'Tis the seasonfor more people to crowd into your home.
Why it matters:Planning is key to avoid added stress around the holidays. So we askedHGTV's Jasmine Roth about her holiday hacks and ideas for being a host extraordinaire.
Medicare administrators served doctors and hospitals a pair of big payment cuts late Thursday.
The big picture: Doctors will see a 3.4% decrease to a key factor determining their base Medicare pay next year, officials announced in a final rule. That’s virtually unchanged from what administrators proposed this summer.
A conference for "Reducetarians" — people who want to reduce meat and dairy consumption — drew 600 people to Denver this week, but theirs is an uphill battle.
Why it matters: While there are health and environmental benefits to paring back our meat and dairy intake, getting people to switch to plant-based alternatives has been a tough sell — and meat consumption is higher than ever.
Cyber attacks on hospitals and doctors' offices are growing larger and more disruptive — and the problem is only poised to get worse without a coordinated effort from regulators to shore up health care's defenses, IT experts say.
The big picture: High-profile ransomware attacks against U.S. health systems in the last year have spotlighted the industry's persisting vulnerabilities and risks for patient safety as care is disrupted.
