Beyond Burnout: Docs Decry Moral Injury From Financial Pressures Of Health Care
Doctors and other clinicians say they're enduring moral injury because the business of health care interferes with patient care.
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Doctors and other clinicians say they're enduring moral injury because the business of health care interferes with patient care.
Medicare has changed how it pays for services. In response, agencies across the country are firing therapists, limiting physical, occupational and speech therapy, and terminating services for some longtime, severely ill patients.
Newsletter editor Brianna Labuskes wades through hundreds of health care policy stories each week, so you don't have to.
Medicare cut payments for 786 hospitals because of high infection and complication rates. They included a third of the hospitals proclaimed as the nations best in one prominent ranking.
Years ago, doctors sometimes lied about whose sperm they used for artificial inseminations. Could it happen now? Some argue regulation is weak in the multibillion-dollar fertility treatment industry.
A high-profile commission created by Gov. Gavin Newsom will convene for the first time Monday to discuss how to get every Californian covered. But don't expect the state to adopt a single-payer system anytime soon.
A study ordered by the Food and Drug Administration failed to prove that Makena, the only drug approved to prevent premature birth, is effective. While a panel of experts has recommended withdrawing the drugs approval, many doctors are wary.
Newsletter editor Brianna Labuskes wades through hundreds of health care policy stories each week, so you don't have to.
A high-profile effort in Camden, New Jersey, to reduce health spending by identifying high-cost patients and giving them more coordinated and preventive medical care has been copied around the country. Many of those groups are pushing forward with the efforts, despite a recent critical study of the Camden initiative.
Former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg uses health care as a key message in his Democratic presidential primary run. Now that he will be taking the stage in the Feb. 19 debate, the message could take on even more prominence.
Kaiser Health News gives readers a chance to comment on a recent batch of stories.
SmileDirectClub and similar startup companies say they provide these services at what can be thousands of dollars less than office-visit teeth straightening, but proof is lacking and patients can be left with no recourse if problems arise.
California lawmakers are proposing ambitious health care ideas, from creating a state generic drug label to banning the sale of flavored e-cigarette products. Even though Democrats control state government, theyre likely to face pushback from powerful health care industry groups like hospitals.
KHN senior correspondent Markian Hawryluk joined Colorado Public Radios Avery Lill on Colorado Matters to discuss his recent story on how high-deductible health plans are especially hurting the financial health of patients and hospitals in rural America.
The claim, which builds on previous statements and campaign messaging, drew strong reactions.
A new state law limits what consumers owe if theyre transported by an air ambulance thats not part of their insurance network to the amount that theyd be charged if they used an in-network provider. But the law wont protect millions of consumers whose health plans arent regulated by the state.
The impact of the Trump administrations health policies is not as clear-cut as the presidents reelection campaign suggests.
Newsletter editor Brianna Labuskes wades through hundreds of health care policy stories each week, so you don't have to.
Small hospitals and patients in rural areas have been hit hard by the boom in high-deductible health plans. Often when a patient arrives at a rural hospital needing critical care, the person is stabilized and transferred to a larger facility. But bills from the first site of care generally get applied to the patients deductible. When patients cant afford their deductible, the smaller hospital winds up eating the costs.
Cathryn Jakobson Ramin, author of the book Crooked, says chronic low back pain is not a medical condition. Nonetheless, that complaint sends millions of Americans down a path of expensive imaging tests, ongoing therapies and invasive surgery all with limited effectiveness for many patients. In a conversation with An Arm and a Leg podcast host Dan Weissmann, Ramin shares her journey of back pain and recovery.
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