“When injuries are the result of auto accidents, car insurance is primarily responsible to negotiate and pay the insurance portion of medical bills. That creates a host of financial landmines for patients. Gottlieb hit all of them.” After Accident, Patient Crashes Into […]
Author: Mark Wrede
“While popular with seniors, Medicare Advantage has been the target of multiple government investigations, Department of Justice and whistleblower lawsuits and Medicare audits that concluded some plans boosted their government payments by exaggerating the severity of illnesses they treated. One 2020 report estimated improper payments to the plans topped […]
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“For years, many women with common but urgent conditions like painful urinary tract infections or excessive bleeding in the aftermath of a miscarriage have faced a grim choice between waiting weeks for an appointment with their regular OB-GYN or braving hours in an […]
“Hoag doctors say that Providence’s drive to standardize treatment decisions across its chain — largely through a shared Epic electronic records system — often conflicts with their own judgment of best medical practices. And they recoil against restrictions on reproductive care they say […]
Action Alerts! SIGN PETITION NOW! Tell Governor Newsom to request the necessary waivers so federal funds can be used for a California single-payer plan! CALL YOUR ASSEMBLYMEMBER! Urge them to co-sponsor AB 1400, California Guaranteed Health Care for All Act. […]
“I really think that medical students have realized increasingly if they want to create healthier patients, their responsibility reaches beyond the patient in front of them. … As students are recognizing the systemic nature and the social determinants of health, they realize you […]
“…some of the nation’s richest hospitals and health systems recorded hundreds of millions of dollars in surpluses after accepting the lion’s share of the federal health care bailout grants…. But poorer hospitals — many serving rural and minority populations — got a tinier […]