If a screening returns an abnormal result and a provider orders more testing, patients may be on the hook for hundreds or even thousands of dollars for diagnostic services.
A deal with Oak Street Health gives the primary care provider exclusive rights to use the trusted AARP brand in its marketing — for which the company pays AARP an undisclosed fee.
Trainees are banding together in California and other states to demand higher wages and better benefits and working conditions amid intensifying burnout during the pandemic.
Officials are trying to figure out how they might use demographic data to guide patients to practitioners with similar identities while avoiding unintended consequences.
