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HHS’s Failure to Decarbonize the Healthcare Industry (Part 1) – The Health Care Blog
By DAVID INTROCASO The Problem From an anthropocentric perspective, the climate crisis is fundamentally a threat to human health and survival. The...
Mass General Brigham health plan drops MA coverage for Dana-Farber patients
Listen to the article 1 min This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. Mass General Brigham Health Plan has announced...
How to Make Medicare Advantage Accountable – The Health Care Blog
By FRANK LEAHY This is the second of two pieces. The first told the story of “Rick,” a 77-year-old Humana Medicare Advantage member who nearly lost...
Adena Health acquires Fairfield Medical Center after antitrust scrutiny
Listen to the article 3 min This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. Dive Brief: Adena Health has acquired Fairfield...
Lawmakers to subpoena Oracle execs as EHR project costs rise
Dive Brief: The House Veterans Affairs Committee voted unanimously this week to subpoena two leaders at Oracle as costs mount for the multiyear...
How a Medicare Advantage Runaround Nearly Cost a Senior His Sight – The Health Care Blog
By FRANK LEAHY On a gray February morning, I sat in my office in Inverness, in rural northern California, with the phone pressed to my ear, jotting...
Why AI scribes are a malpractice risk, according to experts
Listen to the article 6 min This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. Lured by promises of time savings and more...
The Pandemic Risk of “What I’ve Never Seen Before” – The Health Care Blog
By MIKE MAGEE The world of medical science largely closed ranks last month in defense of Tony Fauci. Dr. Fauci had been hauled before the Senate...
Mid-cap biotechs join Trump’s latest round of drug pricing deals
Listen to the article 3 min This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. Nine mid-sized drugmakers have agreed to deals...
Patient Access Was Never the Finish Line – The Health Care Blog
By STEPHEN FARBER If you grew up in the 1980s, you probably remember Press Your Luck. Contestants stood in front of a flashing game board chanting,...
