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The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has confirmed that the agency began sending warning letters to hospitals it deems out of compliance with the Hospital Price Transparency Rule in April 2021. This represents the first enforcement action under the Rule since it went into effect on January 1, 2021.
In a December 2020 Medicare Learning Network update, CMS stated that it planned to audit a sample of hospitals for compliance with the Rule staring in January and that it would also investigate any complaints it received regarding hospitals not in full compliance with the Rule. CMS previously indicated that enforcement of the Rule would generally occur in the following order: 1) written warning; 2) corrective action plan; and 3) civil monetary penalty.
By ELISE PHILLIPS MARGULIS
Credits: Millburn High School
May 13, 2021 at 2:24 AM
Sophie Araten, a 15-year-old Millburn High School sophomore, was chosen as one of the top 11 winners of The Learning Network s second annual STEM Writing Contest. She competed against 3,740 other entrants.
Araten s topic was using dogs to detect COVID-19. She began her essay with the fact that dogs are able to sniff out cancer, Parkinson s Disease and other ailments well before symptoms appear. She explained that canines can smell diseases because they have somewhere between 125 and 300 million scent glands, compared to our paltry five million.
Araten shared that researchers are training dogs to detect COVID-19 in human sweat samples, and this method of testing is much more economical and fast than medical tests. The results are 95% reliable. Impressively, canines have even discovered COVID-19 in asymptomatic carriers.
Are C.E.O.s Paid Too Much?
Is the gap in compensation between executives and their employees too big?
Clockwise from top left, Jeff Bezos of Amazon, Robert A. Iger of Disney, John Stankey of AT&T, Chris Nassetta of Hilton, David Calhoun of Boeing, Kevin Johnson of Starbucks and Frank Del Rio of Norwegian Cruise Line.Credit.Clockwise from top left, Calla Kessler/The New York Times; Chris Delmas/Agence France-Presse Getty Images; Presley Ann/Getty Images for WarnerMedia; pool photo by Stefani Reynolds; Whitney Curtis for The New York Times; Kyle Johnson for The New York Times; Aaron Davidson/Getty Images for Norwegian Cruise Line
Productivity Tips
Credit.Illustration by The New York Times
By The Learning Network
May 11, 2021
How productive are you? What systems or habits do you rely on to ensure you get things done? Are there special tricks, tips, hacks or apps you can share with others that might help them, too?
Tell us in the comments, then read a related article to learn about a simple method one writer relies on.
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Examining the Math and Ethics of Covid-19 in Prisons
In this lesson students will analyze graphs, maps and data to better understand the toll of the pandemic on incarcerated populations.
An interactive version of this map can be found here.
By Dashiell Young-Saver
May 4, 2021
Lesson Overview
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Prisons were not built to handle pandemics. In fact, it’s hard to imagine worse conditions for preventing the spread of the coronavirus than those in prisons: large groups of people living together, in crowded indoor spaces, with a security staff that comes and goes regularly.
A recent New York Times report found that the rate of Covid-19 cases in United States correctional institutions was more than three times the rate in the general population. A follow-up report found that the infection rate in detention centers run by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) was 20 times that of the general population.