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Clinicians who participate in a clinical trial for a drug or biological product to treat a patient with novel coronavirus may now earn credit in the Merit-based Incentive Payment System, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services announced.
The Bipartisan Policy Center released a new report examining the immense challenges facing the U.S. rural health care system as highlighted by the COVID-19 pandemic.
Hospitals’ already thin margins plunged into the red in March as non-emergency procedures and revenues fell and expenses for staff, supplies and building capacity rose to prepare for a surge in COVID-19 patients, according to a new report by health care consultancy Kaufman Hall.
The Food and Drug Administration authorized the first diagnostic test with a home collection option for COVID-19.
A panel of experts convened by the National Institutes of Health released COVID-19 treatment guidelines for health care providers, which will be updated as new data become available.
The FBI warned today of specific COVID-19-themed email phishing campaigns targeting U.S.-based medical providers.
The Food and Drug Administration said that it will temporarily forgo action against 503A compounding pharmacies that provide to hospitals certain compounded drugs without patient-specific prescriptions.
This year was already designated as the International Year of the Nurse and the Midwife before our current pandemic re-emphasized nurses’ vital role in caring for patients, comforting families and protecting the health of the community.
Employment at the nation's hospitals rose by 0.004% in March to a seasonally adjusted 5,261,500 people, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported. That's 200 more people than in February and 90,900 more than a year ago.
The Department of Health and Human Services created a page with resources for health care planning and infectious disease, among others.