UnitedHealth’s next physician acquisition & the January health insurance churn
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STAT+: What to expect from hospitals and health insurers at this year’s JPM Healthcare Conference
Nonprofit hospitals often get overshadowed at the J.P. Morgan Healthcare Conference, the health care industry’s…
Opinion: Insurance companies are forcing psychiatrists like me to stop accepting their coverage
“I’m sorry, but I’m unable to take on new patients at this time.” I’ve said…
UnitedHealth’s rehab restrictions, Texas medical school drama, and health care’s biggest profits
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An ugly fight over care for the poor in Texas
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STAT+: Here’s who’s profiting the most in health care
For all the flack they get, the country’s four biggest pharmacy benefit managers reported a…
Opinion: Buprenorphine, autism diagnoses, and long Covid: the most-read First Opinion essays of 2023
In a year of abortion restrictions, biotech industry upheaval, and revolutionary drug approvals, First Opinion…
STAT+: Complications spiked 25% in hospitals bought by private equity
There’s ample evidence that private equity buyouts in health care drive up costs. A new…
Morning Rounds: Our newsroom’s favorite stories of 2023
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STAT+: AAFP’s CEO on how to keep primary care doctors in the field
In ten years, the United States could be short as many as 48,000 primary care…
BioMarin appeases an activist
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Morning Rounds: Americans put faith in nurses as overall confidence in health care ebbs
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A medical student was isolated by an autoimmune disorder. Poetry was a way out
When Leena Danawala’s poetry was published in JAMA last month, the medical journal became just…
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The legal pathway for experimental, ultra-rare disease treatments is rocky and expensive
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STAT+: The biggest health care deals of 2023
Every year, the health care industry behaves more and more like a balloon: Squeeze one…
North Carolina attorney general sues HCA for lapses at Mission Health
North Carolina’s attorney general alleges in a new lawsuit that HCA Healthcare is violating the…
When Dobbs forced one doctor to shutter his abortion clinic, he took his mission on the road
On June 24, 2022, Aaron Campbell turned away patients at his abortion clinic for the…
Opinion: Listen: When do tests hurt more than help?
Manil Suri and Daniel Morgan are an unusual team: Manil is a mathematics professor and…
Doctors call out ableism in cancer care: ‘The biggest accommodation is attitude’
People with disabilities often spend a lot of time navigating bias and educating others about…
Opinion: It’s time to rethink the Medicare annual wellness visit
In 2011, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services created the annual wellness visit (AWV),…
STAT+: Medicare’s advisory committee isn’t sold on big pay raises for doctors
On Thursday, the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission reviewed Medicare performance data and concluded that despite…
STAT Health News: Abortion ‘companion networks,’ NEJM’s racist past, and other stories you need to read
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Opinion: Listen: Rep. Raul Ruiz on going from the emergency room to Congress
Before he joined Congress, Rep. Raul Ruiz, a Democrat from California, worked in another chaotic…
STAT Morning Rounds: Six health news stories you need to start your day
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STAT+: Senate Republicans throw cold water on so-called site-neutral hospital pay cuts
WASHINGTON — On its face, a minor policy to make sure Medicare pays hospitals the…
STAT+: UnitedHealth Group now employs or is affiliated with 10% of all physicians in the U.S.
UnitedHealth Group has about 90,000 employed or affiliated doctors, approximately 10% of all physicians in…
Texas abortion case puts doctors’ agency in treating pregnancy complications in the spotlight
The Texas Supreme Court on Tuesday heard a case that could end up deciding whether…
STAT+: Antitrust lawsuit alleges UnitedHealth’s Optum pressured a California hospital to stop competing over physicians
UnitedHealth Group’s Optum division is already the largest employer of physicians in the United States,…
STAT+: U.S. Anesthesia Partners, Welsh Carson face class action over monopoly allegations
Union health plans that represent electricians and plumbers in Texas have filed a class action…
Opinion: Physician and Rep. Raul Ruiz: The infectious disease doctor shortage threatens future pandemic preparedness
In 2009, I was practicing in the emergency department when the H1N1 pandemic emerged. Then,…
Opinion: Filling 12-month prescriptions is one practical way to help the pharmacist crisis
Pharmacies could be called the most “rock solid” entity in our health care system. Even…
STAT+: How a major hospital shows just how inflated hospital list prices are
Hospitals’ list prices for surgeries, therapies, and other procedures always come with massive discounts. Financial…
STAT+: Doctors divide over reforming a secretive panel that determines their Medicare pay
WASHINGTON — Doctors are splitting, specialty by specialty, over whether and how to overhaul a…
STAT+: ‘I never realized what people go through’: Doctor and former hospital CEO with Stage 4 cancer calls for greater empathy in medicine
PROVIDENCE – In late August, Dr. James E. Fanale was trudging through the Falmouth Road…
AMA urges coverage of obesity treatments as payers balk at costs
WASHINGTON – The American Medical Association called on insurance companies, employers, and government programs to…
Is there a bigger move being planned at Cigna?
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STAT+: What Amazon Prime’s new One Medical offering reveals about the future of health care
Amazon Prime members have a new offer in addition to the usual delivery and streaming…
STAT+: Medicare’s new pay boost for primary care is angering specialists
WASHINGTON — Doctors are staring down a cut to their Medicare pay next year, and…
Opinion: The end of affirmative action means it’s time to revise pre-med requirements
Luz (not her real name) could be a great doctor. A Latina student from Arizona,…
Medicare eligibility is tripping up the GOP presidential candidates
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Ambulance rides for just $100? Government advisers want major billing fixes
A panel of government advisers finally has endorsed ideas for Congress to solve the particularly…
Opinion: Digital health startups need more doctor CEOs
In my decade living in Silicon Valley as a digital health journalist and now an…
Opinion: Listen: Putting an end to a racist ‘diagnosis’
The term “excited delirium” has been used for years by law enforcement and other first…
A brain injury turns a writer into an ‘activated patient’ focused on the beauty of the now
How old is Claire Snyman? “I am now…” she says with pause. “I always have…
Treating Rural America: The telehealth solution
There is a persistent shortage of primary care doctors in the rural United States. Specialists,…
STAT+: For hospitals after No Surprises Act, physician subsidies are ‘the new contract labor’
Physician staffing firms, flailing in the wake of a federal law banning surprise bills, are…
Emergency medicine is grappling with a surprising problem: The prospect of too many physicians
While much of the health care workforce is battling staff shortages, the emergency medicine field…
What will it take to end health care worker burnout?
Long hours and high-pressure situations have long characterized the health care profession — but in…
Why is maternity leave for doctors such a complete mess?
I was sitting in my car around 4 p.m. on a Friday, waiting in the…
The cardiologist building digital tools to help colleagues stay on top of new research
Visit the website of cardiologist Ruey Hu, and you can scroll through his prolific scientific…