Care access, affordability impeding long COVID patients, study finds
Respondents had difficulty finding clinicians and health insurance and struggled to keep up with family medical bills in the previous year.
A Texas judge just turned back the clock on healthcare
The wiping out of preventive service requirements under the Affordable Care Act would render millions of Americans unable to receive life-saving preventive procedures, the CEO of the American College of Preventive Medicine argues.
Legal abortions fell by more than 32K following Dobbs decision, new data shows
Legal abortions provided in the 13 states with near-total bans plummeted to less than 10 per month in the six months following the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade, according to the Society of Family Planning.
Wisconsin’s Froedtert Health, ThedaCare announce merger plans
The two organizations hope to complete the combination by the end of the year.
New ONC rule aims to raise trust in clinical decision support algorithms
The rule proposed Tuesday would give providers more information in their electronic health record system to assess clinical decision support algorithms and their results.
‘Fair share’ deficits at nonprofit hospitals reached $14.2B in 2020
The amount nonprofit hospitals in several states receive in tax breaks over what they spend on charity care could cover all medical debt for residents, according to the Lown Institute.
Last year was second-best ever for healthcare private equity deals, Bain finds
PE transactions were buoyed by a strong first half of the year, with deals declining in the second half due to tensions from Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and growing inflationary pressures.
Cano’s former board members allege conflicts of interest, insider loans
A new open letter from investors Barry Sternlicht, Elliot Cooperstone and Lewis Gold calls on Cano to oust its CEO and sell non-core businesses to focus on profitability.
CMS proposes 2.8% hospital payment bump for 2024; lobbies decry rise as ‘woefully inadequate’
Hospital lobbies slammed the proposed rule as insufficient to help hospitals address inflation and rising labor costs, though research signals hospitals are more financially stable than such groups suggest.
Biotech fears ‘dangerous’ precedent as judge challenges FDA authority
Industry leaders warned that “any medicine is at risk” if a federal judge’s decision to overturn the approval of abortion drug mifepristone is upheld.