Healthcare in a Minute

Medicare spent $57 million to cover the drug in 2017. It spent $4.6 billion in 2022 By George W. Chapman The catchy tune in

By George W. Chapman On Feb. 22, 2024, the giant healthcare billing clearinghouse “Change Healthcare” (owned by United Healthcare Group) was hacked. It is

Situation may get worse with NYS proposed budget cuts By George W. Chapman Over 97,000 people in New York state depend on skilled nursing

Two Republican presidential candidates — so far Trump and DeSantis — are, for some inexplicable reason, pledging to get rid of the ACA, often

Medicare is proposing to reduce physician payments in 2024 by 3.36%. That comes on the heels of a 2% reduction this year. The American

by George W. Chapman As of this writing in mid-October, more than 70,000 Kaiser Permanente are on strike. This past summer, RUNAP, the Rochester

Medicare is finally flexing its purchasing power by negotiating the prices it pays for 10 drugs that treat cancer, arthritis, diabetes and heart disease.

By George W. Chapman It should come as no surprise that OB-GYNs in states with restrictive or confusing abortion laws are considering moving to

Artificial intelligence, like ChatGPT (Generative Pre-trained Transformer), is being met by providers with the same guarded optimism and trepidation as the now firmly entrenched