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Senators push IRS to launch nonprofit hospital probe

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WASHINGTON — A bipartisan group of senators wants federal tax regulators to probe nonprofit hospitals’ compliance with community benefit requirements, ratcheting up a longtime campaign to hold the tax-exempt providers accountable. Nonprofit hospitals are often subsidized by state or federal funding and exempt from many taxes.

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STAT+: Sudden cardiac arrest requires luck to survive. Scientists hope to turn those odds around

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By definition, sudden cardiac arrest seems to come out of nowhere. The less fortunate face terrible odds: survival rates for cardiac arrest outside a hospital have remained stuck at 10% for decades. At last, researchers are making headway on a problem that kills more than 400,000 Americans every year.

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STAT+: Experts critique flawed system for monitoring drugs’ side effects in wake of asthma drug report

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” said Ameet Sarpatwari, the assistant director of the Program on Regulation, Therapeutics, and Law at Brigham and Women’s Hospital. Ideally, he said, the FDA should be able to both stay on top of safety concerns and avoid unnecessarily restricting access to drugs. “Are we at the right balance?

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The Febrile Infant: Incorporating the 2021 American Academy of Pediatrics guidelines

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The goal remains to identify infants with bacterial infections in this at-risk cohort of patients while also considering the balance of cost-effectiveness on a population scale and the potential for iatrogenic harm with evaluation such as unnecessary lumbar punctures, unnecessary antibiotics, and unnecessary hospitalization. No LP needed.

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Readmission Definition: What to Know About This Hospital Concept

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FDA approves innovative monotherapy for treatment-resistant depression

European Pharmaceutical Review

The post FDA approves innovative monotherapy for treatment-resistant depression appeared first on European Pharmaceutical Review.

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Towards a healthier, more equitable and innovative Indian healthcare sector

Express Pharma

The increased funding for Ayushman Bharat is a definite step towards moving closer to universal health coverage, and such coverage should include modern treatments such as TAVI/ TAVR involving valve implantation or replacement.