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Expert's complaint against Florida guardian Rebecca Fierle was ignored for years before scandal erupted

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Orlando Sentinel - Marci Elliott was a member of the Orange County's Guardianship Examining Committee, a group made up of medical professionals and other experts who determine whether someone is incapacitated, meaning they can't care for themselves or their property .Based on her evaluation and statements from Connie Rae Tibbetts' estranged children, Elliott determined Tibbetts needed to be under constant supervision, which cleared the way for Rebecca Fierle to become her court-appointed guardian. It was a decision Elliott would later regret.

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India Times - Odisha State Medical Corporation Limited (OSMCL), a state government owned company, will procure sanitary napkins worth Rs 75 crore under Khushi schem

Howard County Sheriff's vehicle collides with Sam's Package Store

Midland doctor loses temporary medical license

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KWES NBC Odessa - D'Agostino could still lose his primary medical license if he fails to meet requirements.

Surveillance video captures dog attack at Tampa home leaving dog hurt, owner with medical bills

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WFTS ABC Tampa - A family's doorbell surveillance system captures a scary moment as a loose dog attacks the homeowner's pets. The intense encounter forced the homeowner to get a shot, pay more than $200 in medical bills and left him wondering who the stranger is caught on his Ring camera.

THE HEALTHCARE PAYMENTS REPORT: The strategies payments leaders are using to take advantage of the $3.7 trillion opportunity in US healthcare

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Business Insider - This is a preview of THE HEALTHCARE PAYMENTS REPORT from Business Insider Intelligence. Business Insider Intelligence offers even more healthcare coverage with Digital Health Pro. Subscribe today to receive industry-changing digital health news and analysis to your inbox. The US healthcare payments market is enormous: Healthcare expenditure hit $3.65 trillion in 2018, per projections from CMS, and this spending is only expected to accelerate. But the industry is at a tipping point. Better-informed and more critical customers, along with a push to combat the complex and opaque medical billing process, are creating demand for innovation in the healthcare payments space. Despite a titanic market size and room for innovation, digital transformation is occurring incrementally at best. In fact, 90% of healthcare providers still leverage paper and manual processes for collections, according to data from a report commissioned by InstaMed and compiled by Qualtrics. And even when healthca

A Doctor Shortage Is Looming, and a Clinton-Era Policy Is Partly to Blame

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OpEdNews - QuickLink: A Doctor Shortage Is Looming, and a Clinton-Era Policy Is Partly to Blame - The U.S. is projected to experience a shortage of 46,900 to 121,900 physicians by 2032.Antiquated funding restrictions for medical apprenticeships could worsen an already devastating burnout crisis.Clinton and a Republican-controlled Congress negotiated the Balanced Budget Act of 1997, which aimed to balance the federal ledgers by 2002, and enacted a number of reforms aimed at squeezing cost savings from Medicare.One of these provisions sought to cap the number of medical school graduates apprenticing as residents in U.S. teaching hospitals. How could such a provision make it through Congress? Lawmakers received cover from the American Medical Association (AMA), the Association of American Medical Colleges, and other major stakeholders in American medicine who endorsed caps on funding for residents and other graduate medical education programs.

Residents look for transparency after Scituate police chief put on leave

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Lincoln Valley Breeze - SCITUATE ? Police Chief Donald Delaere remains on temporary paid administrative leave due to claimed medical issues, a status that started at 1 p.m.

Good Shepherd Community Clinic expands access with full-time dentist

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The Ardmoreite - The Good Shepherd Community Clinic is expanding access to low-income adult and pediatric dental care with the addition of a new, full-time dentist.Over the last 23 years, the clinic has grown from a small volunteer clinic serving 85 medical and dental patients to a full-time Community Health Center serving over 3,000, CEO Teresa Myers said.With Dr. Terrick Washington serving as Good Shepherd's first-ever full-time dentist, the clinic will now be able to address dental needs more

Cause of death released of woman who died following Cleveland Marathon

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WJW FOX Cleveland - CLEVELAND? The Cuyahoga County Medical Examiner's Office released the cause of death for the woman who died following this year's Rite Aid Cleveland Marathon. Taylor Ceepo, 22, collapsed less than a mile from the finish line on May 19. She was rushed to University Hospitals, where she passed away, surrounding by her mother and boyfriend. The medical examiner's office said the cause was sudden cardiac death in association with physical exertion, pseudoephedrine use and cardiomyopathy Ceepo was a recent graduate

Colorado woman avoids prison in 1-year-old daughter's death

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Washington Times - FOUNTAIN, Colo. (AP) - A Colorado woman who pleaded guilty to negligent homicide for failing to get medical help for her young daughter's head injury has been sentenced to three years in a halfway house. Lauren Olivia Sierra was sentenced Friday for the death of Sophia Fundora last August at ...

Delta Medical welcomes new nurse practitioner

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Oneida Daily Dispatch - Rome, N.Y. ? Nurse Practitioner Elizabeth (Liz) Scialdone, FNP-C, has joined the staff of Delta Medical and is accepting new patients.

HMC dedicates statue in memory of Haney

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Chillicothe Constitution-Tribune - Earlier this week a short dedication ceremony was held at Hedrick Medical Center for a statue in honor of former Chillicothe Mayor Charles "Chuck" Haney, who was a tireless advocate for and supporter of the new hospital, both personally and as mayor. "We were honored to have his children Kathy Haney Carlton and Kevin Haney in attendance as well as City officials, friends and hospital staff," said Steve Schieber, Hedrick Medical Center CEO. The statue is located in The

Another death tied to faulty care reported at Texas hospital

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AP - HOUSTON (AP) - Officials have reported another patient death in a Houston medical complex, the fourth such death in the last eight months due to apparent deficiencies in care. The Houston Chronicle reports the patient died at Ben Taub Hospital July 16 nearly eight hours after arriving at its emergency ...

Deadly overnight shooting in High Point

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WXII NBC Winston-Salem - A man died as a result of injuries from the shooting prior to the traffic crash, according to medical personnel.

Woman dies by suicide at Charlotte hospital parking deck after SWAT responded, police say

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WGHP FOX High Point - CHARLOTTE, N.C. - Police said a woman died by suicide after a SWAT situation unfolded Friday night in the parking deck of Atrium Health-Carolinas Medical center in Dilworth in south Charlotte, WSOC reports.

Bengaluru: Medical students garland farmer's body in gratitude

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India Times - In a heart rendering incident, medical students of Shridevi Institute of Medical Sciences and Research Hospital in Tumakuru garlanded a farmer's dead

Multiple motorcycle accident on Route 8

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Glens Falls Post-Star - HAGUE ? Two medical helicopters are on route to a multiple motorcycle accident on Route 8 and Graphite Mountain Road, according to the Warren County Sheriff's Office.

Letter: Child Endangerment not being prosecuted by Pima County DA

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Arizona Daily Star - Since 2001 about 3,000 skeletal remains of "migrants" have been found in the desert and documented by the Pima County Medical Examiner's Office. The desert is a dangerous place, especially

New tumor-fighting technology debuts at Atrium Medical Center

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Journal-News - A new linear accelerator at Atrium Medical Center in Middletown gives area cancer patients access to...
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