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Commentary: Crackdown on deceptive billing can transform health care

When patients walk into a hospital, they expect care, compassion and honesty — not a bait-and-switch billing scheme. Yet that’s exactly what happens far too often across the country, as hospitals ... Read More

In NJ, people with disabilities face indignity, missed diagnoses, barriers to health care

NJ's health care system is poorly equipped to deal with the distinctive needs of people with disabilities. The consequences can be dire, even deadly. Read More

Why delayed care is taking on new urgency for health systems

Delayed care taking urgency as health systems address rising costs, access barriers, and patient outreach to improve timely treatment and outcomes. Read More

5 ways Trump's megabill will limit health care access

The tax and spending legislation the House voted to send to President Donald Trump's desk on Thursday, enacting much of his domestic agenda, cuts federal health spending by about $1 trillion over a ... Read More

Overbilling at women's health care group padded profits while costing patients, doctor says

When seven expectant mothers in Palm Beach County had their babies delivered by midwives at Florida Woman Care, one of the largest female health care operations in the state, the cost should have been ... Read More

Calling deaths ‘preventable’ can obscure barriers to health care access and shift blame to individuals

Zachary W. Schulz does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond ... Read More

How a $4M investment is transforming mental health emergency care at this N.J. hospital

Emergency rooms are places people go for care, but the busy environment can often overwhelm patients experiencing a mental health crisis and even exacerbate the situation. To better help those in ... Read More