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A mobile clinic is bringing drug treatment to rural Idaho. The organization Ideal Option's first treatment clinic on wheels is in Rexburg. Ideal Option received a grant from the state to create the roving facility. ...
New York State's new 2024 budget provides some needed relief to hospitals. Along with a Medicaid rate increase, the budget includes $1.4 billion for distressed hospitals. But, provisions ensuring hospitals can afford to provide certain levels of care were left out of the budget. ...
People might picture a defibrillator or stretcher when they think of a first responder. But what about an iPad? South Dakota says a new program shows promise in combining telemedicine with ambulance crews. Next week is National Emergency Medical Services week, and South Dakota officials are touting an initiative that fits first-responder units with technology that allows them to consult with hospital staff while enroute to the Emergency Room. ...
Nurses at Oregon's largest hospital east of the Cascades are voting this week on whether to authorize a strike. Frustrated by five months of union negotiations which have yet to yield a contract, nearly 1,000 nurses at Saint Charles Bend are holding a strike authorization vote through Sunday. Joel Hernandez, registered nurse at St. ...
House Republicans continue to push Medicaid work requirements in negotiations over the federal debt ceiling. In Ohio, one group said work requirements create more bureaucracy for people to navigate and do nothing to eliminate barriers to employment. Amy Rohling McGee, president of the Health Policy Institute of Ohio, explained Ohioans already face more barriers to employment and wage growth compared to people in other states. ...