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Medicare Officially Cuts Payments for Outpatient Surgeries and Procedures
Tara Bannow covers hospitals, providers and insurers. You can reach Tara on Signal at tarabannow.70. Medicare on Friday followed through on its earlier proposal to reduce payment for surgeries, outpatient procedures and other services that it says can be made more efficient starting in 2026. This controversial decision represents a significant change in the pricing […]
Significant cuts to CDC’s MMWR release reversed hours later
WASHINGTON — The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention staff behind the agency’s flagship publication have suffered deep cuts in layoffs that the Department of Health and Human Services blamed on the government shutdown, according to five people familiar with the matter. But by Saturday evening, the layoffs appeared to have been reversed. An HHS […]
Immigration repression, Medicaid cuts could reverse long -term care
The United States is faced with two major threats to long-term care and could be overthrown our precarious system. These developments should worry the congress and anyone who supports an aging loved one or a disabled family member. The first threat is the repression of immigration in progress. Immigrants represent 28% of all of the […]