Want to Cut Drug Costs? Change $$ Incentives, House Told House members hear of problems with patient assistance programs, pay incentives, and tax codes Feb 06, 2020
Docs Are Fighting the Good Fight at Immigrant Detention Centers There's no "loyalty" to keeping them there Feb 06, 2020
Track the Coronavirus Outbreak on Johns Hopkins Live Dashboard Realtime infection and death data from five sources Feb 04, 2020
How We Used FDA MAUDE Data on NovaSure Attuned to limitations, investigative team used conservative approach Jan 29, 2020
'Out of Control' Child Abuse Docs; Harvard Chair Arrested; $116K Hernia Repair This past week in healthcare investigations Jan 29, 2020
SAVR Dominates in Younger Patients, but TAVR's Share Is Growing Fast Trends observed for those with or without congenital heart disease Jan 28, 2020
Study: Short Hospital Stays OK After Cardiac Surgery 3 days or less "very safe," one center reports Jan 28, 2020
Surgeon Sues Orlando Health Over 'Forced' Referrals Says he was terminated for refusing to practice exclusively in-network Jan 27, 2020
Should Addicts Get Repeat Valve Surgeries for Endocarditis? MAT should be part of the equation in patients with opioid addiction, STS debaters agree Jan 26, 2020
Scripts for Dead Patients; School Nurse Charged; Life Sentence for 'Angel of Death' Bad Practice: A weekly roundup of clinicians accused, convicted, or under investigation Jan 24, 2020
Sacked Moffitt Officials Didn't Report Chinese Financial Ties Not clear what was done in exchange for payments Jan 23, 2020
'Dead Doctors Don't Lie' Pediatrician threatened over vaccine TikTok in "global, coordinated attack" Jan 21, 2020
VA Goes Too Far on NP Independence Doctors' morale suffers, and patient care may follow suit Jan 16, 2020
Meet the 'Lien Doctors'; Hidden Clinical Trial Data; Google Nabs More Medical Records This past week in healthcare investigations Jan 15, 2020
EMS Stroke Protocols Questioned More rules are necessary to ensure patients get to Level 1 stroke centers, government panel told Jan 14, 2020
How Structural Racism Affects Healthcare Only by first acknowledging the effects can we work toward transformative changes Jan 14, 2020
SCOTUS Punts on Biomarker Test Patents Wide-ranging issue effectively referred to Congress Jan 13, 2020
Trial: Camden 'Hotspotting' Program Not Enough to Help Superutilizers Problem isn't lack of care coordination -- it's the quality of care, says program founder Jan 08, 2020
Teenager in Psych Crisis Waits 25 Days in ED for Admission Amid psychiatric bed shortage, patient left in "Kafkaesque" limbo Jan 07, 2020
Prior Authorization Cuts Costs, but Is It Bad for Patients? Psychiatry is one area where study found clear harm Jan 06, 2020
New Setbacks for Former Hahnemann Residents May be on the hook for pricey "tail" malpractice insurance coverage Dec 21, 2019
Trump Administration Touts Mental Health Accomplishments Speakers offer praise for more aggressive involuntary commitment Dec 20, 2019
I Quit: Why I Fled the Country Escape from corporate insane loopholes and unethical shenanigans Dec 20, 2019 podcast
'Dark Waters': Behind-the-Scenes With Attorney Who Took on DuPont Chemical in Teflon was "completely unregulated" when Robert Bilott went after corporate giant Dec 19, 2019
Half of U.S. Adults Obese by 2030? Severe obesity also projected to be more common, affecting nearly 25% Dec 18, 2019
Ohio Bill: Transplant an Ectopic Pregnancy, or Go to Jail UCSF's Daniel Grossman, MD, on "abortion murder" and the dangers of legislators ignoring science Dec 17, 2019 video
Serious Illnesses in Nebraska Tied to Exosome Therapy New trend in unapproved stem cell therapy led to sepsis in some patients Dec 16, 2019
Dirty, Smelly, Raw: The Future of Forensic Pathology How can we encourage young doctors to join the field? Dec 10, 2019
FDA Warns Liveyon Over Cord Blood Stem Cell Products Company slapped for distributing unapproved products, deviating from quality manufacturing practices Dec 09, 2019
Do You Accept Gifts From Patients? From a bottle of wine to your kid's college tuition -- where do you draw the line? Dec 05, 2019
'Wrong-Pipe' Intubation Deaths; Doc Group Sues Patients; Booted From Nursing Homes This past week in healthcare investigations Dec 04, 2019
Medicare Advantage Enrollees Discover Dirty Little Secret Getting out is a lot harder than getting in Dec 03, 2019
15 Doctors Fired From Chicago-Area Health System Physicians "broadsided" by their termination Nov 26, 2019
European 'Brain-Boosting' Drug Pushed as Supplement in U.S. Study finds FDA-rejected supplement can deliver doses high above EU-approved range Nov 25, 2019
Oversupply of Congenital Heart Surgery Programs Slammed Researchers call for fewer hospitals in an organized, regionalized system Nov 18, 2019
Entresto Data Support Wider Reach of 'Fifth Pillar' HF Drug Benefits observed beyond HF patients with reduced EF Nov 17, 2019
Post-ISCHEMIA: Focus Turns to Testing for Stable Angina Stress test no longer enough to send most stable cases to cath lab? Nov 17, 2019