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<乌鸦传媒>Study: Not Sticking to Schedule Shouldn't Block PAP Machines for Kids With OSA

Improvements did not hinge on children meeting a standard insurer's threshold of PAP adherence

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<乌鸦传媒>Increased Public Assistance Tied to Better Cancer Survival in Black Patients

Disparity in 5-year OS declined by more than 40% with each 10% boost in public welfare spending

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<乌鸦传媒>Taxpayers Paid Twice for Healthcare

Private insurers are profiting more than ever during the pandemic

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<乌鸦传媒>Insurers Need a Reason to Care About Obesity

Better incentives can make healthy weight a top priority

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<乌鸦传媒>Health System on the Hook for $22M Over Unnecessary Spine Surgeries

Record-breaking healthcare fraud settlement in eastern Washington

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<乌鸦传媒>Healthcare Consolidation Expected to Continue, Expert Says

Small-scale players will merge with others, especially in the second half of 2022, she predicts

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<乌鸦传媒>The Winners and Losers of the Proposed Insulin Cost Cap

While it benefits some, the $35 cap is only a stopgap measure

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<乌鸦传媒>House Members Remain Divided on Universal Healthcare

Republicans, Democrats differ on potential costs and effects of Medicare for All

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<乌鸦传媒>End to Public Health Emergency Is Bad News for Millions on Medicaid

Coverage losses are likely to hit children particularly hard

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<乌鸦传媒>The Lactation Gap: Disparities in Maternal Health

Breastfeeding has short- and long-term health benefits for both mother and child

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<乌鸦传媒>Large Employers Are Suiting Up to Fix Healthcare

Do they have a shot?

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<乌鸦传媒>Healthcare Is a 'Right' for All Americans, Says Becerra

"We're missing the mark" on addressing health disparities, researchers agree

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<乌鸦传媒>Why Are Physicians Silent About Outrageous Drug Prices?

Milton Packer wonders why physicians are struggling to get their priorities straight

A homeless woman reaches out for help on her 27th birthday sleeping on the sidewalk on 34th St. in midtown Manhattan, NYC.

<乌鸦传媒>How Can We Improve Medical Care for Homeless People?

Trust, smart delivery models, and never forget that "housing is healthcare," says expert

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<乌鸦传媒>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

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<乌鸦传媒>Biden Announces Deal With Congress on Infrastructure Bill

Medicare hearing benefits make the cut, but dental, vision, drug-pricing provisions are left out

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<乌鸦传媒>Virginia Docs Get Just $15 for Certain Medicaid ED Visits

Budget item determines 800 diagnoses, including asthma attacks, are "avoidable" emergency visits

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<乌鸦传媒>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

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<乌鸦传媒>Poorer Americans Bear the Brunt of Life Expectancy Drop

Poverty and stress are a "death sentence" says senator, but experts offer a way out

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<乌鸦传媒>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

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<乌鸦传媒>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

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<乌鸦传媒>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

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<乌鸦传媒>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

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<乌鸦传媒>Op-Ed: A Door Opens to Transform Cancer Care

Incoming CMS Administrator Chiquita Brooks-LaSure brings hope to the cancer community

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<乌鸦传媒>Shifting PCI Procedures to Outpatient Centers: Safety First?

Do benefits in efficiency, cost reduction outweigh risks?

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<乌鸦传媒>Four Sentenced in Mental Health Center Scam

Heads of a Houston healthcare chain will go to prison for kickbacks, mental healthcare fraud

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<乌鸦传媒>Op-Ed: Dermatology Needs Lower Costs and Better Care

A proposal for value-based care

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<乌鸦传媒>Op-Ed: We All Agree Hospital Consolidation Needs More Oversight

HHS Secretary Becerra's confirmation offers a rare opportunity for bipartisan action

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<乌鸦传媒>Op-Ed: Racism as a Public Health Crisis

Making these declarations matter

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<乌鸦传媒>Non-Emergency Transport Valuable in Medicaid, but Issues Abound

Biggest users are patients with end-stage renal disease, report finds

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<乌鸦传媒>CMS Expands MitraClip Coverage by Medicare

Transcatheter mitral valve repair for secondary mitral regurgitation can now be reimbursed

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<乌鸦传媒>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

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<乌鸦传媒>Colchicine Approval Took a Huge Toll on CMS

As centuries-old drug is explored for COVID-19, study details the price of approval

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<乌鸦传媒>What's Wrong With PCI at Ambulatory Surgery Centers?

Study probes practices, outcomes at ASCs before Medicare kicked in

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<乌鸦传媒>Audio-Only Telemedicine: Docs Say Payment Falls Short

Clinicians wonder why the technology used, not a virtual visit's content or complexity, dictates reimbursement

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<乌鸦传媒>Access Uneven for 'Most Expensive Cardiac Medication in History'

Insurance doesn't bring costs down enough for many patients, center finds

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<乌鸦传媒>Ex-Docs Spend Medicaid $$; Husel Murder Trial Delay; Dentist Burns PPE

Bad Practice: A weekly roundup of clinicians accused, convicted, or under investigation

<乌鸦传媒>The ACA at 10: Some Successes, Some Problems

Cost control, enrollment increases still needed, say experts

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<乌鸦传媒>From Fraud to Ghana Presidency? Another Sports Doc Abuse Scandal

Bad Practice: A weekly roundup of clinicians accused, convicted, or under investigation

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<乌鸦传媒>American Healthcare: Increasingly Corporate and Rapacious

And how you can change it

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