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STAT+: Hospitals try a new pitch to investors: other ways of making money

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Morgan Healthcare Conference, it’s that they’ve all but abandoned the prospect of making significant profit on patient care. Instead, they’re fully throwing their weight into other ways of making money — things like developing drugs or selling insurance.

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STAT+: UnitedHealth discontinues a controversial brand amid scrutiny of algorithmic care denials

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The move also encapsulates how UnitedHealth is pushing to control every piece of patient care outside of the hospital and distancing itself from the aspects that have generated controversy.

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The state of Medicare Advantage, in one chart

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Notably absent from many presentations, though, was mention of their losses on patient care, my colleague Tara Bannow reports from the conference.   Hospitals want you to look here, not over there Hospital leaders took pains to draw investors’ attention to their sizable cash and investment reserves at JPM.

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New Year’s Resolutions Trends: What Doctors Resolve To Do

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With 2024 rapidly approaching, there comes the question of New Year’s Resolutions. Under the guise of a new year’s resolution, some clinicians take the opportunity to remind influencers and stakeholders of efforts that need to be redoubled for the benefit of patients and patient care. Are they to be made or ignored?