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Denials of Health Insurance Claims Are Rising — And Getting Weirder — KFF Health News The Department of Health and Human Services is tasked with monitoring denials both by Obamacare health plans and those offered through employers and insurers. As insurers’ denials become more common, they sometimes defy not just medical standards of care but sheer logic. Why hasn’t the agency fu...

As we mature, many of us may need the care offered by nursing homes. Do we want the places we reside in to have little are no oversight?
SAS the nurse

Where are the inspectors? How a lack of nursing home oversight is endangering residents. — USA TODAY States report vacancy rates as high as 83% for nursing home inspectors, putting residents at risk, according to a new congressional investigation.

Thanks a lot, deciding to get a colonoscopy is something many of us like to put off. Now we may have others in the process and decision. 🤔
Sharon the nurse

'Stunning' change to United's colonoscopy coverage roils physicians and patients For patients who have undiagnosed cancer, a months-long delay due to new prior authorization requirements for colonoscopies could be disastrous.

More info about Nurses leaving bedside nursing.

NCSBN Research Projects Significant Nursing Workforce Shortages and Crisis | NCSBN The National Council of State Boards of Nursing (NCSBN) is a not-for-profit organization whose purpose is to provide an organization through which boards of nursing act and counsel together on matters of common interest and concern affecting the public health, safety and welfare, including the devel...

If you are one of the 33%, what are doing when you leave? Is it just bedside nursing you are leaving?
SAS the nurse

Nearly a third of nurses nationwide say they are likely to leave the profession — NPR Unions representing nurses say the findings from the latest AMN Healthcare survey are not a surprise. The nurses unions have long warned about problems facing the profession.

How People With Dementia Make Sense of the World — The Atlantic The human brain has a way of creating logic, even when it’s drifting from reality.

My ophthalmologist sent out notice about problem with a type of eye drop. Made me think, maybe I should check for all old eye drops used but not discarded. Could they be suspect also....🤔
SAS the Nurse

Manufacturer recalls eye drops after possible link to bacterial infections — NPR EzriCare artificial tears are suspected to be the cause of an outbreak of the VIM-GES-CRPA strain of Pseudomonas aeruginosa, which the CDC said is the first outbreak of its kind in the U.S.

Does anyone remember giving ASA viridis for pain control? Green ASA suppose to work better...

How does the placebo effect take hold? A doctor explains 2 influential factors — Inverse In this book excerpt, Kathryn Hall, an expert on placebos, considers the ways that expectations and learning affect our response to them.

The Symptoms Of COVID Variant XBB That Doctors Are Seeing Right Now — HuffPost Pay attention to these common signs of infection.

‘Eight hours’ sleep! And you must eat breakfast!’ The truth behind 10 of the biggest health beliefs — Guardian US Should we really be aiming to walk 10,000 steps a day, or drink two litres of water? Time to sift fact from fiction

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Travel nurses took high-paying jobs during Covid. But then their pay was slashed, sometimes in half. — NBC News Nurses attracted by talk of high wages found themselves far from home with their salaries cut at renewal time. But a series of lawsuits are pushing back.