1. GOP suspends rules, Senate committee pushes through Rep. Tom Price for HHS Secretary
After Senate Democrats Tuesday boycotted a vote on President Donald Trump’s HHS secretary nominee, the finance committee elected to suspend traditional rules Wednesday and push through the nomination to a full Senate vote.
2. 4 things healthcare leaders should know about Trump’s Supreme Court nominee
President Donald Trump nominated Neil Gorsuch, PhD, a judge in the 10th Circuit Court of Appeals in Colorado, to fill the seat of late U.S. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia.
3. Former Tenet executive indicted for alleged role in $400M fraud scheme
A former executive of Dallas-based Tenet Healthcare was charged with paying kickbacks for patient referrals and misleading federal authorities, according to the Department of Justice.
4. ACA ‘repair’ more accurate than ‘repeal,’ GOP says
Some senators and representatives have begun to adopt a more nuanced rhetoric in place of the “repeal and replace” motto that has prevailed since President Donald Trump was elected, according to The Hill. This may be a move to better align the public’s expectation with reality. Republicans currently plan to repeal unpopular portions of the law through the budget reconciliation process, which is limited to only budget-related provisions.
5. Cleveland Clinic intern barred from US entry sues Trump administration
Suha Abushamma, MD, a first-year internal medical resident at the Cleveland Clinic and a Sudanese citizen, is suing the Trump administration after she was detained and unable to reenter the U.S. over the weekend due to President Donald Trump’s executive order on immigration, according to ProPublica.
6. Hundreds of Cleveland Clinic, Harvard physicians protest events at Trump’s Mar-a-Lago resort
Hundreds of medical students, physicians, nurses and researchers opposed to President Donald Trump’s immigration restrictions are urging the leaders of Cleveland Clinic and Boston-based Dana-Farber Cancer Institute to cancel their respective fundraisers at President Trump’s Mar-a-Lago Club in Florida.
7. 10 scabies cases reported at second Kettering Health hospital
As Kettering (Ohio) Medical Center deals with a growing scabies outbreak, at least 10 cases of scabies were confirmed at Sycamore Medical Center in Miamisburg, Ohio, which is also part of Dayton, Ohio-based Kettering Health Network, according to local news reports.
8. Cut 2 regulations for every new 1: How Trump’s latest executive order may affect healthcare
President Donald Trump issued an executive order Monday aimed at eliminating two federal regulations for every new one — an order that has the potential to significantly cut or confuse healthcare regulation.
9. Banner Health to restructure operations; high-level jobs affected
Phoenix-based Banner Health is restructuring operations, and some management and corporate positions are being cut as part of the process, according to the Phoenix Business Journal.
10. Healthcare adds 18k jobs in January
The healthcare industry added 18,300 jobs last month, with hospitals contributing 4,200 to that total, according to the most recent jobs report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
11. Houston hospitals are ready to rumble on Super Bowl Sunday
With national events like the World Series or Super Bowl, hospitals in host cities expect and prepare for large crowds and an uptick in emergency visits. In contrast to the North Side of Chicago (which hosted its first World Series Game since 1945 last year), the 2017 Super Bowl is far from Houston’s first rodeo.
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