VIDEO: Elective surgeries Q&A
What are elective surgeries and why are they so important to hospitals? Vikas Saini and Shannon Brownlee answer questions about elective surgeries in this edition of our new video series, "Lown Hospitals Q&A." More
Telehealth Will Be Free, No Copays, They Said. But Angry Patients Are Getting Billed.
Politicians pledged to stop providers from charging for video appointments or telephone calls, but some patients are being charged $70 or $80 per virtual visit. More
One Rich N.Y. Hospital Got Warren Buffett’s Help. This One Got Duct Tape.
The inequities of New York City’s health care system are clear at a public hospital in a section of Brooklyn hit hard by the coronavirus pandemic. More
COVID-19: Time to reexamine the Orphan Drug Act and find an alternative
Congress should work to reexamine the Orphan Drug Act to ensure that it is not being abused for unintended purposes. More
This Hospital Has Only 8 Nurses. They Are Also the Janitors.
Eight nurses are the overwhelming majority of employees who remain at Haskell County Community Hospital in Oklahoma. The future of the 25-bed hospital, which has been whittled down to operating only an emergency room since 2019, is increasingly grim. More
As frontline emergency doctors risk all to fight COVID-19, their pay is slashed
Even as frontline emergency room doctors are cheered as national heroes, the private equity-backed firms that employ them are slashing their pay to counteract downturns in corporate revenue. More
When the Covid-19 pandemic is over, health care must not return to business as usual
The cataclysm of Covid-19 offers an opportunity to reshape health care for the better. The question is: Do we have the collective will to do that? More
Coronavirus Fuels Explosive Growth In Telehealth ― And Concern About Fraud
“Unscrupulous providers” could take advantage of the boom in treatment delivered via voice or video calls. More
Medical bills pile up for coronavirus treatment. ‘I was trying to do the right thing.’
Many people are being met with surprise bills from coronavirus treatment that cost thousands or tens of thousands of dollars, as patients battle with their insurers. More
Creating a culture of readiness within the healthcare system
The inability of the healthcare system to manage the surge in response to COVID-19 wasn't just predictable. It was all but planned by economic design. More
VIDEO: Hospital bailouts Q&A
In the first edition of "Lown Hospitals Q&A," a recurring video series, Vikas Saini and Shannon Brownlee answer questions about hospital bailouts. More
After a hard-won political fight, this state expanded access to insulin. Can others follow its lead?
The Minnesota legislature's fight over a new insulin access program encapsulates the difficulty and the controversy of even modest drug pricing reforms. More
Medical Staffing Companies Cut Doctors’ Pay While Spending Millions on Political Ads
While cutting benefits for emergency room doctors and other medical workers, TeamHealth and Envision have spent millions on ads meant to pressure politicians working on legislation to cap out-of-network costs for Americans. More
America’s Psychiatric Facilities Are ‘Incubators’ for COVID-19
Whistleblowers at psychiatric facilities paint a picture of mismanaged responses and lax safety protocols—even alleging coverups of deaths. More
Profit over people, cost over care: America’s broken healthcare exposed by virus
There were 27.9 million people without health insurance in 2018, and record-high unemployment will increase that figure by millions More
‘They Know How to Bamboozle People’: Former Insurance Exec Says Industry Will Fail Us During Coronavirus
"This pandemic, if anything, is waking people up to just how unreliable, and insecure, the current healthcare system is." More
’20-Bed ICU, 9 Are Hospital Staff’
MedPage Today survey finds healthcare workers sidelined by COVID-19, New York hardest hit More
Electronic Consultations: Complexities and Promise
Electronic consultations (e-consults) enable patients to benefit from specialist expertise without ever seeing the specialist and thus represent a revolution in delivery of outpatient health care. More
US for-profit healthcare sector cuts thousands of jobs as pandemic rages
Health workers are facing layoffs, furloughs and cuts to salaries and schedules in response to declines in revenue More
Feds’ business loans for hospitals freeze top earners’ pay
The new Main Street lending program is available to businesses with up to 10,000 employees or $2.5 billion in annual revenue, but puts limits on certain employees' compensation. More