4+ day, 6+ hour ago   (603+ words) MINNESOTA (Minnesota Reformer) – A Minnesota assisted living facility was able to score average ratings from the state on resident health, safety and staffing, despite five separate incidents in two years that led to one resident death and four hospitalizations. That’s…...

6+ day, 5+ hour ago   (351+ words) MINNESOTA (MinnPost) – After more than a year of contract negotiations and on the heels of a one-day strike in early July, Allina Health hospice nurses are set to strike for one week starting September 11 after union members said the hospital…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (197+ words) Sept 1 (Reuters) – UnitedHealth’s insurance unit said on Tuesday that a broad range of conditions will no longer need prior approval, ​effective October 1, as it aims to ‌eliminate prior authorization for 30% of healthcare services by the end of this year. • The…...

2+ week, 5+ hour ago   (168+ words) The Mighty 790 KFGO Midwest growers urged to watch for red crown rot as disease expands northward Soybean farmers seeing signs of sudden death syndrome are being urged to inspect plants closely for red crown rot, an emerging disease that can…...

2+ week, 15+ hour ago   (455+ words) ROBBINSDALE, Minn. (Minnesota Reformer) – South Dakota-based Sanford Health may move forward in acquiring North Memorial Health next month after the hospital systems signed a 10-year oversight agreement with the Minnesota Attorney General’s Office. “We’ve talked about the financial concerns of…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (802+ words) PIERRE, S.D. (South Dakota Searchlight) – State healthcare officials told South Dakota lawmakers this week that coordination among neighboring communities could strengthen local emergency medical services that are struggling with staffing and funding. “This is truly critical to the transformation of EMS…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (515+ words) Aug 26 (Reuters) – Taylor Farms, the produce company at the center of a U.S. cyclospora outbreak, frequently failed to submit federally required workplace injury logs in recent years, including for at least four facilities where workers suffered fatal or otherwise serious injuries,…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (304+ words) The North Dakota Capitol building BISMARCK, N.D. (North Dakota Monitor) – A data breach made public Monday by the North Dakota Department of Health and Human Services may have exposed health information of people receiving developmental disability services. A phishing email attack…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (356+ words) The Mighty 790 KFGO USDA announces Harvest to Hallways initiative to invest in child nutrition programs Screen capture: USDA Live Today, U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke L. Rollins and Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced sweeping new efforts to strengthen…...

3+ week, 9+ hour ago   (276+ words) Aug 24 (Reuters) – GSK said on Monday its experimental chronic hepatitis B drug received its first global approval in Japan, and a key cancer therapy ​was granted a priority U.S. regulatory review as ‌a possible rectal cancer treatment. • The British…...