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First Opinion Ira Byock

Hospice care needs saving

First Opinion Audrey Provenzano

Primary care physicians try to give their all — until they can’t. It’s time to flip the archetype to teamwork

First Opinion Greg Rudolf

Responsibly expanding access to methadone for people with opioid use disorder will save lives

Health Care Tara Bannow

UPMC, Advocate Aurora, Duke fighting lawsuits over use of Meta’s tracking tool

Health Care Ambar Castillo

The case for universal oral health coverage, according to a new WHO report

Health Care Brittany Trang

Why doesn’t the U.S. have more Black doctors?

Health Care Inc. Bob Herman

Medicare’s midterm punts, MA marketing schemes, and a closer look at the Abiomed deal

First Opinion Jay Baruch

Trying to quit my job as an ER doctor gave me reasons to stay

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Health Care Amanda Seitz — Associated Press

U.S. plans crackdown on nursing homes that sedate patients with unnecessary antipsychotics

Health Care Tom Murphy — Associated Press

Drugstores make slow headway on staffing problems

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First Opinion Andrew Dreyfus

How value-based payments to clinicians can help close equity gaps

Politics Sarah Owermohle

Amid dire maternal mortality rates, Congress falls short on Medicaid postpartum care

First Opinion Lee Jones

Exclude race from medical school admissions and students, patients, and the entire health care system lose out

First Opinion Daryl Pritchard and Susanne Munksted

Inconsistent clinical practices thwart wider use of personalized medicine

First Opinion Sarah Smithson

How motivational interviewing can improve health workforce well-being

Special Report Karen Pennar

‘If I were a hospital, I’d be reading the tea leaves’: Pressures grow on the health care industry to reduce its climate pollution

First Opinion Podcast Patrick Skerrett

Listen: Home health care is facing devastating ‘clawbacks’

First Opinion Neel Vahil

Keeping families out of ICUs no longer makes sense as the pandemic eases

First Opinion Jeff Goldsmith

The future for practicing physicians in a corporate world

First Opinion Ann Ledbetter

Maternity care in the U.S. is in crisis. It’s time to call the midwife

First Opinion Terry Wilcox

Medicare’s cuts to home health are a step in the wrong direction

First Opinion Toni Gingerelli

Certified nursing assistants do important work. They deserve to be paid a living wage for it

First Opinion Stacy Bratcher

Health care needs a Black Friday sale: the case for legalizing discounts on medical services

First Opinion Peter A. Bonis

Health care’s shift from covenant to commodity comes with consequences

Business Bob Herman

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

Health Care Tara Bannow

Fed up with costly, onerous recertification, doctors are turning to an alternative board

First Opinion Krista Drobac

Medicare cuts would undermine the movement to increasing in-home care

Health Care Rachel Cohrs

Virtual Event: Democrats’ Last Chance for Drug Pricing Reform?