Category: doctors
-
STAT+: How accurate is HBO’s ‘The Pitt’? Mass. ER doctors and nurses describe the reality of their jobs
STAT+: How accurate is HBO’s ‘The Pitt’? Mass. ER doctors and nurses describe the reality of their jobs Emergency room staff cut the clothes off an unresponsive homeless man, and several rats leap from his body onto the floor. Doctors examine a child who won’t wake up and discover he ate one of his father’s cannabis…
-
STAT+: Hospitals would be hit hardest by Medicaid cuts in GOP tax bill, report finds
STAT+: Hospitals would be hit hardest by Medicaid cuts in GOP tax bill, report finds WASHINGTON — Hospitals would bear the brunt of federal health care funding cuts in the Republicans’ tax bill, and they’d be hurt hard in states with both predominantly Democratic- and Republican-led governments, according to an analysis by the Urban Institute…
-
STAT+: Study shows how UnitedHealth uses coding to rake in extra cash from Medicare Advantage
STAT+: Study shows how UnitedHealth uses coding to rake in extra cash from Medicare Advantage Health insurers in the private Medicare business have a big incentive to diagnose their members with lots of health conditions: The government pays them more money. A new study shows the extent to which the biggest player in that business,…