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A Physician Travels to South Asia Seeking Enduring Lessons From the Eradication of Smallpox

Smallpox was certified eradicated in 1980, but I first learned about the disease’s twisty, storied history in 1996 while interning at the World Health...

Prevention-as-a-Service: A Business Model that Can Fix Healthcare

The ‘sick care’ model has brought us to the brink of a health crisis. For example, more than half of US adults have at least one chronic condition, and one in three suffers from multiple chronic conditions.

Hospital Managers, Medical Decisions, and Patients’ Need to Know

Medical decisions are being made not only by insurance companies but also by hospital managers and algorithms, and concern for patient care continues to grow.

“Investigational” Is Payer Code for “Coverage Denied”

Outside the pandemic, “investigational” remains payer code for denying reimbursement. In the case of treatment for chronic conditions, even FDA-approved digital-health and connected devices languish on waitlists for formulary inclusion.