When Americans don’t see their doctors due to money issues, America has a real problem
Medical records can contain seemingly objective descriptions that are actually full of coded language and subtext. How does that affect care?
Small studies suggest that breast removal surgery improves transgender teenagers’ well-being, but data is sparse. Some state leaders oppose such procedures for minors.
Bon Secours Mercy Health, a major nonprofit health system, used the poverty of Richmond Community Hospital’s patients to tap into a lucrative federal drug program.
Since March, a team of doctors, nurses, counselors and wellness experts have been driving the Betty’s Co. mobile clinic across San Antonio where its target market can be found.
Many trans patients have trouble getting their insurers to cover gender-affirming care. One reason is transphobia within the U.S. health care system, but another involves how medical diagnoses and procedures are coded for insurance companies. Advocates for transgender people say those codes haven’t…
In most industries, the combination of high quality at reasonable price would spell...
Healthcare workers have participated in labor strikes across the U.S., citing concerns about staffing, patient care, working conditions and employee retention.
From ‘depression’ to ‘HIV,’ we found popular health apps sharing potential health concerns and user identifiers with dozens of ad companies.
A recently adopted Department of Veterans Affairs policy providing abortions to veterans and their eligible relatives is legally sound and can continue, the Justice Department said.
Title X clinics offered more preventive care access in 2021 than they did in 2020, continuing to serve a low-income and diverse patient population, per federal reports.
Providing housing to people who are chronically homeless, and women who are pregnant or who have a newborn child, is particularly important.
A faction of self-proclaimed "abolitionists" are seeking to make abortion laws more restrictive and the consequences of having the procedure more punitive than ever before.
Hospitals caring for large shares of Black patients were paid $283 less for each day of a hospital stay compared to other hospitals.
Meta is facing mounting questions about its access to sensitive medical data following a Markup investigation that found the company’s pixel tracking tool collecting details about patients’ doctor’s appointments, prescriptions, and health conditions on hospital websites.
Lack of stable housing while fighting cancer can be one of the risk factors most likely to increase mortality, researchers from UC San Diego School of Medicine revealed in a paper published Friday.
Some victims of sexual assault get charged for their emergency care, with bills over $3,500, even though federal law requires their forensic exams to be free.
The codes used by U.S. medical providers to bill insurers haven’t caught up to the needs of trans patients or even international standards. Consequently, doctors are forced to get creative with what codes they use, or patients spend hours fighting big out-of-pocket bills.
Middle-income seniors are those who are unlikely to qualify for Medicaid but do not have adequate resources to pay for the housing and care options they need. The lead author called for efforts to be taken to improve the affordability of long-term care for seniors, particularly for those of lower income.