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Patients Facing Death Are Opting for a Lifesaving Heart Device — But at What Risk?

KHN

Those limitations ultimately can leave patients and their caregivers uninformed about risks associated with a device such as the HeartMate 3, said Sanket Dhruva , a cardiologist and expert in medical device safety and regulation at the University of California-San Francisco. “I looked at case studies.

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BREAKING NEWS: Emergency Regulation Requiring COVID-19 Vaccination Issued for Health Care Workers

Briggs Healthcare

Biden-Harris Administration Issues Emergency Regulation Requiring COVID-19 Vaccination for Health Care Workers. National requirement protects patients at nearly 76,000 providers and covers more than 17 million health care workers. Facilities must develop a similar process or plan for permitting exemptions in alignment with federal law.

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Behavioral Health System Modernization along the Continuum

NASHP

North Carolina’s comprehensive behavioral health approach included efforts to increase uptake of CoCM through additional training and practice supports and Medicaid rate increases to 120% of Medicare rates for behavioral health providers. An action plan dashboard tracks targets. CMS’s Birth to 5: Watch Me Thrive!