The Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) of 1974 is a federal law that sets strict guidelines and minimum standards ...

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In this day and age, any information that is online is susceptible to attack. Medical information, unfortunately, is no exception, ...

Malignant Hyperthermia (MH) is a rare, life-threatening condition that poses unique challenges to both anesthesia teams and affected families. Patients ...

Every fiscal year, the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of Inspector General (OIG) releases a Work ...

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Despite the fact that nearly 20% of Americans live in rural areas, rural hospitals have historically faced momentous challenges that ...

Health and Human Services (HHS) announced goals to shift Medicare payments from quantity-based compensation toward result-based compensation for healthcare providers ...

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Recent advances in telehealth promise to improve health outcomes – and save both time and money. Using a wide variety ...

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Because endoscopic procedures, such as colonoscopy and esophagogastroduodenoscopy (EGD) tend to be uncomfortable and invasive, procedural sedation plays a crucial ...