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
Feds, States Implement Raft of Health New Rules in 2019 New Medicaid expansions, aid-in-dying laws in the mix Jan 03, 2019
Seizure Patients Often See Swift Return to Hospital Will CMS penalize epilepsy readmissions in the future? Dec 28, 2018
Proposed House Bill Seeks to End Drug Price 'Gag Clause' Pharmacists should be able to freely tell patients that a drug will cost less out-of-pocket Sep 05, 2018
Azar Praises Free Markets for Healthcare Reform HHS chief takes Heritage Foundation stage to bash ACA, plug administration's programs Jul 26, 2018
AMA Tangles With 'Gene Doping' Guidelines Also: emergency room evidence; impact of corporate investors in healthcare Jun 12, 2018
Medicaid or No Insurance Tied to Higher Death Risk in HCV All public plans lead to higher mortality rates, according to 10-year study Jun 05, 2018
Caring for the Sickest Patients: A Calling and an Opportunity New models are disrupting the way primary care is provided Mar 21, 2018
Big Changes Coming to Healthcare, Says HHS Chief 'We're unafraid of disrupting existing arrangements' Mar 05, 2018
Trump Releases FY 2019 Budget Proposal Includes $68 billion for HHS; continues push for ACA repeal Feb 12, 2018
CMS Issues Guidance on Medicaid Work Requirements 10 states are pursuing such rules for Medicaid recipients Jan 11, 2018
Policy Experts Debate Pros and Cons of State Medicaid Waivers Will administration show too much flexibility? Oct 31, 2017
AMA, I Hardly Knew Ye Group's annual meeting folds its tent, but that tent has really changed Jun 14, 2017
