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Doctor: Teens who want vaccines shouldn’t need parental consent

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How should doctors like me approach teens like Ethan Lindenberger, who asked to be vaccinated against his mother’s wishes?

Should we refuse a teenager the right to protect himself from a preventable disease or respect the authority of the parents for raising their child as they see fit?

As a physician who cared for critically ill children for more than 30 years at Phoenix Children’s Hospital in Arizona, I’ve taken care of several young children who were not vaccinated and who developed measles, leading to advanced medical care.

CHA Releases DataSuite Report Featuring Medicare Quality Programs Overview

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CHA DataSuite has released hospital-specific reports providing a one-page historical summary of hospital quality performance and impacts for each of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services three Medicare inpatient quality programs — Value-Based Purchasing, Readmissions Reduction and Hospital-Acquired Condition Reduction — from federal fiscal years 2017-19. 

CMS Issues New Guidance on Immediate Jeopardy

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New guidance from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) revises the guidelines to determine immediate jeopardy. The changes to Appendix Q of the State Operations Manual — referred to as Core Appendix Q — apply to all providers and suppliers, and include subparts that focus on concerns in nursing homes and clinical laboratories.

DHCS Releases Slide Deck from Hospital Fee Program Webinar

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The Department of Health Care Services has released the slide deck shared at a webinar it hosted yesterday, offering guidance to health plans and hospitals on changes to network provider requirements under the Hospital Fee Program.

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Legislative Update: All Bills

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The 2021-22 legislative session convened on Dec. 7 for an organizational session. The Legislature reconvened on Jan. 11 – a week’s delay due to high COVID-19 case numbers. Bill introductions continue to trickle in; the volume is trending up slightly as the Feb. 19 bill introduction deadline approaches. The majority will be introduced right around the deadline.  

Health Care Price Tags Won’t Find You the Best Doctor

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Say you want to know which baseball players provide the most value for the big dollars they’re being paid. A Google search quickly yields analytics. But suppose your primary care physician just diagnosed you with cancer. What will a search for a “high value” cancer doctor tell you?

Not much.

Public concern over bloated and unintelligible medical bills has prompted pushback ranging from an exposé by a satirical TV show to a government edict that hospitals list their prices online.

From urgent care to pharmacists, the struggle to get my kids antibiotics drove me to tears

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Early one recent Sunday morning, my kids woke up not feeling well. Due to a health notice from their school, I knew I needed to get them to urgent care for medicine right away or they wouldn’t be allowed to go to school the next day.

I am a single mother. I am also an entrepreneur, working in women’s leadership training and consulting. Keeping my kids home from school for a day means I can’t work. As the sole financial supporter of my children, not working is not an option.