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Opioid overdose patients with private insurance are rarely connected to addiction treatment after visiting the emergency department, a new national study from the University of Pennsylvania has found. And the problem is particularly severe among black and Hispanic patients, more evidence of deep racial disparities in health care generally and…

May 27– Walla Walla County has received approval from the secretary of the Department of Health to enter Phase 2 of Gov. The Washington state Department of Health said Walla Walla is one of three counties announced for approval this morning. Walla Walla joins neighbors in Columbia County to the north and Umatilla County across the Oregon state line as it eases…

May 27– The Michigan Court of Appeals remanded a case to the Ionia County Eighth Circuit Court to correct a restitution order for a man convicted of taking funds from an Ionia County funeral home. Schrauben contended the order improperly awarded Michael Lehman restitution instead of awarding restitution to certain insurers or individual clients of Lehman…

May 27– NEW ALBANY– Several New Albany businesses suffered damage in a fire that broke out Tuesday night in a strip mall along State Street. New Albany Fire Chief Matthew Juliot said the calls came in at around 8:14 p.m. of a fire in the 2400 block of State Street and fire crews arrived around 8:19 p.m.. No injuries were reported, and despite significant damage to…

May 27– Earlier this month, Joseph Boughter had a question about why he couldn't order masks from a supply catalog offered through his Medicare plan. She works in Spokane with Community Health Plan of Washington, a nonprofit insurer for Medicare and Medicaid, also called Apple Health. “If you go to Costco or anywhere, just to get into the store you need a mask.

May 27– Reopening a community pool is not as simple as unlocking the gates after Gov. Henry McMaster issued guidance for their reopening. Homeowner associations not just in South Carolina face significant legal and financial threats if they reopen their pools without fully understanding their insurance policies and other risks they may face.

May 27– Avera Health announced Wednesday it has promoted Avera Queen of Peace Regional President and CEO Tom Clark as the health care organization's new chief strategy and growth officer. Clark told The Daily Republic in an interview he accepted the job on Monday. The position is a new creation by Avera Health CEO Bob Sutton, who sought to restructure the…

May 27– On Monday, golf carts officially start rolling near– but not in– downtown Ocala. Still, golf cart owners are free to navigate a swath of southeast Ocala, including most of the historic district. The $30 cost of the registration offsets the cost of maintaining the information that law enforcement will use to determine ownership in the event of an accident or…

AMMAN, Jordan, 27 May 2020/ PRNewswire Policy/– IFC, a member of the World Bank Group, is providing a financing package of up to $30 million for the completion and expansion of Abdali Hospital, a 200- bed modern multi-specialty hospital, helping improve the quality and availability of health care for people in Jordan and patients from conflict-affected parts of the…

—President Donald Trump tangled the facts when he asserted Tuesday at a White House Rose Garden event that“ Obamacare” raised prescription drug costs for older people— the opposite is true. Trump also misfired by taunting Democratic presidential rival Joe Biden for supposedly being soft on drug prices. The president was announcing a $35 monthly limit on…

May 27– As if Californians didn't have enough concerns, the pandemic is slowing PG&E's fire-prevention work to a worrisome degree. As soaring temperatures set the region on edge, PG&E will go before U.S. The judge gave PG&E a Thursday deadline to submit a detailed plan for hiring a team to check contractors' tree-trimming and vegetation-removal.

Frontier Communications encourages customers to take readiness steps in advance of the 2020 Atlantic hurricane season, which runs from June 1 through November 30. National Weather Service forecasts are predicting an above-average season likely to produce 13 to 19 named storms, of which 6 to 10 could become hurricanes. Preparing in a calm and organized way…