Cardiovascular disease accounted for 12% of total U.S. health expenditures in 2019 to 2020, more than any major diagnostic group, according to a 2024 report from the American Heart Association.

Paul D. Jacobs ([email protected]), Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, Maryland. There is widespread agreement that taxpayers pay more when Medicare beneficiaries are enrolled in ...

Bob Herman covers health insurance, government programs, hospitals, physicians, and other providers — reporting on how money influences those businesses and shapes what we all pay for care. He is also ...

The Ohio health system's CMIO explains how its clinicians have been able to reduce more than 400 open charts to fewer than 30 ...