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Clinical Care
What physicians can do tomorrow to reduce gun violence deaths
While the debate over gun violence is often overtaken by the more extreme views on either side, emergency physicians encouraged an evidence-based, non-judgmental approach to tackling the issue...
Strategy
Five New MedPAC Members Appointed
Commission, regularly ignored by Congress, recently suggested eliminating and replacing the controversial MIPS physician evaluation program.
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Strategy
As Puerto Rico Struggles To Rebuild Health System, Changes In Medicaid Loom
Kaiser Health News reporter Carmen Heredia Rodriguez joined Tanzina Vega, the host of WNYC’s “The Takeaway,” and Omaya Sosa Pascual, co-director of Puerto Rico’s Center for Investigative Journalism...
Strategy
How More Midwives May Mean Healthier Mothers
Since ProPublica launched Lost Mothers, we’ve covered many facets of the U.S. maternal mortality crisis. Despite spending more per capita on health care than any other country, the U.S. has the...
Clinical Care
They're out of prison. Can they stay out of the hospital?
The night Ronald Sanders turned his life around, he had been smoking crack for two days in a tiny, airless room. His infant son, Isaiah, was breathing in the fumes. “His chest was beating really...
Strategy
A Pioneering Heart Surgeon's Secret History of Research Violations, Conflicts of Interest and Poor Outcomes
Over decades, Bud Frazier has played a leading role in the development of mechanical heart pumps and an artificial heart. Out of public view, he's been accused of putting his quest to make history...
Finance
Mid-Michigan hospitals inject $50M investment to boost their health
Looking to rebuild confidence in the community and rebound from a shaky year financially, Ascension Michigan plans to invest millions into St. Mary's of Michigan hospital in Saginaw to update its...
Clinical Care
A healthy renewal for Puerto Rico
Amid the still-not-fixed physical damage to Puerto Rico after two powerful hurricanes hit late last year, the island is in a health care crisis.
Strategy
'Impact Investment': Kaiser Permanente Commits $200M for Housing
The multistate healthcare system has committed upwards of $200 million through its Thriving Communities Fund to tackle housing stability and homelessness in the communities it serves.
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Clinical Care
Explosion at California medical facility appears to be intentional act, source says
The deadly explosion in an Orange County building that killed one woman and injured three others appears to be intentional and is being investigated as a criminal act, a law enforcement source told...
Finance
Under Trump Proposal, Lawful Immigrants Might Be Inclined To Shun Health Benefits
Health advocates say a proposed policy could frighten a broad group of immigrants who will avoid government-supported health coverage, creating public health problems that could prove dire.
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Finance
Feds OK Medicaid Work Requirement for New Hampshire
The governor expressed pride in gaining approval for the fourth and 'most robust work requirement in the nation.'
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