Privacy lawyers said the regulation, if finalized, would insulate physicians from the chilling effect of abortion bans, freeing them to have honest conversations with patients about their healthcare options — even in states where abortion is illegal.
Respondents had difficulty finding clinicians and health insurance and struggled to keep up with family medical bills in the previous year.
Legal abortions provided in the 13 states with near-total bans plummeted to less than 10 per month in the six months following the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade, according to the Society of Family Planning.
The wiping out of preventive service requirements under the Affordable Care Act would render millions of Americans unable to receive life-saving preventive procedures, the CEO of the American College of Preventive Medicine argues.
The rule proposed Tuesday would give providers more information in their electronic health record system to assess clinical decision support algorithms and their results.
The two organizations hope to complete the combination by the end of the year.
The amount nonprofit hospitals in several states receive in tax breaks over what they spend on charity care could cover all medical debt for residents, according to the Lown Institute.
PE transactions were buoyed by a strong first half of the year, with deals declining in the second half due to tensions from Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and growing inflationary pressures.
A new open letter from investors Barry Sternlicht, Elliot Cooperstone and Lewis Gold calls on Cano to oust its CEO and sell non-core businesses to focus on profitability.
Hospital lobbies slammed the proposed rule as insufficient to help hospitals address inflation and rising labor costs, though research signals hospitals are more financially stable than such groups suggest.