Anthem Blue Cross, the country’s second-biggest health insurance company, is behind on billions of dollars in payments owed to hospitals and doctors because of onerous
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When triple-digit temperatures hit the Pacific Northwest this summer, the emergency room at Seattle’s Harborview Medical Center was ill prepared. Doctors raced to treat heat-aggravated
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An increasing percentage of emergency visits and hospitalizations in the United States before the pandemic involved patients with alcohol and other substance use disorders, according
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(Reuters) – Eli Lilly and Co and Incyte Corp said their rheumatoid arthritis drug baricitinib did not meet the main goal of preventing progression to
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Exercise might help prevent cognitive decline in high-risk patients with early Parkinson’s disease (PD), new research suggests. Investigators found PD patients who were APOE ε4
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Editor’s note: Find the latest COVID-19 news and guidance in Medscape’s Coronavirus Resource Center. PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Rhode Island’s two largest hospital groups did
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NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – In diabetic patients with critical limb ischemia (CLI), endovascular revascularization was associated with lower in-hospital mortality but more major amputations
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The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is trying to change the way patients choose their healthcare by encouraging consumers to use online tools
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SAO PAULO (Reuters) – Hospitals in Brazil’s main cities are reaching capacity, health officials have warned, as the country recorded the world’s highest COVID-19 death
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Editor’s note: Find the latest COVID-19 news and guidance in Medscape’s Coronavirus Resource Center. An independent data monitoring committee is recommending stopping enrollment of a
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