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An $88.3 million settlement with Ohio has won a health-care company a piece of the state's largest contract in history. Buckeye Health Plan — a subsidiary of Centene, a $111 billion corporation and the largest Medicaid managed-care organization in the country — was added Friday to six firms already awarded shares of the $20 billion deal. Ohio uses private managed-care companies to handle virtually all aspects of the $3 billion Medicaid program, which provides health-care coverage for poor and disabled people. More than one in four Ohioans currently receives Medicaid benefits, including about 1.3 million children. Ohio Medicaid originally deferred its decision on Buckeye's proposal after Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost sued Centene and related entities, saying the companies defrauded Ohioans of millions. After vigorously opposing the lawsuit initially, Centene later agreed to the $88 million settlement with ...

March 30, 2022 Deputy Mayor Meera Joshi, Operations: Good morning, everyone. I'm glad to see there's a crowd. This is an important event. I'm Meera Joshi, I'm the Deputy Mayor For Operations. And I oversee two of the agencies that are involved in the task force we're going to speak about today; Sanitation and the Department of Parks And Recreation. Deputy Mayor Joshi: I'm accompanied by Deputy Mayor Anne Williams-Isom who oversees the Department of Social Services, and our Police Commissioner Keechant Sewell, who oversees NYPD. And of course our most honored guests, our Mayor, Eric Adams who oversees all of us and the entire city. So I just wanted to give you a little rundown of who we are here on the stage. Deputy Mayor Joshi: But we're really here to provide you an update on a multi-agency and dual focused effort. It's a task force that's put together comprised of Parks, Sanitation, NYPD, and Department of Homeless Services with the true pu...

Certain memories are seared into physicians' psyches. The chirp of the pager. Driving home half asleep in a postcall haze. The strangest objects found in human orifices (cockroach in the ear). The most hours we continuously stayed awake. Delivering our first baby, watching our first patient die. These are all rites of passage. I've found it's easy to discuss the funny memories, but the disturbing ones are harder. Even with the closest of friends, recounting the tough moments feels like passing on a burden. My shifts in the pediatric emergency room during my three-year residency training were a tour of human heartbreak for me: A 15-year-old needed a sexual assault kit. A 3-year-old tested positive for the dad's meth. A man dipped his 6-year-old's feet in boiling oil. I once had two children die within six hours of each other. After each death, I choked back the welling tears, picked up the next patient's chart and soldiered into the next room. The culture of medi...

March is National Social Work Month. Karla Solis, a social worker at William Beaumont Army Medical Center, discusses why social workers are crucial in today's culture. "Recently, a study has been published that highlights the reduction in emotional intelligence in our society, particularly among young individuals," she said. "As a result, working as a social worker can be one of the antidotes to what I see as an emergency in our society." Solis was drawn to the social work profession after her military service in the U.S. Army. In 2008, she graduated from Loyola University of Chicago's Masters in Social Work program. "As social workers, we are taught to examine the various systems that affect an individual, as well as to receive training in various modalities and evidence-based treatments. These interventions, as well as many others, are tools that social workers can use to...

NOTICE OF DELIVERY SERVICE DELAYS DC Health is experiencing delays in mail availability due to the impact of COVID-19 on the US postal service. We appreciate your patience as we continue to process all mail in as timely a manner as possible. Mission: To protect the public health and safety of the residents and visitors of the District by reducing rodent activity and other vectors through proactive surveys, inspections, baiting, enforcement, community outreach and distribution of educational materials. Vision: To be the public health guardian of the District, its residents and visitors by controlling rodent and vector activity through advance and innovative means. Frequently Asked Questions What is a burrow? A hole dug by a small animal. Does the Rodent and Vector Control Unit use bait boxes to treat for rats? No. Is the chemical used in rodent treatment harmful to kids and small animals? To preven...

A surge in Omicron variant infections has prompted Chinese authorities to lock down residents, close factories and stop truck traffic, snarling already frayed supply chains. BEIJING — Trucks are being delayed by the testing of drivers. Container rates are rising as ships wait for many hours at ports. Products are piling up in warehouses. As Chinese officials scramble to contain the country's worst outbreak of Covid-19 since early 2020, they are imposing lockdowns and restrictions that are adding chaos to global supply chains. The measures in China, home to about one-third of global manufacturing, are disrupting the production of finished goods like Toyota and Volkswagen cars and Apple's iPhones, as well as components such as circuit boards and computer cables. Cases rose on Tuesday to more than 5,000 new infections nationwide. That tally is small compared with many other large countries'. But China has taken a zero-tolerance approach to outbreaks that calls for stringent lo...

CLEVELAND, Ohio - In Cuyahoga County, the healthcare industry employs the most workers, more than double that of the next largest industry, manufacturing. But which health care professionals receive the highest compensation and what do some of the other health jobs pay? Stacker compiled a list of the health care jobs by average pay in the Cleveland-Elyria metro area, using data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Absent from the list, due to limits of the BLS data, are what likely are some of the highest-paying jobs, such as surgeons and other specialty doctors. But the rundown includes many of the common jobs with typical pay above $70,000 a year. Jobs are ranked by 2020 annual average wage. Job descriptions are from the Occupational Information Network (O*NET), developed under the sponsorship of the U.S. Department of Labor/Employment and Training Administration. No. 20. Magnetic resonance imaging technologists Cleveland-Elyria average salary: $69,720 National annual average salary...