“Grants, loans, and other assistance intended to help hospitals and doctors remain solvent went disproportionately to wealthy hospitals that did not need the money as urgently as independent practices and struggling rural hospitals did, according to research reports from two states and interviews […]
“The New York Times published a well-researched, clearly-presented, and hard-hitting article about the Medicare Advantage diagnostic upcoding money machine. This superb reporting translates for the public what analysts and reform advocates have warned about for years.” Medicare Advantage is a […]
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“Earlier this year, when three national credit agencies announced new policies to deal with medical debt, consumer advocates celebrated, thinking it’d provide relief for patients like Wingard. But it turns out the changes aren’t enough to help her or many other Black and low-income patients, […]
“As a journalist who spent years covering the business of health care, I found there was more motivating my expensive testing cascade than concerns about my health.” Severe Sleep Apnea Diagnosis Panics Reporter Until He Finds a Simple, […]
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“The problem didn’t seem to be that the clinic lacked the medical expertise to evaluate Frankie. Rather, the Cooks seemed to be confronting a reimbursement policy that is often used by urgent care centers to avoid waiting for payments from car insurance settlements. Russell […]
“Discrimination in health care is ‘the secret, or silent, poison that taints interactions between providers and patients before, during, after the medical encounter,’ said Dayna Bowen Matthew, dean of George Washington University’s law school….“The stereotypes that can find their way into patients’ records […]
