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Arizona Edition: Changing Hospitals' Not-For-Profit Status
WebA proposed joint venture between Yuma Regional Medical Center and hospital management company, LifePoint Health, a holding of the Apollo Management Group, a private equity firm, would change the hospitals' not-for-profit status to a for-profit model.. Today on Arizona Edition, host Lou Gum speaks to Dr. Daniel Derksen, …
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LifePoint CEO says Yuma Regional Medical Center deal good for
WebAnd they say changing YRMC’s non-profit status will put profits ahead of care. But LifePoint CEO David Dill says the proposed deal with YRMC is also a deal with the Yuma community. He says LifePoint will expand healthcare in the region, pay taxes and spark the local economy. Dill tells KAWC’s Victor Calderón that company representatives
Yuma State-Run COVID-19 Vaccination Site Now Open
WebSamantha Navarrete of Yuma receives a COVID-19 vaccine from clinical care nurse Sara Pascarella at the Yuma Civic Center on Monday, March 29, 2021. A state-run “super pod” COVID-19 vaccination site opened Monday at the Yuma Civic Center. More vaccines are arriving in Yuma County and it is getting easier to schedule appointments …
Medicare plans can now cover Wegovy for patients at risk of heart …
WebThe plans may now cover Wegovy when prescribed to prevent heart attacks and strokes, according to a new policy issued this week from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. Wegovy is a GLP-1 agonist, a class of obesity drugs promising a sea change in weight loss. They act on hormones and the brain to drastically reduce …
Arizona Gov. Hobbs sides with doctors and against other medical …
WebCapitol Media Services. PHOENIX -- Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs is siding with doctors and against other medical providers in the latest round of an ongoing dispute over the process the latter group has to through to provide more services to the public. The governor on Friday vetoed SB 1248 which would have eliminated the "sunrise process,'' …
10k more kids in Arizona to qualify for subsidized health care
WebGLENDALE -- Nearly 10,000 Arizona children of the working poor will soon be eligible for subsidized health care. The federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has approved a bid by the state to expand eligibility for its Kids Care program to 225% of the federal poverty level, up from 200%. That translates out to $58,895 for a …
Exceptional Healthcare Holds Groundbreaking For New Yuma …
WebOfficials with Exceptional Healthcare and Yuma city leaders break ground on Exceptional's new hospital on Araby Road on Friday, March 12, 2021. Officials with Exceptional Healthcare broke ground Friday on a new community hospital in Yuma. Exceptional Healthcare, which is based in Texas, is building its second Arizona facility in …
Sunset Health to Offer COVID-19 Drive-Thru Testing in Yuma County
WebSan Luis - Sunset Health Clinic - 815 E. Ceaser Chavez Blvd. (Parking Lot) May 16: 8 a.m. - 12 p.m. You can contact Sunset Health at 928-819-8999. Tags. Yuma County Sunset Community Health Center COVID-19 Sunset Health. Sunset Health clinics throughout Yuma County will offer drive-thru testing for COVID-19 over the next three …
Arizona Gov. Hobbs and Attorney General say state is victim of
WebPHOENIX -- Gov. Katie Hobbs and Attorney General Kris Mayes said Tuesday the state has been the victim of massive fraud in its health care program and blamed their Republican predecessors for ignoring it. The scheme involves "sober living homes'' signing up Native Americans, often on the street, with the promise of treatment.
Yuma Regional Medical Center opens Foothills Medical Plaza
WebYuma Foothills residents will have more medical options with the new Yuma Regional Medical Center Foothills Medical Plaza opening today. YRMC officials say the two-story facility will offer emergency services, primary care, pediatric care, women’s health services, podiatry and imaging services. Ambulatory clinics will open for patients on
Arizona prison system to boost spending and medical staffing
WebBy Bob Christie Capitol Media Services. PHOENIX -- Arizona’s prison system will boost spending and medical staffing for prison healthcare by more than a third as it works to meet a federal judge's orders that it vastly improve treatment of the nearly 25,000 prisoners in state-run prisons, but the move puts added pressure on a state budget that …
Sign Points to New Hospital Construction in Yuma
WebSign Points to New Hospital Construction in Yuma. A sign illustrates a new 24 hospital off of 24 Street and Araby Road in Yuma. If you have passed 24 Street and Araby Road in Yuma lately you may have noticed a sign with a red, white, and blue building on it that reads 'Coming Soon Exceptional Healthcare Community Hospital.'. The cleared …
Cocopah Indian Tribe on COVID-19 Vaccine Rollout, Evaluating
WebAs of Thursday, 691 people have died due to COVID-19 complications in Yuma County. In December, Cocopah leaders wanted to know if tribal members would be interested in the vaccine when it became available so they distributed a survey. Josefina Mercado Chavez heads the survey effort through the Tribal Maintenance Health Program.
COVID-19 Vaccines Now Administered At Fry's Pharmacies In …
WebYuma County residents eligible for the COVID-19 vaccine can turn to Fry's Pharmacies in Yuma to schedule an appointment. Both Fry's Pharmacies locations in Yuma County have partnered with state and local health departments to offer the vaccine to Phase 1B priority groups, however, supply is limited and appointments are filling up, according …
New Yuma Hospital To Break Ground in March
WebTexas-based Exceptional Healthcare announced Wednesday it will start building a 20,000 square foot community hospital in Yuma next month on March 12 in Yuma. The facility carries an $18 million price tag and will include a specialty internal medicine hospital, a 24-hour emergency department, on-site testing and laboratories, inpatient and
The FDA is proposing a ban on hair relaxers with formaldehyde …
WebThe Food and Drug Administration is proposing a ban on using the chemical formaldehyde as an ingredient in hair relaxers, citing its link to cancer and other long-term adverse health effects. The new rule proposed by the federal agency would ban the colorless and highly toxic chemical in high-straightening and hair-smoothing products — …
Where public health stands 4 years after the COVID-19 pandemic …
WebRASCOE: President Trump declared COVID a national emergency on March 13, 2020. That anniversary has come and gone, but COVID continues to affect us as we live alongside the disease. Today on the program, we look ahead at the future of the public health system that COVID pushed to the brink four years ago.
Yuma County Health Director COVID-19 Update
WebListen • 11:08. COVID-19 cases are up in Arizona, driven by the spread of the delta variant. On this Arizona Edition, KAWC’s Lou Gum speaks with Diana Gomez, Director of the Yuma County Health Services District. As state and national leaders debate mask and vaccine policies, Gomez calls both tools to help the community manage the …
How an aging homeless population impacts the fight to end …
WebAri Shapiro has been one of the hosts of All Things Considered, NPR's award-winning afternoon newsmagazine, since 2015. During his first two years on the program, listenership to All Things Considered grew at an unprecedented rate, with more people tuning in during a typical quarter-hour than any other program on the radio.
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