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‘Extreme’ Opioid Use and Doctor Shopping Still Plague Medicare

(By Charles Ornstein for NPR and produced by ProPublica) In Washington, D.C., a Medicare beneficiary filled prescriptions for 2,330 pills

(By JoNoel Aleccia for Kaiser Health News) Contamination at a German factory that makes crucial machines used during open-heart surgery

(By Jordan Rau for Kaiser Health News) Around the country, a handful of nursing home companies have begun selling their

(By Adam Feuerstein and Damian Garde for STAT) Novartis’ groundbreaking CAR-T cancer therapy is one big step closer to reaching

(By Brian Zimmerman for Becker’s Hospital Review) The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on July 5 issued a warning letter

(By Kelly Gooch for Becker’s Hospital Review) Two plaintiffs are accusing Blue Shield of California of improperly denying mental health

(By Julie Spitzer for Becker’s Hospital Review) Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Louisiana launched a tool that allows customers to compare

According to the study “Uncovering Waste in U.S. Healthcare: Evidence from Ambulance Referral Patterns,” found for elderly patients who experience

(By Lauren Silverman for NPR) Recovery coaches and peer mentors – known in Alcoholics Anonymous as “sponsors” — have for

(By Sandra G. Boodman for Kaiser Health News) The controversial practice has been standard in many teaching hospitals for decades,