Walmart said clinics are not a sustainable business model due to a challenging reimbursement environment for primary care and increasing operating costs.
As lawmakers debate work requirements in Medicaid expansion bills, Walker faces a Catch-22: she first needs health insurance to get healthy enough to be able to return to work.
The changes aim to bolster pay for providers — many of them low-income immigrants — and require higher minimum staffing levels.
The provincial government is sending nearly $2 million to Windsor-Essex to connect more people with primary care teams through the Canadian Mental Health Association. “Primary care is the backbone of our universal healthcare system,” said Nicole Sbrocca, CEO of the CMHA’s Windsor-Essex branch. “They are the foundation, they are the entry point. So it’s wonderful […]
Planned Parenthood’s 2022-2023 annual report is out. Unlike last year’s annual report, now we’re finally able to see how the 2022 Dobbs decision overturning Roe Read More
The Iowa Supreme Court sided with the University of Iowa Stead Family Children’s Hospital Friday in its decision to reverse a $12.7 million judgment to Modern Piping for its claim the hospital violated its contract with the company. Based in Cedar Rapids, Modern Piping was contracted in 2013 as the mechanical contractor for work on
Decaffeinated drinks have been shown to reduce bladder and bowel urgency in those with an overactive bladder or incontinence.
EDEN CONFIDENTIAL: Harry Enfield's latest creative effort has been condemned not merely as 'perfectly foul', but as 'harmful' and 'damaging'.
The move, which has not been finalized, would drop three large health plans run for two decades by nonprofit children’s hospitals.
The Care Inspectorate (CI) report marked Care UK’s Cairdean House, on Redford Road, as ‘very good’ and ‘good’ in all categories. The home was awarded a ‘very good’ rating in supporting people’s wellbeing and leadership, and ‘good’ in the categories relating to team members, the setting, and planning care and support. Inspectors praised the team at Cairdean House for their warm, gentle and encouraging care. One family member said: “Carers are professional, respectful and caring”, and another...
A derelict school in Livingston is set to be knocked down as part of a plan to build 47 homes. Cedarbank School, which caters for pupils with additional needs, relocated in 2022. Its former home just off Ladywell East Road was left vacant as a result with many locals feeling the abandoned site is an eyesore. Springfield Partnerships has submitted plans to West Lothian Council for a development of affordable two-bedroom apartments. The project also includes a large green space, benches, parking...
There’s a new mobile dental-care program making the rounds in Toronto. Toronto Public Health has two vans with built-in dental clinics that are travelling around the city to provide care to seniors in 10 long-term care homes operated by the city. “Everything is on site, so it’s accessible, it’s timely and it’s free,” Dr. Karen Lee, a dentist with the mobile team, told CTV News Toronto Monday following an announcement about the program. The vans are equipped to handle patients using...