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Health & Wellness

Epic’s “Emmie” Chatbot Enhances the Patient Voice – For Their *Real* Customers

By MICHAEL MILLENSON A Rock Health write-up of this year’s Epic Users Group Meeting captured the artificial intelligence vibe with a play on th...

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Telehealth safe harbor: a call to action for health plans

By AMI PAREKH A little-noticed telehealth safe harbor provision tucked inside the One Big Beautiful Bill was a significant milestone in virtual...

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Labcorp, Blue Shield and my $34.95 co pay (part 5)

By MATTHEW HOLT I have been on a quest to try to understand why I am being charged $34.95 by Labcorp for some lab tests that I think should be free...

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New Bereavement Cost Calculator shows that grief is expensive

by EMMA PAYNE Grief is expensive. In addition to the significant human impacts, research shows that bereavement leads to a 20%-30% increase in...

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Does American Health Care Violate the ICJ’s Recent Climate Advisory Opinion?

By DAVID INTROCASO In late July the UN International Court of Justice (ICJ) announced its long-awaited and highly-anticipated climate advisory...

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Lessons From The Medical Error That Orphaned A Cabinet Secretary

By MICHAEL MILLENSON It was a small anecdote, buried in a lengthy profile in The New Yorker of Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick, “Donald Tr...

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Public Health Is Not the Hudson River 

By GREGORY HOPSON There is no doubt Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. is sincere about wanting to make the world a better place. The Hudson River cleanup,...

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We Should Write a Really Stern Letter

By KIM BELLARD On the heels of the disastrous floods in Texas, days away from the Hurricane Katrina twenty year anniversary, and with Hurricane...

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Rate Reality Check: How Capital Women’s Care Stacks Up Against the Competition (Part 2)

By JASON HINES This is Part 2 of Jason and Gigasheets’ investigation into the Capital Women’s Care vs UnitedHealthcare contract dispute in whic...

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Price Transparency Data Reveals the Real Story Behind Capital Women’s Care vs UnitedHealthcare Contract Battle (Part 1)

By JASON HINES On August 1, 2025, Capital Women’s Care (CWC), one of the largest OB/GYN practices in the Mid-Atlantic region went out-of-networ...

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Why U.S. Healthcare Pricing Transparency Laws Will Fail Without Real Penalties

By CHINELO GRACE CHIGOZIE The U.S. has a healthcare cost problem that everyone knows about but no one talks about openly. For decades, the same...

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When is Preventative Care not Preventative? Let’s get Labcorp to join in! (with UPDATE)

By MATTHEW HOLT To join in the fun I am having with Blue Shield of California & Brown & Toland Physicians IPA being unable to tell me why I...