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New York’s hospitals and medical providers can no longer place liens on patients’ homes or garnish their wages due to medical debt.

WSHU’s Ebong Udoma spoke with CT Mirror’s Katy Golvala to discuss her article with David Altimari, “A quarter of CT doctors work for big hospitals. Is that good for patients?” as part of the collaborative podcast Long Story Short.

As the health care industry becomes more and more concentrated, some small private practices find it difficult to compete with big health care systems. So, instead, they’re joining them.

The hospitals are among 19 across New York to receive the top mark.

WSHU’s J.D. Allen spoke with CT Mirror’s Katy Golvala to discuss her article, “As hospital systems grow in Connecticut, rural patients lose services,” as part of the collaborative podcast Long Story Short.

Health care systems have closed labor and delivery units, ICUs and surgical services at hospitals across the state.

A COVID-19 themed time capsule set to be opened 50 years has been buried in the walls at Lawrence + Memorial Hospital in New London in part of the facility's new emergency department building.

22 healthcare facilities on Long Island face penalties from Medicare based on their patient safety and readmission data obtained by Kaiser Health News.

Many patients in emergency rooms are in overflow beds in hallways, and nurses are often working double shifts due to staffing shortages.

Long Island Community Hospital in Patchogue will now be part of NYU Langone Health.The two institutions signed an agreement this month that allows the…