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Thousands of Doctors' Offices Buckle Under Financial Stress of COVID
Across the nation, primary care practices that were already struggling are closing, victims of the pandemic’s financial fallout. And this is reducing access to health care, especially in rural and other regions already short on doctors.
How Pharma Money Colors Operation Warp Speed’s Quest to Defeat COVID
A Trump administration maneuver allows executives who are leading the federal effort to keep investments in drug companies that would benefit from the pandemic response.
OSHA Let Employers Decide Whether to Report Health Care Worker Deaths. Many Didn't.
Four workers died at a facility with one of the largest U.S. outbreaks, but the Occupational Safety and Health Administration never conducted an inspection. It’s a pattern that’s played out across the nation, a KHN investigation finds.
‘An Arm and a Leg’: How to Avoid a Big Bill for Your COVID Test
Tests for the coronavirus are supposed to be free. And, usually, they are. But sometimes … things happen. Here’s how to avoid getting a surprise bill for a test.
After Kid’s Minor Bike Accident, Major Bill Sets Legal Wheels in Motion
It was a surprise even in a family of lawyers. The process called “subrogation” began with one Nevada family’s health insurer denying their claim for an emergency room visit after 9-year-old fell off his bike.
Fear of Flying Is a COVID-Era Conundrum
Take It From an Expert: Fauci’s Hierarchy of Safety
Need a COVID-19 Nurse? That’ll Be $8,000 a Week
These Front-Line Workers Could Have Retired. They Risked Their Lives Instead.
Lost on the Frontline: New This Week
Why Employers Find It So Hard to Test for COVID
California Businesses Go From Simmer to Boil Over Newsom’s Fine Dining
Rural Areas Send Their Sickest Patients to Cities, Straining Hospitals
New Legal Push Aims to Speed Magic Mushrooms to Dying Patients
Medicare Fines Half of Hospitals for Readmitting Too Many Patients
The penalties are the ninth round of a program created as part of the Affordable Care Act’s broader effort to improve quality and lower costs. The average reduction in federal payments is 0.69%, with 613 hospitals receiving a penalty of 1% or more.
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