A Colleague’s Take on “Stop Pathologizing Ordinary Life”
If you haven’t seen Clay Routledge’s July 26 op-ed in the New York Times yet, chances are a partner in…
ChatGPT Now Reads Your Chart. Here’s What That Means for the Exam Room.
OpenAI made Health in ChatGPT available to all US users age 18 and older this week, and the number that…
Northwell and Fidelis Are Out of Network — And Every Provider Should Be Paying Attention to Why
As of July 16, roughly 240,000 people in the New York metro area lost in-network access to Northwell Health, the…
The Provider Tax Squeeze Just Got Real: What CMS’s New Rule Means for Medicaid Revenue
By Elena Pak, Credentialing Department, WCH Every hospital finance director and every practice that leans on Medicaid volume has heard…
When the Algorithm Becomes the Adjuster: Senate Scrutiny of AI in Medicare Advantage Denials
By Elena Pak, Credentialing Department, WCH Two senators just gave three of the country’s largest health insurers two weeks to…
Follow the Money: Inside HHS’s Six-Month Fraud Enforcement Scorecard
By Elena Pak, Credentialing Department, WCH The federal government’s semiannual report card on healthcare fraud just landed, and the numbers…
The AMA’s SNOMED CT–to–CPT Mapping Initiative: An Analytical and Practical Review
By Elizaveta Bannova, Billing Department, WCH What Was Announced On July 14, 2026, the American Medical Association announced a new…
Humor and Hope Aren’t Just Coping Tips. They’re Clinical Tools With Real Limits.
A recent Psychology Today post by resilience researcher Robyne Hanley-Dafoe makes the case that humor and hope belong in everyday…
UnitedHealth’s Home-Visit Audit Clears a Low Bar, Not a High One
UnitedHealth got the headline it wanted this month: an outside audit of its HouseCalls program found that the overwhelming majority…
A Crack in CMS’s Star Ratings System Is Turning Into a Courtroom Pile-On
Four Medicare Advantage insurers have now sued the federal government over the same grievance, and the number is unlikely to…