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STAT+: HCA reports almost $1 billion more in charity care to Medicare than to its shareholders, drawing more taxpayer money

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The country’s biggest hospital chain, HCA Healthcare , told the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services it doled out almost $1 billion more in financial assistance to needy patients than it reported on its financial statement in 2022, helping the enormously profitable company extract billions of dollars from taxpayer-funded programs.

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Episode 916: The 4 categories of interventions to treat medication overdose and why antidote is not #1

Pharmacy Joe

In this episode, I’ll discuss the 4 categories of interventions to treat medication overdose and why antidote is not #1. To join the Hospital Pharmacy Academy go to pharmacyjoe.com/academy.

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Category of Prescribers in Malaysia MOH Settings

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Introduction The drug prescribing system in government hospitals and clinics is categorized into different prescriber categories, as outlined in the Ministry of Health Medicines Formulary. Budget Control The prescriber category system also serves to control the expenditure related to drugs procurement.

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Free Hospital Medicine MOC Board Review Questions

Board Vitals - Pharmacist

Are you ready for your Hospital Medicine MOC Board Exam? After you’re done, see how many of our Hospital Medicine board review questions you answered correctly and brush up on those that you might have gotten wrong. A 67-year-old man who was admitted for a fever of unknown etiology develops shingles during this hospital admission.

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STAT+: EQRx abandons business plan around drug pricing, cuts jobs and programs

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The company’s original business plan was to create new medicines in the same categories as high-priced cancer and specialty drugs and to sell them at lower prices through a “global buyers club” that included insurers and hospitals.

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Hospital Pharmacy FAQ

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What can I expect once I entered hospital provisional registered pharmacist training? In most hospitals, you first introduction to your workplace is through an induction period during which you are shown many different areas and meet many new people. What is the career pathway of a government hospital pharmacist?

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Episode 688: The 4 categories of interventions to treat medication overdose and why antidote is not #1

Pharmacy Joe

In this episode, I’ll discuss the 4 categories of interventions to treat medication overdose and why antidote is not #1. To join the Hospital Pharmacy Academy go to pharmacyjoe.com/academy.