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As medical device companies look to snap up Medicare dollars, potential conflicts lurk

Medical device companies are hoping to persuade CMS to dole out higher payments for several types of products and services.

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First Opinion Alexander Chaitoff, Khin-Kyemon Aung and Alexander Zheutlin

Amazon and One Medical: Minding the data gaps

A STAT Investigation Tara Bannow

The private equity firms, like Blackstone and KKR, behind 8 of the biggest names in autism therapy

A STAT Investigation Tara Bannow

Parents and clinicians say private equity’s profit fixation is short-changing kids with autism

Health Olivia Goldhill

‘It’s not medical’: Oregon wrestles with how to offer psychedelics outside the health care system

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Health Tech Bob Herman and Katie Palmer

One Medical’s dueling offers from Amazon and CVS signal a start to health tech bidding wars

Business Bob Herman

Federal judge dismisses doctor’s case that argued surprise billing law was unconstitutional

Business Bob Herman

Health care industry swarms Washington as surprise billing rules get ironed out

A STAT Investigation Jared Whitlock

Nursing home chain’s tangled corporate structure and bankruptcy threats stymied litigation

Business Bob Herman

Hospitals win higher payments from Medicare after lobbying campaign

Business Bob Herman

Edwards Lifesciences chief tops list of highest-paid medical device CEOs

Business Bob Herman

HCA Healthcare, Cigna chiefs top the lists of best-paid CEOs among providers, insurers

Business Bob Herman

Biotech employees cash in health care’s largest salaries, while people working at providers sit near the bottom

Special Report Bob Herman, Kate Sheridan, J. Emory Parker, Adam Feuerstein and Mohana Ravindranath

Health care’s high rollers: As the pandemic raged, CEOs’ earnings surged

Hospitals Bob Herman

HCA, Steward abandon hospital deal in another win for FTC

Insurance Bob Herman

Many Blue Cross Blue Shield plans aren’t paying taxes — and instead are swimming in refunds

Hospitals Bob Herman

New Jersey hospitals scrap merger after FTC challenge

Business Bob Herman

Real estate firms own nearly 1 in 10 health care properties

Business Tara Bannow and Bob Herman

Omicron squeezed hospitals more than health insurers in the first quarter

Biotech Allison DeAngelis

Despite biotech slump, veterans of SVB and KKR launch investment firm

Business Bob Herman

The doctor who is trying to bring back surprise billing

Business Andrew Joseph

‘We are not casting a wide enough net’: Rob Perez on how biopharma companies can help out their neighbors

Business Tara Bannow

A hospital lobbying juggernaut makes an unlikely pivot into venture capital

Business Bob Herman

TeamHealth hit with another lawsuit for alleged overbilling, this time from an employer

Business Bob Herman

The biggest PBMs are handling more and more of the country’s drug price negotiations

Business Bob Herman

Patients are flocking back to hospitals, but volumes are at the mercy of Covid surges, new documents show

Business Bob Herman

A glaring gap in Congress’ surprise billing law leaves patients on the hook for pricey, out-of-network lab tests

Business Bob Herman

Even as it struggles, startup insurer Bright Health deepens its ties to Cigna

Business Rachel Cohrs

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As medical device companies look to snap up Medicare dollars, potential conflicts lurk

Amazon and One Medical: Minding the data gaps

The private equity firms, like Blackstone and KKR, behind 8 of the biggest names in autism therapy

Parents and clinicians say private equity’s profit fixation is short-changing kids with autism

‘It’s not medical’: Oregon wrestles with how to offer psychedelics outside the health care system

All Coverage

One Medical’s dueling offers from Amazon and CVS signal a start to health tech bidding wars

Federal judge dismisses doctor’s case that argued surprise billing law was unconstitutional

Health care industry swarms Washington as surprise billing rules get ironed out

Nursing home chain’s tangled corporate structure and bankruptcy threats stymied litigation

Hospitals win higher payments from Medicare after lobbying campaign

Edwards Lifesciences chief tops list of highest-paid medical device CEOs

HCA Healthcare, Cigna chiefs top the lists of best-paid CEOs among providers, insurers

Biotech employees cash in health care’s largest salaries, while people working at providers sit near the bottom

Health care’s high rollers: As the pandemic raged, CEOs’ earnings surged

HCA, Steward abandon hospital deal in another win for FTC

Many Blue Cross Blue Shield plans aren’t paying taxes — and instead are swimming in refunds

New Jersey hospitals scrap merger after FTC challenge

Real estate firms own nearly 1 in 10 health care properties

Omicron squeezed hospitals more than health insurers in the first quarter

Despite biotech slump, veterans of SVB and KKR launch investment firm

The doctor who is trying to bring back surprise billing

‘We are not casting a wide enough net’: Rob Perez on how biopharma companies can help out their neighbors

A hospital lobbying juggernaut makes an unlikely pivot into venture capital

TeamHealth hit with another lawsuit for alleged overbilling, this time from an employer

The biggest PBMs are handling more and more of the country’s drug price negotiations

Patients are flocking back to hospitals, but volumes are at the mercy of Covid surges, new documents show

A glaring gap in Congress’ surprise billing law leaves patients on the hook for pricey, out-of-network lab tests

Even as it struggles, startup insurer Bright Health deepens its ties to Cigna

Private equity firms are cashing in on the travel nursing business that has boomed during the pandemic

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