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Cigna Vows To Change Policies On Prior Authorization, Patient Advocacy
CEO David Cordani suggested Thursday that the moves are a direct response to the slaying of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson and the public outcry over the state of health care. Other news is on ...
Experts discuss prior authorization requests from insurance, how to handle them
Prior authorizations are standard this time of year as insurance changes. They’re essentially a request from your insurance ...
Ethical strategies for managing challenging plastic surgeon–patient relationships
Plastic surgeons sometimes face challenging relationships with patients, especially those with underlying psychiatric issues.
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Section 1557 Patient Care Decision Support Tools, Anti-Discrimination Compliance: 12 Things to Consider
In April 2024, the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) issued a final rule reinterpreting Section 1557 of the Affordable Care Act, ...
Hindustan Times15d
Rahul Gandhi slams Centre over patients, families on roads, footpaths around AIIMS in Delhi
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Thursday met several patients and their families ... have completely failed in fulfilling their responsibility towards the public," he said.
Adelaide Now16d
SA Health’s updated plan to ‘fix’ ramping sparks clinicians’ alarm
SA Health’s planned new Ambulance Transport and Handover policy seen by The Advertiser states hospitals must take responsibility for patients on arrival. SASMOA Chief Industrial Officer ...
The Straits Times16d
Patients dying in corridors as UK hospital standards ‘collapse’: Report
LONDON - UK patients are “coming to harm” with hospitals so overwhelmed people are dying in corridors awaiting treatment amid a “collapse in care standards”, a report said on Jan 16.
London Evening Standard16d
NHS patients dying in corridors and going undiscovered for hours, damning report finds
Patients are dying in corridors and sometimes going undiscovered for hours, while sick people are being left to soil themselves, according to a damning report into the state of the NHS. The Royal ...
The Mirror16d
Shock NHS hospital video shows 'dying' patients lined up in corridors in 'Third World' scenes
Tearful nurses told an RCN briefing in central London of being powerless as patients spend hours slowly dying on a trolley in a busy corridor and finding a dead patient under a pile of coats.
The Daily Telegraph17d
Nurses reveal ‘horror’ of A&Es so full they have to watch patients die
We can now categorically say patients are dying in this situation.” She urged ministers not to “shirk responsibility” for the crisis, calling for extra investment to expand nurse numbers ...
The New York Times17d
Patients Are Dying in Hospital Corridors, British Nurses Say
By Amelia Nierenberg Reporting from London Patients are dying in the corridors ... for so long,” and warned ministers to not “shirk responsibility.” Over 90 percent of respondents to the ...
BBC17d
Patients dying in hospital corridors, say nurses
Patients are dying in corridors and pregnant women are miscarrying in side rooms as overwhelmed hospitals struggle to cope, nurses say. The Royal College of Nursing (RCN) said evidence provided by ...