Virtual Event: Can Tech Fix Primary Care?
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Opinion: The staggering financial burden of a proposed HIPAA rule
The already beleaguered U.S. health care system is facing a new and costly threat that…
Opinion: NRC: be straight about when clinicians need to report errors that lead to radiation exposure
A recent action by the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) should have protected patients who…
‘This is a nonpartisan issue’: Planned Parenthood’s Alexis McGill Johnson on fighting for reproductive rights
In the wake of the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade, the news…
STAT+: Many doctors spend their days battling insurers. Why do some go to work for ‘the dark side’?
Gastroenterologist Alin Botoman had been on hold for almost an hour. The drone of muzak…
STAT+: Medicare may test policy of paying less for accelerated approval drugs
A Medicare official hinted Tuesday that Medicare might test a policy of paying less for…
STAT+: Medicare Advantage insurers to repay billions under final federal audit rule
The federal government will audit Medicare Advantage insurers aggressively under a rule finalized Monday, which…
STAT+: The unexpected alliance lobbying for Medicare to pay for new obesity drugs
WASHINGTON — It’s not every day that the pharmaceutical industry, the NAACP, a cancer center, and…
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U.S. plans crackdown on nursing homes that sedate patients with unnecessary antipsychotics
WASHINGTON (AP) — The federal government says it will begin a targeted crackdown on nursing…
Drugstores make slow headway on staffing problems
Joan Cohrs missed her chance to grab a prescription at her usual drugstore by about…
Opinion: How value-based payments to clinicians can help close equity gaps
The U.S. health system has been evolving over the past decade to focus on the…
Amid dire maternal mortality rates, Congress falls short on Medicaid postpartum care
Last week, the state of Texas issued a long-awaited report that found at least 118…
Opinion: Primary care physicians try to give their all — until they can’t. It’s time to flip the archetype to teamwork
My colleague, Skip, was the kind of primary care doctor I always wanted to be….
Opinion: Responsibly expanding access to methadone for people with opioid use disorder will save lives
The overdose epidemic continues to ravage communities across the country. In Washington state, where I…
STAT+: UPMC, Advocate Aurora, Duke fighting lawsuits over use of Meta’s tracking tool
Five months after a media investigation revealed that hospitals were feeding Meta sensitive patient information…
The case for universal oral health coverage, according to a new WHO report
On Friday, oral health advocates across the globe got an early holiday gift from their…
Why doesn’t the U.S. have more Black doctors?
When LaShyra “Lash” Nolen was learning about how to recognize signs of Lyme disease in…
Opinion: Trying to quit my job as an ER doctor gave me reasons to stay
The morning was crisp and still dark as I sat in my car in the…
Opinion: Exclude race from medical school admissions and students, patients, and the entire health care system lose out
The U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments on Monday in two cases that could eliminate…
Opinion: Inconsistent clinical practices thwart wider use of personalized medicine
The promise of personalized medicine — safer and more effective treatments tailored to each individual’s…
Opinion: How motivational interviewing can improve health workforce well-being
The National Academy of Medicine launched its National Plan for Health Workforce Well-Being in early…
‘If I were a hospital, I’d be reading the tea leaves’: Pressures grow on the health care industry to reduce its climate pollution
Flooding, heat waves, wildfires, and other climate-driven weather extremes in recent years have catapulted hospitals…
Opinion: Listen: Home health care is facing devastating ‘clawbacks’
Terry Wilcox’s grandmother lived in an isolated house at the top of a hill overlooking…
Opinion: Keeping families out of ICUs no longer makes sense as the pandemic eases
On, December 9, 2020, my mom, brother, and I waited in a cold, wintery drizzle…
Opinion: The future for practicing physicians in a corporate world
Forty years ago, in his Pulitzer Prize-winning history “The Social Transformation of American Medicine,” sociologist…
Opinion: Maternity care in the U.S. is in crisis. It’s time to call the midwife
After pushing for several hours, my patient looks exhausted but happy, clutching her seconds-old newborn…
Opinion: Medicare’s cuts to home health are a step in the wrong direction
My grandmother lived at the top of a hill overlooking the magical mountains and valleys…
Opinion: Certified nursing assistants do important work. They deserve to be paid a living wage for it
In mid-April 2020, as Covid-19 shutdowns and lockdowns were being put in place across the…
Opinion: Health care needs a Black Friday sale: the case for legalizing discounts on medical services
The best time to buy a car is at model year-end sales, and Black Friday…
Opinion: Health care’s shift from covenant to commodity comes with consequences
Norman Rockwell’s 1939 painting “When the Doctor Treats Your Child” depicts a family doctor with…
STAT+: As medical device companies look to snap up Medicare dollars, potential conflicts lurk
Medicare is expected to pay more than $86 billion next year for care given in…
STAT+: Fed up with costly, onerous recertification, doctors are turning to an alternative board
While taking the exam to renew his physician specialty certification, pulmonologist Jordan Metcalf got hung…
Opinion: Medicare cuts would undermine the movement to increasing in-home care
The COVID-19 pandemic supercharged in-home care in the U.S. Suddenly it became possible to get…
Virtual Event: Creating AI That Improves Health
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Virtual Event: Democrats’ Last Chance for Drug Pricing Reform?
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Opinion: STAT+: 8 reasons ‘move fast and break things’ doesn’t work for health care companies
Entrepreneurs at tech startups are likely to hear the Mark Zuckerberg adage that it’s important…
Opinion: Does ‘no more copays, no more deductibles’ really represent radical health care reform?
Lost in the shuffle of competing plans for saving health care is the radical call…
Opinion: The downside of strong growth in health care jobs: higher costs
Jobs growth soars (CNBC). November Job Growth Booms (USA Today). US economy smashes forecasts (Business…
Opinion: Star Wars and the U.S. health care system share this: bloat
The final film in the epic Star Wars saga, “Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker”…