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What Is Proposition 23, The Dialysis Clinics Law?

October 12, 2020

LOS ANGELES, CA — California voters can be forgiven a sense of deja vu, having voted down a law governing dialysis clinics just two years ago. But the 2018 measure and this year’s Proposition 23 are fundamentally different.

Voters in 2018 rejected Prop 8, which sought to cap dialysis clinic profits. Proposition 23, focuses on patient safety and clinic oversight.

So what exactly would Prop 23 do?

It would require dialysis clinics to have a doctor or nurse practitioner onhand when patients are being treated, and it would require clinics to report patient infections to the state and federal government. It would also prohibit clinics from closing without state approval and prohibit them turning away patients because of their source of payment.

Opponents of the measure argue that these requirements are unnecessary and costly. Clinics would be forced to close down, and patients will lose access to the care they

L.A. Care Health Plan and Blue Shield of California Promise Health Plan’s Community Resource Centers Offer Free, Drive-Thru Flu Shot Clinics

October 10, 2020

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LOS ANGELES, Oct. 9, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — With the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and fast approaching flu season, there is a growing public health concern about a potential ‘twindemic’ – the spread of flu and COVID-19 at the same time. Health authorities say it is more important than ever to get an annual flu vaccine. To keep communities safe and healthy, L.A. Care Health Plan and Blue Shield of California Promise Health Plan’s network of Community Resource Centers are offering drive-thru flu shot clinics across Los Angeles County – at no cost to plan members and the community.

The flu shot clinics will be held October 9 through November 14 at various locations from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. No appointments are necessary. Flu shots will be given on a first-come, first-served basis and are available while supplies last. Additionally, individuals aged 3 and older who get a flu shot

L.A. Care Health Plan and Blue Shield of California Promise Health Plan’s Community Resource Centers Offer Free, Drive-Thru Flu Shot Clinics | News

October 9, 2020

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LOS ANGELES, Oct. 9, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — With the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and fast approaching flu season, there is a growing public health concern about a potential ‘twindemic’ – the spread of flu and COVID-19 at the same time. Health authorities say it is more important than ever to get an annual flu vaccine. To keep communities safe and healthy, L.A. Care Health Plan and Blue Shield of California Promise Health Plan’s network of Community Resource Centers are offering drive-thru flu shot clinics across Los Angeles County – at no cost to plan members and the community.

The flu shot clinics will be held October 9 through November 14 at various locations from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. No appointments are necessary. Flu shots will be given on a first-come, first-served basis and are available while supplies last. Additionally, individuals aged 3 and older who get a flu shot

Minnesota’s Fairview Health to shutter 16 clinics, cut 900 jobs

October 8, 2020

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M Health Fairview on Monday announced a shake-up that will permanently change the face of Bethesda Rehabilitation Hospital and St. Joseph’s Hospital in St. Paul, shutter 16 of its 56 medical clinics in Minnesota and Wisconsin and reduce its workforce by 900 positions.

James Hereford, M Health Fairview President and CEO, informed the health network’s 34,000 employees at noon on Monday that it will lease Bethesda to Ramsey County, likely for homeless services, and move core hospital services from St. Joe’s to suburban locations.

That does not mean either facility will close. M Health Fairview is in talks with Open Cities, St. Mary’s Clinic and other federally-qualified health centers that serve the poor and underinsured to combine services at St. Joe’s alongside potential new social services and transitional housing there, a dramatic re-imagining of its community programming.

Both moves follow a tumultuous time in the healthcare industry, though intense financial

Somerset Health Department to Hold Flu Vaccination Clinics

October 7, 2020

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Maryland Senate Republicans Leaders Won’t Seek Re-election

Posted: Wednesday, October 7 2020 10:22 AM EDT2020-10-07 14:22:40 GMT

Updated: Wednesday, October 7 2020 10:22 AM EDT2020-10-07 14:22:40 GMT

Maryland Senate Republican leaders say they won’t seek re-election to their minority leader posts.More

Maryland Senate Republican leaders say they won’t seek re-election to their minority leader posts. More

Investigation Underway After Queen Anne’s Home Targeted With Molotov Cocktail

Posted: Wednesday, October 7 2020 10:13 AM EDT2020-10-07 14:13:00 GMT

Updated: Wednesday, October 7 2020 10:13 AM EDT2020-10-07 14:13:00 GMT

(Photo: Maryland State Fire Marshal’s Office)

Authorities have launched an investigation after someone threw a Molotov cocktail at an occupied home in Queen Anne’s County, Md.More

Authorities have launched an investigation after someone threw a

Pandemic’s Fiscal Bite Forces Fairview Health To Close Clinics, Slash Jobs

October 7, 2020

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Others in the news include the nation’s Catholic health system, Hendrick Health System, Shannon Health System, Community Health Systems, New Hanover Regional Medical Center, Novant Health, Walden Biosciences, ARCH Venture Partners, UCB Ventures and Virta Health.

AP:
Fairview Health To Close 16 Clinics, Cut 900 Jobs

A Minneapolis health care system says the coronavirus pandemic has caused deep operating losses, forcing it to close 16 clinics in Minnesota and Wisconsin and reduce its workforce by 900 employees. Fairview Health also plans to shut down Bethesda Hospital in St. Paul that had been handling COVID-19 patients and transfer that care to St. Joseph’s Hospital. Inpatient mental health care will continue at the downtown St. Paul hospital at least through 2021. (10/6)

Modern Healthcare:
Catholic Health System Growth Threatens Patient Access, Advocacy Group Argues

Catholic health system has significantly grown in the U.S. since 2001, a trend that could hamper patients’ ability

East Shore Health Department Announces Public Flu Clinics

October 7, 2020

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Press release from the East Shore Health Department:

Oct 1, 2020

For the first time in this country we will have two viruses circulating at the same time, Covid-19 and Influenza. Every year, the flu sends of thousands of Connecticut residents to the hospital and for some it can be fatal. In order ease the strain on our healthcare system, which is already overburdened by the COVID pandemic. Experts say how these two will interact in the body is an unknown, so the best thing is to use the current effective tool we have to avoid one of them — and that’s the flu vaccine.”

The best plan is to get the vaccine before the virus is likely to hit our area. “We usually see a rise in cases in November and December,” says Rita Foster, Public Health Nurse Supervisor at ESDHD. “We recommend a September-October

MetroWest area health departments are viewing flu clinics as dry runs for COVID-19 vaccine distribution – News – Wicked Local

October 5, 2020

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Cities and towns have been hosting seasonal flu vaccination clinics for decades. But in 2020, as the coronavirus pandemic continues to rage, some health departments are viewing those annual clinics as dry runs for the eventual distribution of a COVID-19 vaccine.

“I am sure that some medical providers, pharmacies, doctor’s offices, they will all be doing it eventually,” Framingham Health Director Sam Wong said of coronavirus vaccine distribution. “But for a good part of the population, I think it’s still going to fall to the local health departments.”

Wong’s guess is based on precedent.

“Looking back on H1N1, it was the local health department that organized and conducted the vaccination for H1N1,” he said. “Even back then, we used our regular seasonal flu clinic operation as a model for the H1N1 clinic. There’s a similarity here.”

Framingham’s seasonal flu clinic is typically hosted at an elementary school, but this summer

M Health Fairview to lease Bethesda Hospital to Ramsey County, reorganize St. Joe’s top to bottom, shutter 16 clinics

October 5, 2020

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Struggling under the weight of pandemic-era financial losses and other industry challenges long in the making, one of the state’s largest healthcare networks will dramatically upend services in St. Paul and beyond, effective almost immediately.

a large building: St. Joseph's Hospital in downtown St. Paul is shown in a July 25, 2017 photo. (Scott Takushi / Pioneer Press)

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St. Joseph’s Hospital in downtown St. Paul is shown in a July 25, 2017 photo. (Scott Takushi / Pioneer Press)

M Health Fairview on Monday announced a shake-up that will permanently change the face of Bethesda Rehabilitation Hospital and St. Joseph’s Hospital in St. Paul, shutter 16 of its 56 medical clinics in Minnesota and Wisconsin and reduce its workforce by 900 positions.

James Hereford, M Health Fairview President and CEO, informed the health network’s 34,000 employees at noon on Monday that it will lease Bethesda to Ramsey County, likely for homeless services, and move core hospital services from St. Joe’s to suburban locations.

That does not

David A. Brenner: How UC San Diego Health Sciences is addressing racism in our classrooms, labs and clinics

October 3, 2020

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Medicine and science are noble endeavors intended for the common good, but both have a history of racist acts, beliefs and behaviors. That past cannot — must not — be the future.

We must be anti-racist, which means we must use every available opportunity to proactively remove the barriers that keep certain racial and ethnic groups from going to medical and graduate school, securing faculty positions and succeeding in their careers. Faculty are now undergoing racial sensitivity/anti-bias training, which the White House has recently moved to ban.

UC San Diego Health Sciences encompasses our health system, School of Medicine, Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences and Herbert Wertheim School of Public Health and Human Longevity Science. We track our performance in student and faculty diversity, equity and inclusion — and know where we are making progress and where we need to improve.

Over the past several years, we’ve been