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08/11/2020 - Modern Healthcare by: Michael Brady
WASHINGTON, DC - The Trump administration should quickly approve changes to physician self-referral and anti-kickback rules, more than 120 healthcare organizations, trade groups, suppliers and vendors said in a letter Wednesday.
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08/11/2020 - The Associated Press
CHARLESTON, WV - West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice said Monday the state must find a way to retest residents and staff at nursing homes and people at state correctional facilities for the coronavirus after recent outbreaks.
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08/10/2020 - The Associated Press
WASHINGTON, DC - President Donald Trump has bypassed the nation's lawmakers as he claimed the authority to defer payroll taxes that fund Medicare and replace an expired unemployment benefit with a lower amount after negotiations with Congress on a new coronavirus rescue package collapsed.
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08/10/2020 - The Hill by: Justin Wise
WASHINGTON, DC - At least 97,000 children in the United States tested positive for the novel coronavirus during the final two weeks of July, a new report from the American Academy of Pediatrics and the Children’s Hospital Association found.
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08/10/2020 - Modern Healthcare by: Ginger Christ
WASHINGTON, DC - On a Thursday morning early in the pandemic, Providence Senior Vice President and Chief Value Officer Jennifer Bayersdorfer and her team met with officials at Kaas Tailored to craft a way to work with the Mukilteo, Wash.-based upholstery manufacturer on personal protective equipment.
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08/10/2020 - WVNews
MORGANTOWN, WV - Sound financial management practices have once again earned a BBB+ bond rating for Mon Health System from Fitch Ratings.
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08/10/2020 - Charleston Gazette-Mail by: Lacie Pierson
WASHINGTON, DC - Federal lawmakers could vote on a COVID-19 economic relief package as early as Wednesday, but West Virginia lawmakers and advocates for the poor and unemployed are concerned the bill still might be too little too late for people in the Mountain State.
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