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Mecklenburg County jail will get new health care provider after contract ends early

People jailed at the Mecklenburg County Detention Center will get their health care from a new company next month. Kansas-based…

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Several Saltzer Health operations purchased by Boise health care providers

Saint Alphonsus Health System and Intermountain Medical Imaging announced Monday that they have purchased some operations of Saltzer Health. Saltzer…

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Health care advocates seek $3.4 million in Maine state funding for reproductive health

Anna Mead, left, a nurse practitioner, and Dr. Andrea Pelletier, medical director of Planned Parenthood of Northern New England, are…

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Repeated failures by San Diego County jail health provider prompt sheriff to order it to fix deficiencies

The prime contractor delivering health care services in San Diego County jails failed to pay outside hospitals and other specialty…

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What is driving health care costs? One Utah Health Collaborative forms advisory group to find out

SALT LAKE CITY — A collaborative with a goal to improve health care in Utah announced plans to study what…

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4 Things You Need to Know About Health Care Cyberattacks

Despite the explosion in ransomware hacks like the one against Change Healthcare, regulation is spotty and few new safeguards have…

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Zimmer Biomet Tackling Health Equity Through Community Centered Care Strategy

We are in the midst of a health equity crisis. “Nearly 80% of patient outcomes are tied to social drivers…

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Tackle the structural racism embedded in the health care system

Re “When 2 in 5 people report delaying health care because of costs, something is wrong”: Your March 24 editorial…

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How can we build a better health care system?

The leading cause of personal bankruptcies in America? Debt to pay back medical bills. Experts say 3 million people have…

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Biden and Harris argue that Democrats will preserve health care and Republicans would take it away

By CHRIS MEGERIAN (Associated Press) RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris on Tuesday promoted…