STAT+: How the medical device tracking director at Kaiser Permanente weeds out risky devices
When a new medical device hits the market, there’s typically still some uncertainty about whether…
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STAT+: The CEO of Kaiser’s new health network shares why he’s making a bet on a tiny North Carolina hospital system
Outside of North Carolina, most people probably haven’t heard of Cone Health. But the relatively…
STAT+: Jury orders Stanford to pay millions to employee in racial harassment case
A jury has found Stanford University and Stanford Health Care liable for millions of dollars…
STAT+: Kaiser adds a small North Carolina health system to its Risant Health network
Kaiser Permanente on Friday announced the next deal to build out its Risant Health network…
STAT+: Federal judge rules in favor of hospital lobby in privacy lawsuit
A federal judge has sided with a powerful hospital lobby in a legal battle with…
STAT+: Novant Health calls off North Carolina hospital deal, giving a win to the FTC
Just two weeks ago, it appeared Novant Health was on the precipice of finalizing a…
Opinion: With the threat of H5N1 bird flu, hospitals must stay prepared
A third case of mammal-to-human transmission of the highly pathogenic H5N1 bird flu virus has…
STAT+: Why health care spending keeps climbing
You’re reading the web version of Health Care Inc., STAT’s weekly newsletter following the flow…
Opinion: Certificate of need laws con rural patients out of health care
News watchers around the U.S. have likely seen the warnings: without certificate of need (CON)…
STAT+: Why Google and Microsoft can’t defuse U.S. health care’s ticking cybersecurity problem
Facing a worsening cybersecurity crisis in health care, the Biden administration has followed a familiar…
Four Tops singer’s lawsuit says he visited ER for chest pain, ended up in straightjacket
When Alexander Morris, a member of the Motown group The Four Tops, visited a Detroit-area…
STAT+: Humana scores a win in a Medicare Advantage case
You’re reading the web version of Health Care Inc., STAT’s weekly newsletter following the flow…
STAT+: FTC loses its bid to block Novant’s hospital merger in North Carolina
A federal judge ordered Wednesday that Novant Health can move forward with its plan to…
STAT+: Appeals court overturns Sutter Health’s victory in $400 million antitrust case
When Sutter Health was on trial for anticompetitive conduct in 2022, the San Francisco jury…
STAT+: A short-lived Medicaid freakout sends insurers’ stocks diving
You’re reading the web version of Health Care Inc., STAT’s weekly newsletter following the flow…
Palliative care for cancer patients is found to be as effective given virtually as in person
CHICAGO — Comfort can be delivered to patients with advanced cancer virtually just as well…
How can hospitals boost cancer screening rates? Researchers report that an AI helped
CHICAGO — People can be mightily reluctant to get a colonoscopy for reasons like cost,…
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STAT+: Value-based payment is getting renewed attention. What it means isn’t getting any clearer
WASHINGTON — Nearly 20 years ago, policymakers had an epiphany: The health care system should…
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STAT+: Class action against UnitedHealth asks about DOJ probe transparency
You’re reading the web version of Health Care Inc., STAT’s weekly newsletter following the flow…
STAT+: Why health systems are faring better so far in 2024
Americans, especially Medicare beneficiaries, are getting more medical care these days. Demand from aging Baby…
Opinion: Hurricane season is approaching fast. We need to talk about health care resilience
Extreme weather fueled by accelerating climate change puts patients, providers, and health care facilities at…
STAT+: The stories that shaped our understanding of the health care system
You’re reading the web version of Health Care Inc., STAT’s weekly newsletter following the flow…
STAT+: CDC goes hard on military pets
You’re reading the web edition of D.C. Diagnosis, STAT’s twice-weekly newsletter about the politics and…
STAT+: House panel eyes PBM reform to pay for telehealth extensions
A new bill set to be considered on Wednesday by the House Ways & Means…
STAT+: UnitedHealth CEO downplays his company’s control over physicians
You’re reading the web version of Health Care Inc., STAT’s weekly newsletter following the flow…
STAT+: Steward files for bankruptcy, leaving its eight Massachusetts hospitals in limbo
Steward Health Care, which once trumpeted its community hospital system as a low-cost alternative to…
Opinion: Readers respond to funding academic medical centers, the ‘residency research arms race,’ and more
STAT now publishes selected Letters to the Editor received in response to First Opinion essays…
STAT+: Health economist marks up UnitedHealth CEO’s Senate hearing on the Change Healthcare cyberattack
For lawmakers on both sides of the aisle, Wednesday’s congressional hearings about the Change Healthcare…
STAT+: Lawmakers grill UnitedHealth CEO on Change cyberattack. ‘Your company let the country down’
On Wednesday, UnitedHealth CEO Andrew Witty appeared before Congress to answer for what lawmakers called…
STAT+: Mount Sinai’s responses to STAT’s questions about the Living Brain Project
As part of its reporting on Mount Sinai and the Living Brain Project, STAT sent…
STAT+: Biden cybersecurity plan for hospitals entails carrots first, then sticks, health official says
WASHINGTON — The Biden administration’s plan to improve cybersecurity at hospitals starts off with incentives,…
STAT+: Biden administration boosts some Medicaid payments to match commercial rates
You’re reading the web version of Health Care Inc., STAT’s weekly newsletter following the flow…
STAT+: AI is becoming the exclusive province of academic medicine. A new initiative aims to change that
In Kingman, Ariz., a windswept city of 35,000 at the eastern edge of the Mojave…
STAT+: Another hospital sues MultiPlan, alleging scheme to ‘suppress’ payments
MultiPlan is facing a new class action lawsuit that alleges the company and large health…
Opinion: Solving academic medical centers’ existential crisis
Hospitals and health care systems across the United States have long been expected to provide…
STAT+: Generative AI is supposed to save doctors from burnout. New data show it needs more training
After stratospheric levels of hype, early evidence may be bringing generative artificial intelligence down to…
STAT+: FTC’s noncompete ban immediately challenged in Texas district lawsuit
Vindication came swiftly on Wednesday for those who predicted legal challenges to the Federal Trade…
STAT+: HCA to expand the use of AI tool to automate clinical documentation in ER
HCA Healthcare, the largest for-profit hospital chain in the United States, is planning to expand…
STAT+: Anticompetitive hospital mergers skate by due to FTC’s shallow resources
Over the past two decades, hundreds of hospital mergers have escaped federal antitrust scrutiny and…
STAT+: FTC’s noncompete ban would force sweeping changes in health care, if it survives legal battle
The Federal Trade Commission approved a far-reaching noncompete ban Tuesday that could force sweeping changes…
STAT+: Health care lobbying giants spent big as little got done in Congress
WASHINGTON — Congress did nothing this spring to rein in how pharmacy benefit managers operate,…
Opinion: EMTALA, a vital health law you’ve never heard of, is in danger
Anyone who has gone to a hospital’s emergency room expecting to receive medical care —…
STAT+: The evidence grows: Prices spike after mergers between far-flung hospitals
The trend is clear: When hospitals in the same community merge, prices spike. The government…
STAT+: ‘Devalued, disempowered, and unseen’: Mass General Brigham doctors react to latest merger step
Discontent among Mass General Brigham doctors had been at a slow burn for years. But…
UnitedHealth ghosts Congress on Change cyberattack — for now
You’re reading the web version of Health Care Inc., STAT’s weekly newsletter following the flow of…
Hospitals largely keep quiet on maternal care since Dobbs, STAT survey finds
The Supreme Court decision to overturn Roe v. Wade has transformed not just abortion access…
Opinion: Readers respond to essays on hospital taxes, ADHD in girls and women, and more
STAT publishes selected Letters to the Editor received in response to First Opinion essays to…
STAT+: Microsoft is selling AI in health care, and helping to set its standards. Is that a problem?
For a company moving as quickly as possible to build artificial intelligence into everything —…
STAT+: Hospital price transparency rules are seeding a new crop of health tech startups
Federal rules forcing hospitals and insurers to post rates for medical procedures have taken effect,…
STAT+: UnitedHealth skips hearing in the wake of Change cyberattack, triggering call for subpoena
In the first federal hearing focused on the massive cyberattack on Change Healthcare, lawmakers had…