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Trump Launches Mass Purge of Air Traffic Control Staff
The Trump administration has kicked off a firing spree of air traffic controllers, despite four deadly plane crashes on his ...
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After struggle to regain Medicare and Medicaid certification, one of America’s largest nursing homes has 200-plus empty beds
The nation’s second-largest skilled nursing facility reopened after having its Medicare certification revoked, but vacancy is still 30%.
Here’s Where Trump’s Government Layoffs Are—As Medicare And Medicaid Services, FDA And CDC Reportedly Cut Staff
The federal government is in the process of firing thousands of employees at federal public health agencies, reportedly ...
Mass firings continue across nation’s health agencies
The firings were part of a culling of roughly 3,600 probationary employees across the sprawling department that began earlier ...
The SEIU’s power grab puts patients at risk
Nurses work hard, and they deserve to be supported—but they’re being held back by a union more interested in its own growth ...
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Health Equity: Why It’s Vital to Star Ratings Performance
With the introduction of the Health Equity Index (HEI) to Star Ratings methodology, health plans have yet another incentive ...
Medicare, FDA staff among those fired in Trump administration purge - report
Employees at the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Food and Drug Administration (FDA), and Centers for ...
14 States Sue DOGE Alleging Elon Musk Is Acting As An ‘Agent Of Chaos’—Here’s What To Know
Fourteen states led by New Mexico sued the Department of Government Efficiency, or DOGE, on Thursday challenging the alleged ...
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Public voices concerns about adding work requirement to Arkansas' Medicaid program
Opponents of Arkansas' plan to add a work requirement to its Medicaid expansion program voiced fears last week that it would ...
President’s Day Weekend Firings At Government Agencies Within HHS
The Trump administration has begun purging thousands of employees at Department of Health and Human Service agencies, ...
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What Forced CMS to Terminate the MA Value-Based Insurance Design Model?
Calling the costs ‘unprecedented’ in CMS Innovation Center models, the VBID model cost CMS $2.3 billion in CY 2021 and $2.2 ...
Family whose 5-year-old was killed in a hyperbaric chamber is ‘absolutely devastated,’ attorney says
Thomas Cooper’s parents hoped the oxygen therapy he was receiving at a facility in Troy, Michigan, would help his sleep apnea ...