Over the weekend, the impact of the coronavirus pandemic hit a staggering milestone: 10 million have been infected worldwide and 500,000 have died. In the U.S., infections exceed 2.5 million…
In a letter to Vice President Pence and House Speaker Pelosi last week, the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission conveyed its annual report to Congress: “Medicare and the Health Care Delivery…
Last weekend, Susan Bailey, M.D., an allergist and immunologist from Fort Worth, Texas, was sworn in as the 175th President of the American Medical Association (AMA) at its virtual House…
According to the American Hospital Association, 57% of the 5198 non-federal, short-term community hospitals in the U.S. operate as private, nonprofit organizations. 25% operate as for-profit and 19% are owned…
On March 14, Surgeon General Jerome Adams urged a widespread halt of hospital elective procedures amid mounting concern that the health system did not have enough beds to manage a…