Can AI help reduce medical debt? It depends on how hospitals use it…
Artificial intelligence (AI) tools are increasingly being used in healthcare settings, aiding in everything from cancer screening to patient questions and more. In fact, most hospitals are already...
View ArticleHospitals behaving badly: UPMC, Texas Children’s spending draws scrutiny
Hospitals in the U.S. are continuing to land in hot water for excessive spending on CEO pay and other extravagances at the same time as they face financial challenges and lay off hundreds. Steward...
View ArticleIRS audits spotlight hospital community benefit spending
Nonprofit hospitals play a crucial role in the American healthcare system, but there are mounting questions about how effectively they give back to the communities that grant them millions in tax...
View ArticleWhat do the highest-paid nonprofit hospital CEOs have in common?
Nonprofit hospitals have been in the news for paying their executives millions amid layoffs and decreasing community investment. Why do nonprofit hospitals and systems pay their CEOs so much, and...
View ArticleMedical debt: North Carolina’s novel approach
Medical debt is a significant problem in the U.S., impacting millions, including those with insurance. When hospitals resort to aggressive collection tactics, it can wreak havoc on credit scores and...
View ArticleBlack mothers more likely to get unnecessary C-sections, study says
Are Black mothers more likely to have unscheduled C-sections? A new working paper from the National Bureau of Economic Research suggests yes–and that their likelihood of an unscheduled C-section was...
View ArticleHospital community benefit: Five takeaways from our DC summit
On September 25th, the Lown Institute and Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health co-hosted a meeting in Washington, DC on hospital tax exemptions and community benefit spending, bringing...
View ArticleREGISTER: Webinar on Unnecessary Back Surgery
Low-back pain is incredibly prevalent, affecting one quarter of US adults at any given time. However, some interventions to treat back pain have been shown to have no clinical benefit compared to...
View ArticleThe downsides to breast density notifications
A new rule from the US Food and Drug Administration just went into effect last month, requiring that mammography providers notify patients about their breast density along with their mammogram...
View ArticleWhen the hospitals we need the most are the least likely to succeed
When HCA, the nation’s largest for-profit hospital system, made plans to reduce services at one San Jose, CA hospital while pursuing a major expansion at another in a wealthier part of the city, they...
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