Root canal treatment is designed to save a natural tooth by removing infected pulp, not to cause pain. An infected tooth, often causing severe tooth pain or sensitivity, can lead to bone loss or ...

The federal government is moving forward with a long-planned effort to eliminate a list of medical procedures limited to inpatient facilities, per a 2026 hospital payment rule finalized Friday. The ...

Pendergrast is an anesthesiology resident physician at the University of Michigan. The 1 in 5 Americans suffering from chronic pain may soon lose access to evidence-based interventions that have ...

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Section 1. Background. In Executive Order 14257 of April 2, 2025 (Regulating Imports With a Reciprocal Tariff To Rectify Trade Practices That Contribute to Large and Persistent Annual United States ...

A pilot program in six states will use a tactic employed by private insurers that has been heavily criticized for delaying and denying medical care. By Reed Abelson and Teddy Rosenbluth Like millions ...

The way cardiovascular care is delivered in the US is changing rapidly. Procedures once limited to hospitals are now increasingly performed in outpatient clinics such as ambulatory surgery centers and ...

Cardiology is rapidly shifting to the outpatient setting, with CMS’ proposed 2026 payment rule adding more than 200 ASC-eligible procedures and paving the way for wider adoption of high-acuity cardiac ...

A two-year-old boy died after a visit to Valleygate Dental Surgery Center in Greensboro. The family of Er'Mias Mitchell told WXII that he was there for a cavity surgery involving anesthesia, and that ...

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Tara Bannow covers hospitals, providers, and insurers. You can reach Tara on Signal at tarabannow.70. The Trump administration is opening the floodgates for more surgeries to be done in outpatient ...

A robot trained on videos of surgeries performed a lengthy phase of a gallbladder removal without human help. The robot operated for the first time on a lifelike patient, and during the operation, ...