Operating in the Red: Half of Rural Hospitals Lose Money, as Many Cut Services
In a little more than two years as CEO of a small hospital in Wyoming, Dave Ryerse has witnessed firsthand...
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Whistleblower Accuses Aledade, Largest US Independent Primary Care Network, of Medicare Fraud
A Maryland firm that oversees the nation’s largest independent network of primary care medical practices is facing a whistleblower lawsuit...
With Medical Debt Burdening Millions, a Financial Regulator Steps In to Help
When President Barack Obama signed legislation in 2010 to create the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, he said the new agency...
How a Friend’s Death Turned Colorado Teens Into Anti-Overdose Activists
Gavinn McKinney loved Nike shoes, fireworks, and sushi. He was studying Potawatomi, one of the languages of his Native American...
Wait, Is Insulin Cheaper Now?
Dan Weissmann Pharmaceutical companies that manufacture insulin made headlines last year when they voluntarily agreed to provide discount cards that...
California Gov. Newsom Wants Voters to Approve Billions More to Help the Homeless. Will It Help?
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California voters will decide March 5 whether to pump billions more dollars into combating the nation’s worst...
Brote de sarampión: Florida dice que niños no vacunados pueden ir a la escuela, desafiando a los CDC
En un breve memorando, Joseph Ladapo, Cirujano General de Florida, ha revertido una norma de salud pública que durante mucho...
Health Care Workers Push for Their Own Confidential Mental Health Treatment
States are redefining when medical professionals can get mental health treatment without risking notifying the boards that regulate their licenses....
Early Detection May Help Kentucky Tamp Down Its Lung Cancer Crisis
Anthony Stumbo’s heart sank after the doctor shared his mother’s chest X-ray. “I remember that drive home, bringing her back...
The Powerful Constraints on Medical Care in Catholic Hospitals Across America
Rachana Pradhan and Hannah Recht Nurse midwife Beverly Maldonado recalls a pregnant woman arriving at Ascension Saint Agnes Hospital in...
States Get in on the Prior Authorization Crackdown
Last month, my colleague Lauren Sausser told you about the Biden administration’s crackdown on insurance plans’ prior authorization policies, with...
