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10+ hour, 42+ min ago   (596+ words) Private Healthcare Australia has welcomed the Government's move to address excessive fees charged by specialist doctors with a range of potential measures including caps on fees and incentives to encourage more bulk billing. But PHA says the Government must go…...

4+ hour, 52+ min ago   (461+ words) Alarming findings have been revealed about the growing demand for, and cost of, adult care in Herefordshire. Between financial years 2022/23 and 2024/25, the number of adults receiving long-term care support in Herefordshire rose by 10 per cent, from 2,030 to 2,239, "and has continued…...

3+ hour, 52+ min ago   (290+ words) OKLAHOMA CITY — More than half of Oklahoma’s hospitals don’t have enough money coming in to cover their expenses, and some may be near a breaking point, according to a new report that finds 18 may not survive much longer and 45 are…...

8+ hour, 35+ min ago   (280+ words) ScienceSoft, a McKinney, Texas-based IT consulting and software development firm, has published research projecting that by 2028, 60% to 80% of new policies and renewals in errors and omissions, directors and officers, employment practices liability, and cyber insurance will factor AI risk into…...

6+ hour, 22+ min ago   (23+ words) Enrollees in Arkansas Medicaid’s expansion program give it mixed reviews The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette Enrollees in Arkansas Medicaid’s expansion program give it mixed reviews...

8+ hour, 45+ min ago   (448+ words) The Connecticut Insurance Department has finalized 2027 rate decisions for fully insured individual and small group health plans, approving an average 11.3% increase in the individual market and 15.1% in the small group market. Both figures came in below what insurers originally requested,…...

5+ hour, 11+ min ago   (437+ words) The only doctor at an Auckland medical centre which was criticised by the public for allegedly refusing to help a man who lay dying on the footpath nearby says he was "unaware" of what was happening. A man died on…...

7+ hour, 22+ min ago   (346+ words) An incentive of $10,000 would be offered to doctors, nurses, midwives and allied health professionals who agree to move to the regions under a Nationals plan to tackle workforce shortages. Victorian Allied Health Professionals Association’s Shepparton-based delegate Lyndall Bigland described the…...

11+ hour, 53+ min ago   (296+ words) Private healthcare providers have come under the spotlight following a blistering retail investigation by the country’s consumer watchdog. The probe, triggered by a consumer complaint, revealed that a prominent private hospital pharmacy in Suva allegedly quoted $820 for a routine three-month…...

7+ hour, 22+ min ago   (501+ words) When you live west of the Blue Mountains, you accept certain trade-offs as the price of enjoying regional life. You trade away traffic gridlock for open space, and city density for a genuine sense of community. But there is one…...