Hospitals and community health centers are cornerstones of our communities. At our clinics at AltaMed Health Services in Los Angeles and Orange counties and Stanford Medicine in the San Francisco Bay Area, we treat hundreds of thousands of people per year, many of whom are young, disabled, low-income and/or people of color. Far too many…
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The Board of Osteopathic Medicine, however, voted to allow for an exemption for minors to receive such treatments if they are enrolled in an approved research study. The two boards govern themselves under completely separate rules. Florida Board of Medicine Chairman David Diamond said during the meeting that the two boards could meet in the…
Efficiency, Energy Conservation, Sustainability Were Key Planning Principles Vermont Business Magazine Building upon its longstanding leadership in environmental sustainability, the University of Vermont Medical Center’s Miller Inpatient Building has been awarded LEED Gold Certification. LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design), developed by the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC), is the most widely used green building…
Date issued: 11/3/2022 The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recommends that parents and caregivers do not use infant head shaping pillows intended to change an infant’s head shape or symmetry or claim to prevent or treat any medical condition. The FDA is not aware of any demonstrated benefit with the use of infant head…
In the 1930s, a 23-year-old Black man was admitted to City Hospital #2 in St. Louis and, according to his death certificate, died of pneumonia shortly after. Without his consent—or his family’s—his deidentified body was included in one of the United States’s most studied collections of human remains, the Robert J. Terry Anatomical Skeletal Collection,…
Press Room NEWSLINE The Division of Workers’ Compensation (DWC) has posted an adjustment to the inpatient hospital section of the Official Medical Fee Schedule (OMFS) to conform to changes to the Medicare payment system as required by Labor Code section 5307.1. The effective date of the changes is December 1, 2022. Further information and adjustments…
Atlanta City Council members discuss plans for Atlanta Medical Center closure In just a few weeks Atlanta Medical Center will shut its doors. As city leaders continue to try to prevent the facility from closing down, others are starting to imagine how the space could be used in the future. ATLANTA – After months of…
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WAVE) – Medical care has turned into financial concerns for millions of Americans. According to Urban Institute, a non-profit research organization, Kentucky families average close to $500 in debt and Indiana families average over $700. In Louisville, non-profit hospitals have financial assistance program that complete relieve medical bills. “When the affordable care act…
After five hours of tense testimony and protests, the Florida Board of Medicine voted Friday to start drafting a rule that would bar all minors in the state from receiving puberty blockers, hormone therapy or surgeries as treatment for gender dysphoria. Florida’s medical board is the first in the country to pursue such a rule,…
UVM photo by David Seaver of the ribbon-cutting ceremony Thursday afternoon. Vermont Business Magazine University of Vermont leaders, donors, faculty, students, staff, along with representatives of architects Payette and Black River Design and PC Construction, today celebrated the grand opening and dedication of the UVM’s newest building – the Firestone Medical Research Building – with…