Healthcare Is a 'Right' for All Americans, Says Becerra "We're missing the mark" on addressing health disparities, researchers agree Feb 09, 2022
Why Are Physicians Silent About Outrageous Drug Prices? Milton Packer wonders why physicians are struggling to get their priorities straight Jan 12, 2022
How Can We Improve Medical Care for Homeless People? Trust, smart delivery models, and never forget that "housing is healthcare," says expert Nov 19, 2021
AMA Delegates Spar Over Medicaid Coverage for Undocumented Pregnant Women "We have to stop looking at this as an 'us versus them'" situation, says delegate Nov 15, 2021
Biden Announces Deal With Congress on Infrastructure Bill Medicare hearing benefits make the cut, but dental, vision, drug-pricing provisions are left out Oct 28, 2021
Virginia Docs Get Just $15 for Certain Medicaid ED Visits Budget item determines 800 diagnoses, including asthma attacks, are "avoidable" emergency visits Oct 14, 2021
Medicaid Will Be a Bigger Target for Alternative Payment Models, CMS Official Says Health equity also will be a focus, says CMMI official Ellen Lukens Oct 13, 2021
Poorer Americans Bear the Brunt of Life Expectancy Drop Poverty and stress are a "death sentence" says senator, but experts offer a way out Jul 22, 2021
Noncitizen Kids More Likely to Be Uninsured Than Siblings With Citizenship These children were also twice as likely to experience delays in access to medical care Jul 21, 2021
As Overdoses Rise, Opioid Treatment Providers Struggle to Get Paid Providers of medication assisted treatment say they're bleeding cash, and unable to keep staff Jun 22, 2021
Want Healthcare for All? Ditch Fee-for-Service, Says Former CMS Chief "We should move to global budgets as soon as possible," says Donald Berwick Jun 11, 2021
Guns for Vaccinations; IU Health Joins the Mandate Club; NFL Ends 'Race-Norming' A daily roundup of news on COVID-19 and the rest of medicine Jun 03, 2021
Op-Ed: A Door Opens to Transform Cancer Care Incoming CMS Administrator Chiquita Brooks-LaSure brings hope to the cancer community May 25, 2021
Shifting PCI Procedures to Outpatient Centers: Safety First? Do benefits in efficiency, cost reduction outweigh risks? Apr 29, 2021
Four Sentenced in Mental Health Center Scam Heads of a Houston healthcare chain will go to prison for kickbacks, mental healthcare fraud Apr 28, 2021
Op-Ed: We All Agree Hospital Consolidation Needs More Oversight HHS Secretary Becerra's confirmation offers a rare opportunity for bipartisan action Apr 04, 2021
Non-Emergency Transport Valuable in Medicaid, but Issues Abound Biggest users are patients with end-stage renal disease, report finds Feb 09, 2021
CMS Expands MitraClip Coverage by Medicare Transcatheter mitral valve repair for secondary mitral regurgitation can now be reimbursed Jan 20, 2021
Copay Assistance Programs Help Patients but Confuse Them Too Insurers keep track of their use and in some cases won't apply them to patient deductibles Jan 13, 2021
Colchicine Approval Took a Huge Toll on CMS As centuries-old drug is explored for COVID-19, study details the price of approval Nov 30, 2020
What's Wrong With PCI at Ambulatory Surgery Centers? Study probes practices, outcomes at ASCs before Medicare kicked in Nov 09, 2020
Audio-Only Telemedicine: Docs Say Payment Falls Short Clinicians wonder why the technology used, not a virtual visit's content or complexity, dictates reimbursement Jul 13, 2020
Access Uneven for 'Most Expensive Cardiac Medication in History' Insurance doesn't bring costs down enough for many patients, center finds Jun 17, 2020
Ex-Docs Spend Medicaid $$; Husel Murder Trial Delay; Dentist Burns PPE Bad Practice: A weekly roundup of clinicians accused, convicted, or under investigation Apr 03, 2020
The ACA at 10: Some Successes, Some Problems Cost control, enrollment increases still needed, say experts Mar 23, 2020
From Fraud to Ghana Presidency? Another Sports Doc Abuse Scandal Bad Practice: A weekly roundup of clinicians accused, convicted, or under investigation Feb 21, 2020
How Structural Racism Affects Healthcare Only by first acknowledging the effects can we work toward transformative changes Jan 14, 2020
Trial: Camden 'Hotspotting' Program Not Enough to Help Superutilizers Problem isn't lack of care coordination -- it's the quality of care, says program founder Jan 08, 2020
Half of U.S. Adults Obese by 2030? Severe obesity also projected to be more common, affecting nearly 25% Dec 18, 2019
L.A. Story: The Homeless Use EMS a Lot Nearly 20 times more frequently than other residents Oct 31, 2019
Mitral Valve Procedure Learning Curve Raises Access Question And guess which procedures are next for public outcome reporting... Sep 27, 2019
You've Heard of Medicare for All -- How About Medicaid for More? Several states are considering letting people buy into their Medicaid programs Sep 13, 2019
Obamacare Cut Racial Disparities in Cancer Care Time to cancer treatment evens in blacks and whites with Medicaid expansion Jun 03, 2019
Conservatives: We Do Have a Healthcare Plan Turns entitlements into block grants; critics fear net result will be more people under- and uninsured Apr 05, 2019
At Michigan Rally, Trump Boasts of Healthcare Accomplishments "We're going to get rid of Obamacare," he tells cheering crowd Mar 29, 2019
TAVR Learning Curve May Fade With Newer Device Volume-outcomes relationship not evident with Sapien 3 valves Jan 28, 2019
