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March 18 · Issue #490 · View online
Providing you with the latest health care headlines almost daily. Carefully crafted by Shawn Rossi. Questions? Email srossi@mhanet.org.
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Med students meet their Match on one of 'best days of the year’
A quest that started about a year ago reached its exhilarating conclusion last Friday when about 120 participating fourth-year medical students learned which programs accepted them for training in a medical specialty. One student in particular who took the stage with her boyfriend got at least one offer she wasn’t expecting.
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Authorities discuss drug issues in Mississippi and Alabama
The drug crisis is affecting communities all across the U.S. even here locally.
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Sen. Warren makes campaign stops in Mississippi
WASHINGTON (SBG) —Elizabeth Warren will make two stops during the day in Mississippi. The first will be a walking tour with state Senator Willie Simmons in Cleveland, MS.
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MedPAC wants to boost Medicare acute-care hospital payments 2.8%
MedPAC is expected to ask Congress for a 2.8% increase in acute-care hospital payments in its latest report to Congress.
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Flu activity falling, but still high: 6 things to know.
Flu activity fell slightly in the week ending March 9, but still remains high, according to the CDC’s most recent FluView report.
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Number of Medicare-certified ASCs per state
The Ambulatory Surgery Center Association used 2018 CMS data from June to illustrate the number of ASCs in each state.
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Unnecessary ED visits from chronically ill patients cost $8.3 billion, study says
About 30% of ED visits among patients with common chronic conditions are potentially unnecessary, leading to $8.3 billion in additional healthcare costs.
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Trump Plans to End the AIDS Epidemic. In Places Like Mississippi, Obstacles Are Everywhere.
The administration will focus on more than 50 “hot spots” in the U.S. that annually account for half of new H.I.V. infections. A clinic in the Deep South sees the challenges every day.
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AHA, FAH comment on groups’ surprise billing proposal
Seventeen health insurance, employer and consumer organizations today proposed recommendations for federal action to protect patients from surprise medical bills.
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MedPAC issues March report to Congress
The Medicare Payment Advisory Commission Friday released its March report to Congress.
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Study finds marked decline in first-time opioid prescriptions
In a study of Blue Cross and Blue Shield enrollees reported last week in the New England Journal of Medicine, initial opioid prescriptions declined 54 percent between July 2012 and December 2017.
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