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Medicare fines for high hospital readmissions drop, but some facilities are still penalized Pandemic

Medicare fines for high hospital readmissions drop, but some facilities are still penalized

The federal government has eased its annual punishments for hospitals with higher-than-expected readmission rates in an acknowledgment of the upheaval the COVID-19 pandemic has caused, resulting in the lightest penalties since 2014. The Hospital Readmissions Reduction Program has been a mainstay of Medicare’s hospital payment system since it began in…
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November 1, 2022
COVID-19 Virus Disrupts Normal Mix of Gut Bacteria, Increasing Risk for Other Infections Pandemic

COVID-19 Virus Disrupts Normal Mix of Gut Bacteria, Increasing Risk for Other Infections

According to new research, COVID-19 infections can reduce the number of bacterial species in a person’s gut, creating space for dangerous microbes to thrive. (Illustration of the human gut microbiome.) Infection with SARS-CoV-2, the COVID-19 pandemic virus, can decrease the number of bacterial species in a person’s gut. This reduced…
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November 1, 2022
South Korea police admit crowd surge response was ‘insufficient’ Pandemic

South Korea police admit crowd surge response was ‘insufficient’

South Korea´s National Police Agency Commissioner Yoon Hee-keun speaks during a press conference on the deadly Halloween crowd surge, at the Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency in Seoul on November 1, 2022. SEOUL: South Korea's police chief said Tuesday that officers had received multiple urgent reports of danger ahead of a deadly…
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November 1, 2022