Transgender Veterans Sue to Have Gender-Affirming Surgery Covered by VA
A group of transgender veterans filed a lawsuit Thursday seeking to force the Department of Veterans Affairs to begin providing and paying for gender-affirming surgeries. The lawsuit from the Transgender American Veterans Association seeks to compel the VA to codify in its regulations verbal assurances the department has made that it would begin providing those […]
Department Promoting “Medical Home” Care Approach – Wyoming Department of Health
Department Promoting “Medical Home” Care Approach January 24, 2024 Wyoming Medicaid, part of the Wyoming Department of Health (WDH), is touting the benefits for both patients and providers from what’s known as the patient-centered medical home (PCMH) care model. Dr. Paul Johnson, Wyoming Medicaid medical director with WDH, encourages patients to seek out practices recognized […]
Department Promoting “Medical Home” Care Approach – Wyoming Department of Health
Department Promoting “Medical Home” Care Approach January 24, 2024 Wyoming Medicaid, part of the Wyoming Department of Health (WDH), is touting the benefits for both patients and providers from what’s known as the patient-centered medical home (PCMH) care model. Dr. Paul Johnson, Wyoming Medicaid medical director with WDH, encourages patients to seek out practices recognized […]
Order Records from Department to Duck Extra Costs, Delays – Wyoming Department of Health
Order Records from Department to Duck Extra Costs, Delays November 20, 2023 The Wyoming Department of Health (WDH) says extra costs and frustrating delays can be avoided by only ordering official Wyoming birth, death and other certificates directly from the department. “We frequently receive complaints from people who have used companies that misrepresent themselves as […]
Order Records from Department to Duck Extra Costs, Delays – Wyoming Department of Health
Order Records from Department to Duck Extra Costs, Delays November 20, 2023 The Wyoming Department of Health (WDH) says extra costs and frustrating delays can be avoided by only ordering official Wyoming birth, death and other certificates directly from the department. “We frequently receive complaints from people who have used companies that misrepresent themselves as […]
Wyoming Department of Health Working to Reduce Stillbirths – Wyoming Department of Health
Wyoming Department of Health Working to Reduce Stillbirths November 13, 2023 The Wyoming Department of Health (WDH) is working to help expectant parents learn how paying attention to their baby’s movements can sometimes help prevent stillbirths. Data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) suggests roughly 1 in every 162 pregnancies ends in […]
Suicidal Ideation Common Among Transgender, Gender Diverse Youth in ED
WASHINGTON — A keyword-based search in the electronic medical record (EMR) at an urban emergency department (ED) showed high rates of suicidal ideation among transgender and gender diverse (TGD) youth, according to a retrospective cross-sectional study. In 81% of ED encounters at a single tertiary children’s hospital, TGD youth screened positive on the Ask Suicide-Screening […]
Fancy Nasal Suction Device Makes Little Difference in Infant Bronchiolitis
Babies discharged from the emergency department (ED) for bronchiolitis saw mixed benefits from enhanced nasal suctioning, a randomized trial found. Additional resource use — a composite of unscheduled revisits for bronchiolitis or use of additional suctioning devices for feeding or breathing concerns — occurred in 37.0% of the patients receiving minimal bulb suction compared to […]
Wrongful Death Suit Filed After Patient Waited Hours in Emergency Room Lobby
After a patient died while waiting for care in an emergency department waiting room in Washington state, the woman’s husband has filed suit against the hospital, Providence Regional Medical Center Everett. Sean Costello, individually and on behalf of the estate of Cheyenna Costello, alleged that his wife’s death at the age of 41 in November […]
DOJ Goes After PA for Amniotic Fluid Injections
The Department of Justice (DOJ) has turned its attention to birth tissue products, charging a Texas-based physician assistant with healthcare fraud for allegedly injecting patients with amniotic fluid in a “dubious attempt at pain management,” announced the U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Texas. Ray Anthony Shoulders, PA, allegedly submitted $788,000 in fraudulent claims […]