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Medicare trustees project hospital fund to run out in 2026, same deadline as year before

Fierce Healthcare

Medicare trustees project hospital fund to run out in 2026, same deadline as year before. Tue, 08/31/2021 - 17:02.

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Opinion: HHS’s proposed rule pays lip service to addressing the climate crisis, the greatest threat to human health

STAT

Even assuming that all of these hospitals voluntarily report their greenhouse gas emissions, they constitute a trivial amount of one of the world’s largest sources of such emissions, making up nearly 9% of total annual U.S. greenhouse gas emissions and 4.5% of the total worldwide , along with an equal amount of toxic air pollutants.

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Fierce Healthcare

The committee voted in favor of a draft recommendation to Congress that advocates for inpatient and outpatient increases as specified in current law plus an additional 1% in 2026. It also backed a $4 billion increase to a pool of funds for safety-net hospitals by adjusting how that money is distributed.

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STAT+: Pharmalittle: We’re reading about pharma patent maneuvers, the U.S. warning J&J, and more

STAT

government agency has threatened Johnson & Johnson with sanctions if the company proceeds with plans to alter payment methods for some hospitals that participate in a federal drug discount program , STAT reports. We hope you have a wonderful day, and please do keep in touch. … A U.S.

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Impact of pharmacist independent prescribing on UK hospital practice highlighted by CPhO

Hospital Pharmacy Europe

Speaking at the Royal Pharmaceutical Society’s Annual Conference 2023, David Webb, CPhO for England said that the profession also needs to be thinking about what kind of change independent prescribing will bring to hospital practice from 2026. Posing the question of ’what will pharmacist prescribers bring to the table?’,

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Government progress on pharmacy in England ‘requires improvement’

Hospital Pharmacy Europe

Progress on Government commitments to support both hospital and community pharmacy services in England ‘require improvement’, an expert panel commissioned by the parliamentary Health and Social Care Committee has found.

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Long-term data indicates “significant” potential of aGvHD microbiome treatment

European Pharmaceutical Review

Notably, these results are achieved with just three doses in less than two weeks of treatment initiation,” Dr Florent Malard , Professor of Haematology at Saint-Antoine Hospital and Sorbonne University in Paris commented. This effect is coupled with reduced toxicity compared to standard immunosuppressive drugs.