Author: Paige Hopkins Charlotte Agenda Still, more than a year after the conflict began, there’s no resolution. The short run-down: UnitedHealthcare, which insures more than 1.4 million North Carolinians, and Providence Anesthesiology Associates, which has an exclusive contract to provide anesthesiology services for Novant Health’s Charlotte market, can’t come to an agreement on what PAA should […]
Read MoreAnesthesiology Today Annual Meeting Edition Time. That is the No. 1 reason physicians report not always making a human connection with patients—and 56% of them reported that they don’t even have the time it takes to show compassion, according to Jake Poore, President and Chief Experience Officer of Integrated Loyalty Systems Inc. in Orlando. Poore, […]
Read MoreAnesthesiology Today Annual Meeting Edition SARS-CoV-2 has shaken us to our core. Now is the time to put politics aside, reflect on the gravity of the moment, and unite against our common enemy, U.S. Surgeon General Jerome Adams, MD, MPH, FASA, told anesthesiologists during Friday’s Welcome Session, the official kick off of ANESTHESIOLOGY 2020. Dr. […]
Read MoreBy Denise Baez DG Alerts There is a high prevalence of hypokalaemia among patients with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pneumonia, and is associated with disease severity and the need for invasive mechanical ventilation, according to a study published in the International Journal of Infectious Diseases. When analysing data from 306 patients admitted with COVID-19 pneumonia […]
Read MoreA new RAND Corp. study finds private insurers paid hospitals 247% of what Medicare would have paid for the same services in 2018, up from 230% in 2017 and 224% in 2016.
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