Doctors, consumer advocates and some lawmakers are looking forward to a California lawsuit against private equity-backed Envision Healthcare.

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Want to catch up on a busy year for healthcare? Check out some of our most engaging stories of 2022.

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A growing body of research has found consistently high tallies of microplastic fibers swirling in the air around us and collecting as dust on the floor, with tiny plastic particles turning up in everything from synthetic clothing to rugs. But scientists still don’t know much about the effects on our health.

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An increasing number of hospital systems have created in-house staffing teams to cope with the pandemic-fueled nursing shortage.

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Congressional committees urged the Food and Drug Administration to “take swift action” to ensure that any future Alzheimer's approvals aren’t met with “the same doubts about the integrity of FDA’s review" of Biogen's Aduhelm.

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After courts struck down a previous version, the Health and Human Services Department proposed a new iteration of the conscience clause regulation that allows medical providers to decline to offer products or services that violate their religious beliefs.

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Health systems are working to reduce contract labor costs amid staffing shortages and are absorbing greater expenses when payers’ reimbursements fail to keep up.

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A lot happened in 2022—CVS Health sought to acquire Signify Health, Amazon announced plans to buy One Medical, the Supreme Court ruled on abortion and COVID-19 continued to batter the healthcare system. Here are Modern Healthcare's top news stories of the year.

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A group of emergency physicians and consumer advocates in multiple states are pushing for stiffer enforcement of decades-old statutes that prohibit the ownership of medical practices by corporations not owned by licensed doctors. Thirty-three states plus the District of Columbia have such rules.

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Costing hospitals up to $100,000 annually, artificial intelligence is a pricey venture for health systems looking to augment their radiology departments. 

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