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MedPac has recommended to Congress that Medicare payments to standalone emergency departments be reduced. There are about 600 of these in the country.
Iowa has passed a law and the Governor has signed it barring abortions after a heartbeat is heard. This usually happens about the 6th week of pregnancy maybe even prior tot he person knowing they are pregnant. This is a law looking to be reversed. Top
California Public Health has fined 24 hospitals for violations of patient privacy. This was over the past five years and involved both inadvertent information problems and a few massive breaches. Top
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