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Commentary
What Would ‘Project 2025’ Mean for Health and Healthcare?
Conservative group–backed plan intends to alter the processes and/or funding of CDC, NIH, Medicaid, and other agencies.
Opinion
Doctor I-Don’t-Know
If more physicians learned to say “I don’t know” early in their careers, the quality of care we are delivering as a profession will improve, as...
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Recommendations From a Pediatric Dermatologist on Using AI in Daily Practice
Many academic institutions are creating “walled gardens” — private areas of AI access that don’t allow patient information to “leak out.”
Feature
Turning Late-Night Advice into Big Business: Two Nurses’ Story
While talking to panicked parents at 2 a.m., these pediatric nurses discovered an underserved customer base — and a huge startup opportunity. Here...
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More Access to Perinatal Mental Healthcare Needed
Despite federal legislation to increase mental healthcare access, the greater number of people receiving visits coincided with fewer visits per...
Commentary
Free Med School Alone Won’t Boost Diversity
According to students from underrepresented backgrounds, the outreach and the equal opportunity need to start way earlier.
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Government Accuses Health System of Paying Docs Outrageous Salaries for Patient Referrals
Tennessee-based Erlanger Health System changed its compensation model to entice revenue-generating doctors.
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SUNY Downstate Emergency Medicine Doc Charged With $1.5M Fraud
EM doc accused of tax fraud, larceny, and falsifying records in case of using business credit card for personal expenses.
Commentary
Insurers’ Rules and AI for Preauthorization: ‘Ethically Nuts,’ Says Ethicist
I don’t think I’ve seen anything screwier, from a moral point of view, than the system we have that allows for preauthorization by third-party...
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CMS Proposes Maternal-Health Conditions-of-Participation Standards
“CMS is using all of our tools to improve the safety, quality, and timeliness of the care that hospitals provide to pregnant women.”
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Maternity Care in Rural Areas Is in Crisis. Can More Doulas Help?
When Medicaid programs cover doula care, states save millions of dollars in healthcare costs.