Between mid-2017 and pre-pandemic 2019, 774 hospitals have been penalized by the federal government for having high rates of patients with possibly avoidable medical complications, according to a hospital penalty “look-up” system by...Read More »
Regardless of if patients were asymptomatic or had severe infections, nearly 30% of COVID-19 patients had lingering symptoms six months after the infection onset, according to a research letter published in the...Read More »
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has extended the current COVID-19 public health emergency (PHE) meaning all waivers remain in place, according to...Read More »
According to an Office of Inspector General (OIG) audit, CMS did not use Comprehensive Error Rate Testing (CERT) data to identify waste or fraud. The audit states that previous OIG reports “recommend using CERT data to identify...Read More »
After adjusting for COVID-19 risk factors, age, sex, and race, people with dementia were twice as likely as other adults to develop COVID-19, according to a report published in...Read More »