brett P Giroir MD – Of the millions of Americans who misuse prescription drugs every year, a majority obtain them from friends and family, usually from home medicine cabinets. Every day in the U.S., more than 130 people die as a result of opioid-related overdoses.
By Eric D. Hargan – My father was an Air Force veteran of the Korean War and he shared his fascination with planes, NASA and anything to do with space with me. One of my first memories was of watching a rerun with him of Neil Armstrong’s landing on the Moon.
By Adm. Brett P. Giroir MD – The reason #WhyIFightFlu? It saves lives. Americans experienced one of the most severe flu seasons in four decades last year with flu activity remaining high well into March 2018.
By Judy Sarasohn – A Jacksonville, Florida, woman received a call last month that appeared to be from the HHS Office of Inspector General’s (OIG) hotline. The caller told her that she had won a $9,000 grant from the federal government.
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