STAT+: More hospital and outpatient visits expected to persist through fall and winter
Health care providers and health insurance companies are closing the books on their third quarters,…
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STAT+: With VillageMD investment, Cigna bets on value-based care for a younger, healthier crowd
These days, if you’re an insurer and you’re not buying into the health care provider…
STAT+: Unexpected troubles hit large medical billing firm R1 RCM, part-owned by Ascension
The stock price of R1 RCM tanked by roughly 50% this week after the large…
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STAT+: Unexpected troubles hit large medical billing firm R1 RCM, part-owned by Ascension
The stock price of R1 RCM tanked by roughly 50% this week after the large…
STAT+: Advanced practice clinicians slightly more likely to take industry funding than doctors
A slightly larger share of nurse practitioners, physician assistants, and other advanced practice clinicians accept…
Get a Ph.D. in health policy — from a single Powerpoint slide
Looking for an actually concise explanation of a half-century’s worth of research and arguments about…
Wall Street’s love affair with insurers, hospitals pressure Medicare, and swimming in a risk pool
You’re reading the web edition of Health Care Inc., STAT’s weekly newsletter following the flow…
STAT+: A rich Republican businessman is an unlikely champion for lower hospital prices — but he’s winning the fight
INDIANAPOLIS — Al Hubbard isn’t the typical crusader for lowering health care costs. Hubbard and…
STAT+: Study suggests a new harm from hospital mergers: less price transparency
Health care economists argue hospital mergers can raise costs and lower quality. And now, a…
STAT+: Justice Department says sweeping lab test fraud in Texas involved dozens of doctors and front companies
A new Justice Department lawsuit describes a sweeping fraud scheme in which dozens of Texas…
STAT+: Life or death decisions and no feedback: New study highlights the value of patient tracking, especially in the ER
Back in the ‘80s, when Shamai Grossman was mulling which medical specialty to choose, the…
STAT+: Real estate firms own nearly 1 in 10 health care properties
Not all hospitals and nursing homes own the property they sit on, and new research…
STAT+: Five of Congress’ 10 biggest health earmarks went to Missouri clinics and universities
WASHINGTON — Hospitals, health clinics, and medical schools across the country had hoped to cash…
STAT+: A glaring gap in Congress’ surprise billing law leaves patients on the hook for pricey, out-of-network lab tests
For Soung Luy, it seemed easy: His primary care doctor told him he needed blood…
See how much Covid-19 relief money health care providers in your state got
Congress set up a massive, $178 billion fund in 2020 meant to help mitigate the…
‘It’s soul-draining’: Health workers deployed to Covid hot zones are overwhelmed by deaths among the unvaccinated
BATON ROUGE, La. — Bren Ingle watched through a set of twin glass doors as…
Desperate for relief amid Covid-19, hospitals find an unusual ally in Susan Collins
WASHINGTON — The lobbying frenzy began late last month, as senators and the White House…
Alzheimer’s patients are in limbo as hospitals, insurers grapple with whether to offer Aduhelm
For all the explosive controversy over the approval of the first treatment for Alzheimer’s disease…
STAT+: Hospitals and pharma are both on the hook to help fund infrastructure deal
WASHINGTON — Both hospitals and drug makers are on the hook to help pay for…
‘There is a real cost’: As Covid shows, barring bedside visitors from ICU deprives patients of the best care
For Teresa Ciappa, home was other people — and for the people in her life,…
STAT+: Supreme Court to take up hospitals’ challenge to Medicare drug pay cuts
WASHINGTON — In a win for safety-net hospitals, the Supreme Court decided to hear their…
STAT+: Buying the data: Health care lobbyists fund their own policy analyses, clouding Washington debates
WASHINGTON — Sen. Chuck Grassley’s voice boomed through the Senate hearing room — it sounded…
STAT+: There’s no point person in Biden’s HHS for its $186 billion Covid-19 fund for health care providers
WASHINGTON — Health care providers are eagerly awaiting billions of dollars from a Covid-19 relief…
At least 4 founders of Time’s Up Healthcare resign as organization mum on sexual harassment suit
At least four founding members of Time’s Up Healthcare resigned Thursday from the organization following…
STAT+: Federal judge nixes hospitals’ attempt to force HHS 340B crackdown
WASHINGTON — A federal judge ruled Thursday that it’s too early for hospitals to challenge…
Hospitals’ Covid-19 heroics have them poised for power in the new Washington
WASHINGTON — For frontline health care workers at hospitals, the Covid-19 pandemic has been a…
Frustrated and afraid about protective gear shortages, health workers are scouring for masks on their own
Health care workers across the country tell STAT they are grappling with new hospital restrictions…