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Report: US Native American health agency at crossroads

Report: US Native American health agency at crossroads

By /August 29, 2019 /Local News

FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) — Emergency rooms shut down for months. Hospital policies put patients at risk for opioid abuse and overdoses. A longtime pediatrician was charged with sexually abusing children. The federal agency that administers health care for Native Americans has long been plagued with problems that have kept it […]

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Audit: Hospitals put Native Americans at risk with opioids

Audit: Hospitals put Native Americans at risk with opioids

By /July 21, 2019 /Local News

FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) — Government hospitals placed Native American patients at increased risk for opioid abuse and overdoses, failing to follow their own protocols for prescribing and dispensing the drugs, according to a federal audit released Monday. The report by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Office of […]

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