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Millions of prior authorization denials are made annually, leaving many patients stuck in a convoluted appeals process. For doctors, these decisions are frustrating. For patients, they can be devastating.

Attorney General James Uthmeier says Contac Medical Supply and its Miami-based reseller sold devices that secretly sent sensitive health data to China.

More than a dozen computer scientists and software developers say OpenAI's Whisper tool, used in industries worldwide to translate and transcribe interviews, is prone to making up chunks of text.

Many older adults who need hospital care are getting stuck in ER limbo — sometimes over a day. The long waits for seniors who are frail, with multiple medical issues, lead to a host of additional medical problems.

Ascension, which runs hospitals and clinics in North Florida, is investigating whether patient data was affected. Meantime, electronic health records are down and "nonemergent" procedures are postponed.

Andrew Witty's admission did not sit well with Senate Finance Committee members, who spent more than two hours questioning the CEO about the cyberattack and broader health care issues.

It may take several months of analysis before UnitedHealth can identify and notify people who were affected in the February hack of the Change Healthcare subsidiary.

Systems are increasingly stretching a velvet rope, offering “concierge physician service” to an affluent clientele who pay a yearly fee. Critics say the practice exacerbates primary care shortages.

After completing an approved program, music therapists are part of the hospital’s health care team working in the pediatric, cancer and blood disorder departments.

The declining share of U.S. doctors in adult primary care is about 25% — a point beyond which many Americans won’t be able to find a family doctor at all.

Wesley Chapel will soon have three general hospitals within a five-minute drive, part of a boom unleashed when the state dropped a requirement that companies obtain approval to open new hospitals. Where are they building? What are the effects?

Doctors, consumer advocates, and some lawmakers are looking forward to a California lawsuit against private equity-backed Envision Healthcare. The case is part of a multistate effort to enforce rules banning corporate ownership of physician practices.