Iowa Senate committee approves one-time tax increase on certain health insurance plans
DES MOINES, Iowa (IOWA CAPITAL DISPATCH) – The Iowa Senate Ways and Means Committee advanced a measure Wednesday…
Is Epic Too Big to Fail?
For years, I have written about consolidation in healthcare — how mergers of hospital systems, insurers, and service…
Health AI agents are here, but what about the validation?
Casey Ross covers the use of artificial intelligence in medicine and its underlying questions of safety, fairness, and…
Cancer can kill you in a year. I found out the hard way what that’s like.
In the fall of 2022, when I was 42 and living with my wife and three young kids…
How unregulated herbal remedies may contribute to chronic kidney disease – The South First
Many unlicensed herbal formulations contain heavy metals such as lead, arsenic and mercury, which can accumulate in the…
Cyberattack on Stryker affects health care centers, including NH
SALEM, N.H. — Stryker, a medical technology company that serves millions worldwide, said it experienced a global network…
TA Reached with Kaiser Permanente – UFCW Local 135
After months of negotiations – and the strong solidarity shown by caregivers at the bargaining table and on…
Documenting Oregon Hospitals’ Better Years, New Study Complicates Story of Financial Strain
The woes of Oregon’s small rural hospitals have drawn the attention of policymakers, but they’ve actually tended on…
Charges: Home health care agency owner defrauded Medicaid out of $600K
A St. Paul home health care agency owner is facing charges after investigators say she defrauded Medicaid out…
Healthcare Uses Specialized Language. It Needs Specialized AI, Too.
Healthcare has always struggled with translation. Not between English and other languages but between the dialects spoken by…
Millions of Americans are skipping meals or cutting back on utilities to afford health care
Forgoing food. Cutting back on utilities. Driving less. Borrowing money. These are the sacrifices that tens of millions…
Sutter Health expands cardiology services in Santa Rosa with $16.4 million renovation for new care center
In little more than a decade, the doctors, nurses and medical assistants who power Sutter Health’s cardiology center…