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Mackenzie Bean for Becker’s Hospital Review Kentucky has the highest cancer mortality rate of all U.S. states, according to a ranking from the Kaiser Family Foundation. The ranking is based on 1999-2018 data on underlying and multiple causes of death from the CDC’s Wonder Online Database. In 2018, the nation’s age-adjusted cancer death rate was…
Jayme Fraser and Matt Wynn for USA TODAY No state in the U.S. will have enough room to treat novel coronavirus patients if the surge in severe cases here mirrors that in other countries. A USA TODAY analysis shows that if the nation sees a major spike, there could be almost six seriously ill patients…
How to use ICD-10-CM, new lab testing codes for COVID-19 from the AAP Division of Health Care Finance The introduction of 2019-nCoV Coronavirus, SARS-CoV-2/2019-nCoV (COVID-19) in the United States has produced an influx of patients into the health care system. While knowing how to diagnose and treat these patients is vital, being able to appropriately…
Christina Farr for CNBC Amazon Care, the company’s virtual medical clinic for employees, is in talks with local public health organizations about using its logistics expertise to help deliver at-home coronavirus testing kits to people’s homes in the Seattle area. The discussions have been going on for more than a week, say three people with…
By Jeff Lagasse for Healthcare Finance The net cost of prescription drugs — meaning sticker price minus manufacturer discounts — rose more than three times faster than the rate of inflation over the course of a decade, according to a study published in JAMA. It’s the first analysis to report trends in net drug costs for…