medical ethics
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Fact Check: Are 5M Nondisabled Medicaid Recipients Watching TV All Day? That's Unsupported
"Almost 5 million able-bodied Medicaid recipients 'simply choose not to work' and 'spend six hours a day socializing and watching...
Payer
Perspective: Surprise Medical Bills Were Supposed to Be a Thing of the Past. Surprise — They're Not.
The No Surprises Act has been a phenomenal success in taking on some unfair medical billing practices, but it wasn't...
Payer
Insurers Fight State Laws Restricting Surprise Ambulance Bills
When an ambulance company charges more than an insurer is willing to pay, patients can be left with a big...
Payer
What Are 'Improper' Medicaid Payments, and Are They as High as a Trump Official Said?
"One out of every $5 or $6 in Medicaid [payments] is improper," said Russell Vought in an interview on CNN?s...
Payer
Asthma Sufferers Could Be at Greater Risk if Trump Cuts Health Program
Asthma experts fear the cumulative impact of the reductions could result in more ER visits and deaths.
Payer
He Died Without Getting Mental Health Care He Sought. A New Lawsuit Says His Insurer’s Ghost Network Is to Blame.
The mother of Ravi Coutinho, the subject of a recent ProPublica investigation, is suing Centene for publishing "misleading" information that...
CMO
RFK Jr. Says Healthy Pregnant Women Don't Need COVID Boosters. What the Science Says.
Pregnant women who contracted COVID-19 were more likely to become severely ill and to be hospitalized than non-pregnant women.
CMO
U.S. Docs Are Moving to Canada to Escape the Trump Administration
The number of U.S. doctors taking 'the first step' to being licensed in Canada has increased more than 750%.
Payer
Bill of the Month: A Medicaid Patient Had a Heart Attack While Traveling. He Owed Almost $78K.
A South Dakota hospital refused to bill to a Florida Medicaid plan, instead sending it to the patient with a...
Payer
How the Trump Administration Aims to Slash Healthcare Spending
One thing experts from a wide range of fields agree on: The damage will be varied and immense.
Payer
Trump's DOJ Accuses Medicare Advantage Insurers of Paying 'Kickbacks' for Primo Customers
DOJ alleges insurers labeled payments as 'marketing' or 'sponsorship' fees to get around rules that set caps on broker commissions.
Pharma
Pain Clinic CEO Faced 20 Years for Making Patients 'Human Pin Cushions.' He Got 18 Months.
A federal judge described Kestner as a 'ruthless businessman' who funded a 'lavish lifestyle' by turning medical professionals into 'puppets.'