DOJ: Competition in healthcare deserves review and discussion

DOJ: Healthcare competition warrants scrutiny and discussion

The Justice Department monitors potentially anticompetitive deals in the healthcare industry. “When it comes to antitrust enforcement and competition policy in the United States, there is no more important question than what we can do to safeguard competition in the healthcare sector,” Assistant Attorney General Andrew J. Forman said last week at a Washington, D.C., …

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New policy aims to protect CT healthcare workers from violence

New policy aims to protect CT healthcare workers from violence

WALLINGFORD Injuries are common in an emergency room, and not always just to patients. Charge nurse Teresa Marx of UConn Health said she has seen her colleagues attacked in the four years she has worked in the emergency room. She said some of her colleagues were kicked in the head. Others required stitches after being …

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Focus on healthcare costs

Focus on healthcare costs

Fifty percent of Americans believe that reducing health care costs should be the government’s top health care priority. And 39% of voters say they are willing to cross party lines to support a candidate whose top priority is reducing health care costs, according to a survey by West Health/Gallup. . While conservatives have avoided health …

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Miami Herbert: The preferred destination for healthcare leaders navigating tomorrow’s evolving landscape

Miami Herbert: The preferred destination for healthcare leaders navigating tomorrow's evolving landscape

Are you ready for the future of healthcare? Over the next eight years, health care’s share of the U.S. economy is expected to grow from 17.4 percent to 20 percent, which Patti and Allan Herbert Business School at the University of Miami an essential step for healthcare clinicians, business leaders, policy makers and healthcare enthusiasts, …

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Ban on COVID Vaccination Mandates by Private Businesses, Including Healthcare Facilities, Passes Texas Senate

Ban on COVID Vaccination Mandates by Private Businesses, Including Healthcare Facilities, Passes Texas Senate

Sign up for The Brief, the Texas Tribunes’ daily newsletter that keeps readers up to date on the most essential Texas news. A sweeping ban on COVID-19 vaccination mandates for employees of private businesses in Texas passed the Texas Senate on Friday, although medical facilities would be allowed to adopt other policies to help reduce …

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