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HHS Releases Long COVID Report Providing Insights and Opportunities to Support Patient Community
A new report released by the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) highlights patients’ experience of Long COVID to better understand its complexities and drive creative responses by government leaders, clinicians, patient advocates and others. Continue reading
TMA Seeks to Protect Patients’ Access to Care in New “No Surprises Act” Rules Lawsuit
Amid concerns about threats to patients’ access to physicians’ care, the Texas Medical Association (TMA) has filed a new lawsuit in the US District Court for the Eastern District of Texas, challenging certain portions of the July 2021 interim final rules implementing the federal No Surprises Act (NSA). Read more
CDC Revises Opioid Guidelines in the Wake of Confusion, Overreaction
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recently issued revised guidelines to help safely prescribe opioids, to clear up confusion caused by its last set of guidelines issued in 2016. Continue reading
Healthcare Industry Remains a Top Victim of Ransomware Attacks
According to the GuidePoint Research Q3 GRIT Ransomware report, Ransomware attacks continue to be the most prolific threat that organizations face across all infrastructure verticals, with the healthcare sector as a top target. Behind the manufacturing sector, the healthcare industry was the second targeted by ransomware attacks in Q3. Read more
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