Shutdown forces Medicare patients off popular telehealth and hospital-at-home programs
The federal government shutdown is forcing a reckoning for two remote health care programs because they automatically expired Oct. 1.
Oct 14, 2025
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Hospital medicine news
Workers' wages siphoned to pay medical bills, despite consumer protections
Stacey Knoll thought the court summons she received was a scam. She didn't remember getting any medical bills from Montrose Regional Health, a nonprofit hospital, after a 2020 emergency room visit.
Oct 9, 2025
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At least 170 US hospitals face major flood risk: Experts say Trump is making it worse
When a big storm hits, Peninsula Hospital could be underwater.
Oct 8, 2025
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Big loopholes in hospital charity care programs mean patients still get stuck with the tab
Quinn Cochran-Zipp went to the emergency room three times with severe abdominal pain before doctors figured out she had early-stage cancer in the germ cells of her right ovary. After emergency surgery four years ago, the ...
Oct 7, 2025
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Health care cuts threaten homegrown solutions to rural doctor shortages
California's far northern region is a collection of sparsely populated counties stretching from just north of Sacramento all the way up to Oregon and from the Pacific coast to the Nevada border. The shortage of doctors is ...
Sep 24, 2025
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Projected surge in uninsured will strain local health systems
Jake Margo Jr. stood in the triage room at Starr County Memorial Hospital explaining why a person with persistent fever who could be treated with over-the-counter medication didn't need to be admitted to the emergency room.
Sep 22, 2025
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Trump's Medicaid cuts were aimed at 'able-bodied adults': Hospitals say kids will be hurt
Republicans insist that President Donald Trump's cuts to Medicaid were aimed at reducing fraud and getting more of its adult beneficiaries into jobs. But the side effects may include less care for sick kids.
Sep 15, 2025
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Instead of selling, some rural hospitals band together to survive
Retta Jacobi stepped onto a metal platform that lifted her to an entrance on the side of a custom-designed semitrailer. Once inside, she lay down on a platform that technicians slid into an MRI machine. Jacobi hoped the scan ...
Sep 15, 2025
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When hospitals and insurers fight, patients get caught in the middle
Amy Frank said it took 17 hours on the phone over nearly three weeks, bouncing between her insurer and her local hospital system, to make sure her plan would cover her husband's post-surgery care.
Sep 8, 2025
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COPD care pathway leads to shorter hospital stays, more referrals to pulmonary rehab
Using a care pathway focused on chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) can lead to shorter hospital stays, increased referrals to pulmonary rehabilitation, and improved standardization of care, according to a study ...
Aug 28, 2025
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