Opinion: Free med school tuition won’t solve the shortage of primary care physicians
Last month, nearly 40,000 medical students were accepted into residency programs on “Match Day.” Surrounded…
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STAT+: Elevance’s private equity deal will form $4 billion primary care company
These days, the surefire way to get ahead in health insurance is to become a…
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STAT+: UnitedHealth reaffirms financial outlook despite up to $1.6 billion hit from Change Healthcare cyberattack
Hospitals and medical groups say they’re still reeling from the effects of the cyberattack on…
Opinion: Practicing medicine at a predominantly Black institution gave me the gift I didn’t realize I needed
“You have a big voice, Dr. Grubbs,” the clinic manager said. I flinched. The last…
Medicare expects a big spike in spending on Leqembi
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High physician empathy could offer patients with lower back pain lasting benefits, study shows
Amid the many demands of practicing medicine, doctors can have less time and energy for…
Opinion: I saw the promise of diversity efforts in health care. A moment later I saw its critical gaps
Health care was once moderately immune to the anti-diversity, anti-equity, and anti-inclusion craze. Not anymore….
Opinion: A nation with too few pediatricians could see health care costs soar
This year’s National Residency Match, the day when medical graduates learn which health system they…
Why a bill meant to stop surprise medical bills hasn’t worked
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STAT+: UnitedHealth’s surprising new target: Struggling Steward’s physician group
UnitedHealth Group has gobbled up physician practices at an astounding rate — roughly 20,000 last…
STAT+: Payments by drug and device makers to doctors remain widespread, but also vary considerably
The financial ties between drug and device makers and some physicians remains pervasive, despite concerns…
Opinion: Primary care physicians should be at the heart of treating Alzheimer’s
When the results of President Biden’s annual physical were released last month, many wondered why…
STAT+: UnitedHealth appears to be upping loan offers to providers, after Change cyberattack
UnitedHealth Group appears to be offering some providers more substantial loans in the wake of…
STAT+: Medicare announces loan program to aid providers affected by Change cyberattack
Medicare announced on Saturday that it will make advance payments available to physician groups, hospitals,…
STAT+: UnitedHealth gives timeline for Change restoration: payments up by late next week
Change Healthcare’s parent company said it’ll have its electronic payment function up and running by…
STAT+: IVF doctors demand full details on fluid that grows embryos amid CooperSurgical lawsuits
Patients from all over the country are filing lawsuits against medical supply giant CooperSurgical, alleging…
Opinion: Charging patients to message their doctors mostly benefits major hospital systems
Thinking about messaging your physician about a weird rash? You may want to hold off…
STAT+: Large insurers say up to one-quarter of claims run through Change Healthcare
Some of the country’s biggest health insurers said Tuesday that up to one-quarter of their…
STAT+: Explaining Change Healthcare and the gravity of its cyberattack
The cyberattack on Change Healthcare has fractured the country’s health care payment infrastructure. But it…
STAT+: Congress gives doctors Medicare pay bump, sets up December fight in new funding package
WASHINGTON — Doctors will get a 1.68% pay hike in Medicare starting March 9 under…
Q&A: AMA’s chief health equity officer on ridding medicine of racial essentialism
In the aftermath of the police murder of George Floyd and subsequent Black Lives Matter…
STAT+: Change Healthcare cyber attack outage could persist for weeks, UnitedHealth Group executive implies
The outage caused by the Change Healthcare cyberattack could last weeks, a top UnitedHealth executive…
STAT+: Experts say scale of Change cyberattack shows risk of centralized claims processing
Change Healthcare’s recent cyberattack has hospitals, doctors’ offices, and pharmacies across the country reeling as…
STAT+: Congress ditches site-neutral hospital pay policy
WASHINGTON — Congress will not move forward with a controversial policy to equalize certain Medicare…
STAT+: Private equity firm offers $5.8 billion buyout of hospital billing company R1 RCM
R1 RCM, a large publicly traded technology company that helps hospitals and physicians collect money…
Opinion: A new Louisiana capital-punishment bill would fundamentally alter physician licensing
After the recent nitrogen gas execution in Alabama of Kenneth Smith, state Attorney General Steve…
Opinion: How to make after-hours primary care better for doctors — and patients
One of us, Jeffrey M., is on weekend call for our office-based internal medicine practice….
Medicare Advantage’s 33 million club
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STAT+: Banning surprise medical bills is raising costs elsewhere
Without question, the new federal law banning surprise billing is achieving its goal of protecting…
Opinion: Independent doctors like me are becoming an endangered species
More than 100,000 doctors have left private practice and become employees of hospitals and other corporate entities since…
STAT+: Lawmakers eye partial increase for Medicare doctor pay
WASHINGTON — Lawmakers are considering increasing doctors’ Medicare pay in an upcoming government funding package,…
No one’s pleased with the government’s pitch for 2025 Medicare Advantage rates
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STAT+: States are ramping up scrutiny of health transactions, as more provider groups look for buyers
UnitedHealth Group’s Optum has bought an untold number of physician practices over the years. It…
STAT+: FTC doubles down in Welsh Carson anesthesia case to limit private equity’s physician buyouts
Lina Khan’s Federal Trade Commission is eager to make Big Physician a lot smaller. Last…
STAT+: Senators start work on Medicare physician payment reform
WASHINGTON — A bipartisan group of senators is starting work on legislation to reform how…
STAT+: Lasers, cardiology, clinical trials: 2023’s top private equity targets
By some measures, private equity investment lagged in 2023, a year marked by growing distress…
We’re naming cancers all wrong, oncology leader says
Naming cancers solely by the organs they originate in is getting a bit old, according…
Opinion: Defunding liberal arts is dangerous for health care
If you want an argument in favor of teaching the humanities, I suggest you ask…
Medicare Advantage update pushes Wall Street to reset expectations
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STAT+: A Harvard course seeks to put food on the table in medical education
BOSTON — Doctors often don’t have a lot of time to chat with patients during…
STAT+: Physician buy-in will make or break VC firm General Catalyst’s bold hospital deal
It makes sense in theory for hospitals and startups to strike deals. Not only would…
STAT+: Humana slashes profit predictions amid soaring Medicare Advantage costs
Humana’s Medicare Advantage enrollees got care in the hospital and physician clinics way more often…
STAT+: Biden changes will force health insurers to speed up and get more specific if they want to deny care
The Biden administration moved Wednesday to force insurance companies to give specific reasons for denying…
STAT+: Many doctors are in the dark about how FDA approves devices and drugs, survey finds
In her final presentation for health policy class at the University of Chicago, first-year medical…
STAT+: Could private equity be the future of private practice? A new lobbying group thinks so
Private equity gets a bad rap in health care. But some doctors see that kind…
STAT+: Nonprofit health systems plug their strong cash reserves at JPM — a very different pitch than they make elsewhere
SAN FRANCISCO — Hospital leaders spent a good chunk of their stage time at the…
STAT+: Contributors to psychiatry’s bible, the DSM-5, got $14 million from industry
Amid ongoing concerns over conflicts of interest, a new study found that 60% of the…
Opinion: Preventing health care violence in the ER requires moving from safety to security
A slight man falls off his barstool. Now he’s an ER patient, slurring insults and…
JPM Day 2 has arrived. Here are the can’t-miss moments of the event so far
In honor of JPM Week, you’re reading a special edition of our biotech newsletter, The…
STAT+: Hospitals try a new pitch to investors: other ways of making money
SAN FRANCISCO — If you learned anything about nonprofit hospitals on the first day of…