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CMO
While Politicos Dispense Blame, These Doctors Aim to Take Shame Out of Medicine
Many clinicians and researchers argue that the intense crucible of medical training can amplify shame in future doctors.
Payer
Trump's HHS Orders State Medicaid Programs to Help Find Undocumented Immigrants
The push burdens states with duplicative verification checks and could lead people to lose coverage just for missing paperwork deadlines.
CMO
Many Fear Federal Loan Caps Will Deter Aspiring Doctors and Worsen MD Shortage
Critics warn the economic burden will steer many to lucrative specialties in more affluent, urban areas rather than lower-paying primary...
Payer
GOP Talking Point Holds ACA Is Haunted by 'Phantom' Enrollees, but the Devil's in the Data
The percentage of enrollments without any medical claims was 19% in 2021. That percentage jumped to 35% in 2024. Critics...
Payer
Private Medicare, Medicaid Plans Exaggerate In-Network Mental Health Options, Watchdogs Say
More than half (55%) of mental health professionals listed as in-network by Medicare Advantage plans were not providing such care.
Innovation
It's a Bird! It's a Plane! It's a Chemtrail? New Conspiracy Theory Takes Wing at Kennedy's HHS
A fringe concept has spread among adherents of the MAHA movement and is gaining traction at the highest levels of...
Payer
RFK Jr. Misses Mark in Touting Rural Health Transformation Fund as Historic Infusion of Cash
'It's going to be the biggest infusion of federal dollars into rural health care in American history.' Robert F. Kennedy...
Revenue Cycle
Workers' Wages Siphoned to Pay Medical Bills, Despite Consumer Protections
45 states allow wage garnishment for unpaid medical bills.
CMO
Psychiatric Hospitals Turn Away Patients Who Need Urgent Care. The Facilities Face Few Consequences.
Discharging patients who are at risk of harming themselves or others is illegal. But dozens of psychiatric hospitals aren't honoring...
Technology
Exactech Will Pay $8M To Settle Lawsuits Over Defective Knee Implant Parts
The settlement resolves two whistleblower lawsuits alleging the Florida company violated the federal False Claims Act.
CMO
Affirmative Action Critics Refuse to Back Down in Fight Over Medical Bias Training
Opponents had alleged that California's law violates their First Amendment rights.
Payer
An Arm and a Leg: A Wild Health Insurance Hustle
Telemarketer scam signs victims up for fake 'jobs.'