Tara Bannow from STAT News - Journalist Profile

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1	Tara Bannow STAT News Reporter @statnews. healthcarejournalism	STAT+: FTC notches modest victory in reining in Welsh Carson’s anesthesia empire - 4 days ago STAT+: Investors call on UnitedHealth to disclose human and economic costs of policies that limit care - 13 days ago STAT+: Latest updates to hospital price transparency rules aim to make the data more useful - 20 days ago STAT+: Copy-pasted notes and untrained providers: First federal audit of autism therapy finds problems in every record - about 1 month ago Killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO brings resentment of the health care system to the fore - about 2 months ago STAT+: Biden administration wants to rein in use of AI in Medicare Advantage, among other fixes - about 2 months ago STAT+: The health care industry is girding for Trump’s tariffs —and pushing hard for carveouts - 2 months ago Trump picks Dr. Oz to lead Medicare and Medicaid - 2 months ago STAT+: What the Trump administration could mean for the health care industry, from hospitals to pharma - 2 months ago STAT+: Supreme Court justices appear split on case over $9 billion hospital payment program - 3 months ago STAT+: Private Medicare plans collect billions for care veterans are actually getting from VA - 3 months ago STAT+: The dropped call that took down Centene’s Medicare Advantage star ratings - 3 months ago STAT+: For the behemoth UnitedHealth, a new threat to Medicare profits - 3 months ago STAT+: UnitedHealth collected billions in questionable Medicare payments, federal watchdog finds - 3 months ago STAT+: CVS Health replaces CEO as it faces a range of challenges - 3 months ago STAT+: Ballooning Medicaid costs challenge health insurer Elevance - 3 months ago STAT+: Medicare Advantage market expected to grow in 2025, despite big changes from insurers - 4 months ago STAT+: Insurers went all-in on Medicare Advantage. Now, some are scaling back - 4 months ago STAT+: Humana cutting Medicare Advantage plans that cover 10% of members - 5 months ago STAT+: UnitedHealthcare’s latest contract dispute, this time with Trinity Health, leaves thousands out-of-network - 5 months ago STAT+: UnitedHealth and HCA clash over hospital chain’s rates in ‘battle of the giants’ - 6 months ago STAT+: Elevance tumbles as health insurer warns Medicaid members are using more care - 6 months ago STAT+: UnitedHealth CEO concedes company was ‘over-optimistic’ about Change cyberattack recovery - 6 months ago STAT+: Troubled for-profit chains are stealthily operating dozens of psychiatric hospitals under nonprofits’ names - 7 months ago STAT+: Nursing homes sue over Biden administration’s minimum staffing rule - 8 months ago STAT+: MassMutual is rolling out free genetic testing for members, a dicey area for life insurers - 10 months ago STAT+: HCA reports almost $1 billion more in charity care to Medicare than to its shareholders, drawing more taxpayer money - 10 months ago STAT+: UnitedHealth appears to be upping loan offers to providers, after Change cyberattack - 10 months ago STAT+: UnitedHealth gives timeline for Change restoration: payments up by late next week - 11 months ago STAT+: RaDonda Vaught, nurse who accidentally killed patient, to speak at CommonSpirit event on patient safety - 11 months ago STAT+: UnitedHealth cyberattack impedes pharmacies’ and hospitals’ ability to process insurance claims - 11 months ago STAT+: Banning surprise medical bills is raising costs elsewhere - 11 months ago STAT+: Lasers, cardiology, clinical trials: 2023’s top private equity targets - 12 months ago STAT+: Medicare threatens to pull funding from HCA’s embattled Mission Hospital - 12 months ago STAT+: Cano Health’s downfall offers a warning for Medicare Advantage - 12 months ago STAT+: FTC sues to block a proposed hospital deal in North Carolina - 12 months ago STAT+: Humana projects a tough road for Medicare Advantage, sinking its stock - 12 months ago STAT+: Nonprofit health systems plug their strong cash reserves at JPM — a very different pitch than they make elsewhere - about 1 year ago Opinion: Pumping milk at JPM was a nightmare. It’s part of a bigger problem in the industry - about 1 year ago STAT+: Hospitals try a new pitch to investors: other ways of making money - about 1 year ago STAT+: Here’s who’s profiting the most in health care - about 1 year ago STAT+: Complications spiked 25% in hospitals bought by private equity - about 1 year ago STAT+: The biggest health care deals of 2023 - about 1 year ago North Carolina attorney general sues HCA for lapses at Mission Health - about 1 year ago STAT+: Sen. Warren pushes for more data on Medicare Advantage coverage hurdles, denials - about 1 year ago STAT+: CVS’s new drug payment plan won’t lower patients’ prices, experts warn - about 1 year ago STAT+: HCA doctors say its cost-cutting is endangering Appalachian patients — a warning for the whole U.S. health care system - about 1 year ago STAT+: Cigna, Humana in talks to merge into health insurance giant, per report - about 1 year ago Ambulance rides for just $100? Government advisers want major billing fixes - about 1 year ago STAT+: For hospitals after No Surprises Act, physician subsidies are ‘the new contract labor’ - about 1 year ago
2	Bob Herman STAT News Health care business reporter. Indiana Health carebusiness	Killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO brings resentment of the health care system to the fore - about 2 months ago STAT+: What the Trump administration could mean for the health care industry, from hospitals to pharma - 2 months ago STAT+: UnitedHealth collected billions in questionable Medicare payments, federal watchdog finds - 3 months ago STAT+: Medicare Advantage market expected to grow in 2025, despite big changes from insurers - 4 months ago STAT+: UnitedHealth cyberattack impedes pharmacies’ and hospitals’ ability to process insurance claims - 11 months ago STAT+: The biggest health care deals of 2023 - about 1 year ago STAT+: Cigna, Humana in talks to merge into health insurance giant, per report - about 1 year ago Ambulance rides for just $100? Government advisers want major billing fixes - about 1 year ago
3	Ed Silverman STAT News Pharmalot columnist. Senior writer at STATnews. pharmaceutical industry	STAT+: The health care industry is girding for Trump’s tariffs —and pushing hard for carveouts - 2 months ago
4	Rachel Cohrs Zhang STAT News	Trump picks Dr. Oz to lead Medicare and Medicaid - 2 months ago STAT+: What the Trump administration could mean for the health care industry, from hospitals to pharma - 2 months ago
5	Lev Facher STAT News	Trump picks Dr. Oz to lead Medicare and Medicaid - 2 months ago
6	Sarah Owermohle STAT News Health reporter @STATNews. Covers Biden's agenda. Washington, District of Columbia health policyjournalism	Trump picks Dr. Oz to lead Medicare and Medicaid - 2 months ago
7	Casey Ross STAT News National health tech writer @statnews. Covers #AI, #digitalhealth. Cleveland, OH health technologyjournalismartificial intelligencedigital health	STAT+: For the behemoth UnitedHealth, a new threat to Medicare profits - 3 months ago STAT+: UnitedHealth collected billions in questionable Medicare payments, federal watchdog finds - 3 months ago
8	Lizzy Lawrence STAT News Medical devices reporter at STATnews. Loves news tips. medical reportingnews	STAT+: UnitedHealth collected billions in questionable Medicare payments, federal watchdog finds - 3 months ago
9	Andrew Joseph STAT News Reporter at STAT. Covers health, medicine in Europe. London, England health reportingmedicine	STAT+: CVS Health replaces CEO as it faces a range of challenges - 3 months ago
10	Brittany Trang STAT News Health care business reporter. PhD. Indie rock fan. health carebusiness reporting	STAT+: UnitedHealth appears to be upping loan offers to providers, after Change cyberattack - 10 months ago STAT+: UnitedHealth cyberattack impedes pharmacies’ and hospitals’ ability to process insurance claims - 11 months ago STAT+: Here’s who’s profiting the most in health care - about 1 year ago STAT+: Cigna, Humana in talks to merge into health insurance giant, per report - about 1 year ago