Baptist Health plans hospital expansion

United Healthcare Medicare Advantage plans no longer accepted at Brown University Hospitals

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WLNE) — Starting today, United Healthcare’s Medicare Advantage plans will no longer be accepted at four Brown University Health hospitals. Those include group retiree plans. However, patients under the “Dual Special Needs Plan”...

Health New England to Award $185,000 in Grants to Address Health Equity

SPRINGFIELD — Health New England has committed $185,000 to fund health equity mini-grants to help address health- or healthcare-related needs in Western and Central Mass. Grants of up to $10,000 per organization will be awarded to eligible...

Health Minister presents awards to doctors

Health Minister Ma. Subramanian presented awards to doctors in two separate events held in line with the National Doctors’ Day on Tuesday. At an event organised by the Health department, he presented awards to 50 doctors - 12 each from the...

Healthwatch Telford & Wrekin blindsided by closure plans amidst vital work

Healthwatch Telford & Wrekin has expressed profound disappointment and sadness after being unexpectedly informed by Healthwatch England that the government plans to close all local Healthwatch organisations and Healthwatch England itself. This...

Medicaid, insurance cuts in ‘Big, Beautiful Bill’ will harm Wyoming, health care advocates warn

Over 21,000 Wyomingites get WyoFile delivered straight to their inbox. Join your neighbors and stay informed with the stories shaping Wyoming. At least 12,000 Wyoming residents are projected to lose health coverage if President Donald Trump’s...

Medicaid cuts in Trump’s Big Beautiful Bill could cripple some of Arizona’s rural hospitals

In this 2019 file photo, a nurse performs a checkup at the Patina Wellness Center in Phoenix. (File photo by Ricky Cornish/Cronkite News) WASHINGTON – Large cuts to Medicaid in the massive tax and spending plan that Republicans are finalizing...

Health Minister to brief Parliament on COVID-19 resurgence t...

Health Minister Kwabena Mintah Akandoh is expected to brief Parliament today, Tuesday, July 1, 2025, on the resurgence of COVID-19 in Ghana amid renewed concerns over public health safety. The update, scheduled for 2:00 PM at Parliament House,...

HealthNet Aeromedical Services set to begin celebrating 40th anniversary a year early

CHARLESTON, W.Va. –HealthNet Aeromedical Services, the not-for-profit critical care transport system in West Virginia, is set to begin celebrating its 40th anniversary, one year early. Clinton Burley (Photo: HealthNet Aeromedical Services website)...

Nutrition leads the conversation in health strategy conference

Created: Jul 01, 2025 06:45 PM Kim Wilson, the health minister, leads a conference for Bermuda’s national health and wellness strategy (Photograph supplied) A national health conference last week laid the framework for an island-wide public health...

Health Minister confirms 107 COVID-19 cases at University of Ghana

The Minister of Health, Kwabena Mintah Akandoh has confirmed 107 cases of COVID-19 at the University of Ghana, with an additional 316 suspected cases currently under investigation. Addressing Parliament on Tuesday, July 1, 2025, Mr Akandoh...

Medicare vs. Medicaid: What to know after cuts pass the Senate

The Senate narrowly approved President Donald Trump's massive legislation package on Tuesday, July 1, which includes the largest cuts to Medicaid in history. The so-called "One, Big Beautiful Bill," spanning over 900 pages, cuts funding to several...

Medicaid cuts will wallop needy Kansans and rural hospitals

In coming weeks, our news feeds will be loaded with stories on the Trump administration’s plan to cut hundreds of billions of dollars from the nation’s Medicaid program. Already, we’ve heard stories about non-U.S. citizens being on the rolls,...

Health bosses launch unwanted medicines campaign

RESIDENTS are being encouraged to return any unwanted medicines to a pharmacy. Health bosses are also calling for people to only order the medicines they need, check their medicines bag before they leave their pharmacy and to tell their GP if they...

Medicaid Work Requirements Are a Short-Term Fix to a Long-Term Problem

Funding for Social Security, Medicaid, and Medicare accounted for 41 percent of federal spending in FY 2024. The One Big Beautiful Bill Act, which is expected to add $3.9 trillion to the federal deficit over the next 10 years, aims to rein in some...

HealthAlliance Hospital in Kingston touts 1,900 catheterizations since cardiac lab opened

KINGSTON, N.Y. — HealthAlliance Hospital has marked the fourth anniversary of the only Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory in Ulster County with a report of 1,900 catheterizations done since it opened. The Mary’s Avenue hospital, whose parent...

Health department issues air quality advisory for fireworks smoke in Lancaster County

LINCOLN, Neb. (KOLN) - The Lincoln-Lancaster County Health Department (LLCHD) issued an air quality advisory Tuesday due to expected high levels of smoke from fireworks. Fireworks may be used in Lincoln from 8 a.m. to 11 p.m. on July 3 and from 8...

Health Department director updates Branson aldermen

The Taney County Health Departments shared a positive report on the community’s health and health care offerings from the county during the Tuesday, June 24 meeting of the Branson Board of Aldermen. TCHD Director Lisa Marshall broke down the...

Medical examiner's office identifies man who died in Beltline crash

MADISON, Wis. -- The Dane County Medical Examiner's Office have identified a Madison man who died in a crash on the Beltline near Todd Drive Friday evening. Yoswer de Jesus Enrique Villalobos Soto, 21, was pronounced dead at a local hospital on...

Healthy Neighborhood Program visiting Cortland residents

CORTLAND, N.Y. (WBNG) -- The Cortland County Health Department said that its Healthy Neighborhoods Program will be visiting residents Officials said the program seeks to reduce the burden of housing-related injury and illness through a holistic,...