An aging population, still recovering from the COVID-19 pandemic, is seeking more treatment for dizziness and imbalance in Minnesota. Clinics specializing in the diagnosis and treatment of dizziness have opened or expanded across the Twin Cities, and their appointments are filling up. Associated Hearing Care hired a specialist and installed a rotating diagnostic chair last year at its St. Paul …
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Long Islanders suffering from sleep apnea inundated the sleep center at St. Charles Hospital in Port Jefferson with phone calls earlier this year after the Food and Drug Administration approved Zepbound, one of the new weight loss medications, as the first drug to treat the condition. “Patients were really curious about this,” said David Warkentin, system director for Catholic Health Sleep Service. Six months …
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Allina Health is closing three suburban medical clinics plus one on Nicollet Mall in downtown Minneapolis, where a different health system earlier this year also announced a clinic shutdown. The Minneapolis-based health system said the closures are driven by efficiency concerns, since Allina has underutilized space across its network of more than 60 primary care clinics. Patient preferences are evolving …
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Last Thursday, leaders in Santa Barbara’s sprawling network of low-income health care clinics — also known as Federally Qualified Health Centers, or “FQHCs” — were put on notice by the federal government they had to begin verifying proof of their patients’ citizenship, effective immediately. Without such verification, the feds made clear, there would be no reimbursement for any services provided. …
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