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Can AI save rural health care?
2+ day, 11+ hour ago (144+ words) STAT is a media company focused on finding and telling compelling stories about health, medicine, and scientific discovery. We produce daily news, investigative articles, and narrative projects in addition to multimedia features, podcasts, and opinion pieces. We tell our stories…...
UnitedHealth’s Democrat investment, and surprise billing bloat debate
4+ day, 11+ hour ago (136+ words) STAT I hope you all had a good Labor Day weekend. Robots may be able to run extremely fast now, but at least we know how to stop. Run your thoughts to me anytime: [email protected]. UnitedHealth Group’s top executives,…...
Health care features prominently in Democrats’ agenda
4+ day, 12+ hour ago (167+ words) STAT is a media company focused on finding and telling compelling stories about health, medicine, and scientific discovery. We produce daily news, investigative articles, and narrative projects in addition to multimedia features, podcasts, and opinion pieces. We tell our stories…...
Hospitals pursue deals to ensure survival as Trump's Medicaid cuts loom
4+ day, 18+ hour ago (1142+ words) Payne spoke with hospital executives and M&A consultants for this story, part of STAT’s Unraveled series, which explores the consequences of President Trump’s unprecedented cuts to the health care safety net. BOGALUSA, La. — It was once Louisiana’s “magic city,…...
Mass General Brigham Medicare Advantage plan drops Dana-Farber
1+ week, 1+ day ago (107+ words) Top Boston hospitals clash over Medicare Advantage network after split STAT By Marin Wolf — Boston Globe Eldon Clingan has had the same cancer specialist at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute for more than two decades. He trusts her,he said, and credits…...
A billing code was supposed to incentivize relationship-based primary care for Medicare patients. It may not be working as hoped
2+ week, 2+ day ago (237+ words) Ganguli is an associate professor of medicine, health services researcher, and internal medicine primary care physician at Harvard Medical School and Brigham and Women’s Hospital. Beatrice (not her real name) is here to see me after her fall, but our…...
Even at big companies, health care costs are increasing
2+ week, 3+ day ago (543+ words) Good morning. The news of Dolly Parton’s passing struck people pretty hard across the STAT newsroom. She was an incredible musician and humanitarian, but most relevant to this newsletter, she was an ardent supporter of science, including research behind the…...
How Trump's funding cuts are reshaping the health system
2+ week, 4+ day ago (92+ words) RFK Jr. adviser Calley Means said people should consult AI instead of human doctors. Send news tips and generative medical advice to [email protected] or John_Wilkerson.07 on Signal. Today, STAT kicked off Daniel Payne’s five-part series exploring the consequences of Republicans…...
How Trump's cuts are reshaping America’s health system
2+ week, 4+ day ago (1696+ words) Payne visited health systems in Louisiana and Maine and interviewed dozens of executives, doctors, and policymakers for STAT’s Unraveled series, which explores the consequences of President Trump’s unprecedented cuts to the health care safety net. BANGOR, Maine — Last year, Republicans…...
Public-sector purgatory, and a union-hospital fight
2+ week, 5+ day ago (201+ words) Bob Herman covers the money in health care, focusing on health insurance and hospitals. His stories delve into Medicare Advantage, opaque prescription drug benefits, and how much executives actually make. He was named a Pulitzer co-finalist in 2024 for the series…...