Mayo Clinic, the Florida Department of Health, and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention are working closely in Jacksonville, Fla., to access which patients treated at Mayo should proceed with follow-up testing after risk of exposure to hepatitis C,…
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CMS Administrator Don Berwick, MD, has declined a request from Sen. Charles Grassley (R-Iowa) to provide a list people who donated to the Institute for Healthcare Improvement, which Dr. Berwick headed before his CMS appointment, according to the Hill.
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