December 6, 2023

Hospitals Say Some Medicare Advantage Plans Are Skirting CMS Rules by Cheryl Clark, Contributing Writer November 27, 2023   Some Medicare Advantage (MA) plans do not intend to abide by the 2024 CMS rule that prohibits them from denying coverage of services that traditional Medicare would cover. Instead, the private plans are using their own […]

STAT Morning Rounds: Six health news stories you need to start your day By Theresa Gaffney December 4, 2023   Understand how science, health policy, and medicine shape the world everyday. Sign up for our Morning Rounds newsletter here.   How sickle cell became the first CRISPR’d disease Nearly a decade ago, consultants delivered to

National Single Payer Denounces Targeting of Hospitals in Gaza By Judy Albert, Claire Cohen, Ed Grystar, Ana Malinow, Martha Schmidt and Kay Tillow, Counter Punch November 30, 2023   And U.S. Complicity In Genocide. As a national, grassroots, social justice organization that organizes locally in the struggle for national single payer health care in the

How Will Tomorrow’s Medical Students Be Different? by Arthur Lazarus, MD, MBA November 11, 2023   The future of medical students appears promising and challenging at the same time. While there will be abundant opportunities for medical students to explore various fields of medicine, they will be challenged by high stress levels, financial burden, and

Clinician of the Future 2023 Education Edition October 2023   Empowering the next generation of clinicians Healthcare professionals worldwide are experiencing increasing pressure in their daily work — a challenge that extends to the emerging generation of clinicians. Our report highlights the sentiments of students regarding advanced technology and AI in their education, shedding light

Will Tomorrow’s Medical Students Ever Practice Medicine? by Arthur Lazarus, MD, MBA November 26, 2023   In a recent essay , I marveled at the qualities that will set apart tomorrow’s physicians from previous generations. And while everything I wrote I believed to be true, I suppose I neglected a major concern, a big blind

Most Medical, Nursing Students Don’t Plan to Treat Patients, Survey Finds by Shannon Firth, Washington Correspondent November 2, 2023   A majority of medical and nursing students said they view their studies as a “stepping-stone” to a broader non-patient-facing healthcare career, according to a global survey from Elsevier Health.   Of a total of 2,212

Why Doctors and Pharmacists Are in Revolt By Noam Scheiber December 3, 2023   Dr. John Wust does not come off as a labor agitator. A longtime obstetrician-gynecologist from Louisiana with a penchant for bow ties, Dr. Wust spent the first 15 years of his career as a partner in a small business — that

L.A. County doctors and dentists give green light for possible strike By Emily Alpert Reyes November 22, 2023   Physicians and dentists working at Los Angeles County-run hospitals and clinics have voted to authorize a possible strike, citing concerns about inadequate benefits and rampant vacancies.   The Union of American Physicians and Dentists represents more

Doctor ‘Wage Theft’ Is Not Without Consequences By N. Adam Brown, MD, MBA, Contributing Writer November 30, 2023   If you worked retail or behind a fast-food counter in the pre-digital age, you may remember the time clock and cha-chunk sound it made when you signed in and out of your job. (Okay, it was