Transgender youth face national ban on medical care under new hospital rules : Shots
Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Medicare and Medicaid Administrator Dr. Mehmet Oz (right) will announce new restrictions to...
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At a Boyle Heights hospital, ICE agents call the shots, doctors say
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Patients get dragged into contract battles between hospitals and insurers : Shots
Legalistic battles over the network contracts between health insurers and medical care providers can leave patients in limbo. Renata Hamuda/iStockphoto/Getty...
Cuts to Medicaid hurt hospitals. Here’s why their lobbying against them failed : Shots
U.S. President Donald Trump, joined by Republican lawmakers, signs the One, Big Beautiful Bill Act into law on July 04,...
Hospitals’ mental health units rely heavily on Medicaid. Deep cuts could spark more closures : Shots
Spencer Hospital CEO Brenda Tiefenthaler (second from left) vows to maintain the facility's mental health services, with help from behavioral...
Republican proposals to cut Medicaid could be politically fraught : Shots
House Budget Committee Chairman Jodey Arrington, R-Texas, (center), flanked by Rep. Brendan Boyle, D-Pa., the ranking member (left), and Rep....
Trained dogs working inside hospitals help ease burnout among health care staff : Shots
Peppi, a yellow Lab and official "Canine Companion," sits on the lap of OB-GYN Kristina Fraser in November at the...
After health care attacks, tech giants will help small hospitals with cyber defenses : Shots
Logan Health in Kalispell, Mont., has experienced three data breaches in the past five years. Those cyberattacks exposed the names,...
How do you help patients who show up in the ER 100 times a year? : Shots
The hope was that bringing many other services to people with high needs would stabilize their health problems. While the...
