Endoscopic sleeve gastroplasty (ESG) is often sold as “stomach tightening” without surgery, but the price can still surprise patients once anesthesia, ...
A famous athlete from Wilmington is making a significant investment in health care. Here's how those funds are working in the ...
On a 15-degree morning in January, a clinic in this small community on the northern edge of Pisgah National Forest began to ...
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services just announced the next 15 brand-name medicines selected for Medicare’s drug price negotiation program, which mandates price reductions of at least 25%.
There is plenty of bad coming out of the federal government on health care. CMS is the exception, write Ezekiel J. Emanuel ...
The health insurance industry was caught off guard by the federal government’s recent proposal to keep next year’s payments to Medicare Advantage plans mostly flat, and to change a controversial ...
In the first large randomized trial to prospectively assess cognition, carotid revascularization shows no cognitive advantage over intensive medical therapy alone.
A $50 million project will double the size of Palisades Medical Center's department to 22,000 square feet so staff can handle 56,000 patients a year.
Hospice organizations were pleased last week when Congress approved a budget package extending telehealth extensions for hospice and other long-term care providers through Dec. 31, 2027.  But now they ...
The Trump administration on Thursday launched TrumpRx, a website it says will help patients buy prescription drugs directly ...
With length-of-stay shrinking and appeals netting just an average of four days more skilled nursing care, researchers say it’s time for providers to focus on function, transitions and better ...
President Trump on Thursday unveiled his lower-cost drug platform TrumpRx, touting it as “one of the most transformative ...