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STAT
NOVEMBER 13, 2024
the newly elected Senate majority leader, is big on telehealth, rural hospitals, and increasing transparency for drug middlemen. He represents a state that does not have much in the way of special interests in the health care industry beyond hospitals, doctors, and pharmacists. John Thune (R-S.D.),
STAT
APRIL 14, 2024
hospitals pay nothing in federal taxes. The agency uses a vague “community benefit” standard to liberally grant tax-exempt status to so-called nonprofit hospitals even as many of them are financially taking advantage of sick Americans with inflated medical bills. Where’s the community benefit in that?
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STAT
JULY 1, 2024
Louis-based health system through a period of explosive growth, adding hospital after hospital until it became one of the country’s biggest health systems. Ascension has lost almost $4 billion on operations from fiscal 2020 through fiscal 2023, triggering deals to offload almost 30 hospitals.
STAT
DECEMBER 26, 2023
Hospitals acquired by private equity saw a 25% uptick in adverse events compared with controls, according to a new study released today in the Journal of the American Medical Association. There’s ample evidence that private equity buyouts in health care drive up costs. A new study shows quality declines, too.
STAT
AUGUST 2, 2024
Contract disputes between hospitals and health plans have become routine, but they tend to be local , affecting a handful of hospitals and the people in the surrounding communities. It involves the country’s biggest private health insurer, UnitedHealthcare, and its biggest hospital chain, HCA Healthcare.
STAT
JUNE 18, 2024
hospitals need to prepare for the worst and hope for the best. While there is yet no evidence of human-to-human transmission of the H5N1 virus, this could emerge at any time, underscoring the urgent need for hospitals to bolster their preparedness for potential additional human cases of H5N1. The three human cases of H5N1 in the U.S.
STAT
FEBRUARY 23, 2024
Hospitals, pharmacies, and other health care providers are getting stuck in an insurance processing logjam after UnitedHealth Group disclosed a cyberattack within a recently acquired subsidiary that serves as a central hub for payments across the industry.
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