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Quizzes > Weekly News Quiz — You passed medical training, now see if you can pass our weekly quiz by MedPage Today Staff March 11, 2023 The 24-hour news cycle is just as important to medicine as it is to politics, finance, or sports. At MedPage Today, new information is posted daily, but keeping up

Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Urology involves some of the most intimate medical conditions, yet patients don't necessarily always prefer to be treated by a urologist of their own gender, new research has found. In some situations, male and female patients would prefer a male urologist but in others—if they have a painful condition, for example—both

Children’s Hospital & Medical Center in Omaha, Nebraska, is the only hospital in the state of Nebraska exclusively dedicated to pediatric care, serving a five-state region. In 2022, it nearly doubled its capacity with the opening of the Hubbard Center for Children, adding 100 beds for a total of 243 beds. That move expanded surgical

Originally intended to prevent doctors from deploying expensive and ineffectual treatments, for some patients prior authorization has morphed into a confusing maze that denies or delays needed care, burdens physicians with paperwork, and perpetuates racial disparities. And new federal rules may not be enough to tame it. Do you have an experience navigating prior authorization

Skip to main content The No Surprises Act has taken the patient out of the middle of payment disputes between insurers and out-of-network providers, shielding more than 9 million people from unexpected bills since the law was enacted in 2022. But in the background, providers and payers are fighting over how to set appropriate reimbursement rates

Allyson and Marcus Ward of Chicago moved across the country to be closer to family after the premature birth of their twins, Theo and Milo, left them with about $80,000 in medical debt. KHN and NPR's reporting has revealed over 100 million people in America are saddled with medical debt. (Taylor Glascock for KHN and

Meeting Coverage > ACC — Pivotal trial is first to evaluate "impact of TR reduction on long-term effects on survival" by Crystal Phend, Contributing Editor, MedPage Today March 4, 2023 NEW ORLEANS -- Transcatheter edge-to-edge repair (TEER) of severely regurgitant tricuspid valves improved outcomes, largely in terms of quality of life, the TRILUMINATE Pivotal trial

Quizzes > Weekly News Quiz — You passed medical training, now see if you can pass our weekly quiz by MedPage Today Staff March 4, 2023 The 24-hour news cycle is just as important to medicine as it is to politics, finance, or sports. At MedPage Today, new information is posted daily, but keeping up