Disney Wants Lawsuit Over Doc's Allergy Death Tossed Because of Disney+ Subscription Disney claims plaintiff agreed to arbitration provision when signing up for streaming service Aug 15, 2024
Did COVID Vax Mandates for Health Workers Increase Uptake? Yes, but only among younger workers and in states with no test-out options Aug 14, 2024
Prior Authorizations on the Rise in Medicare Advantage, Report Finds Increase corresponds to a climb in Medicare Advantage enrollment Aug 13, 2024
What's the Best Way to Help Specialists Succeed? Beef Up Primary Care Let us handle the garden-variety hypertension and diabetes, and give them the complex cases Aug 12, 2024
CDC Action 'Likely Unlawful'; RFK Jr. Loses in Court; 24 Years for Urgent Care Doc Health news and commentary gathered by ľ¹ÏÖ±²¥ staff Aug 12, 2024
He Hadn't Had a Drop of Alcohol in Nearly a Year -- But the Test Said Otherwise Faulty testing protocols threaten the freedom of those entangled in the U.S. legal system Aug 10, 2024
More Rural Hospitals Are on the Verge of Closing, Report Finds Private insurers are paying less than the cost of care, data show Aug 09, 2024
Medical Malpractice Harms All Parties Involved, Documentary Reveals "A World of Hurt" illustrates the toll of the current system on both physicians and patients Aug 08, 2024
Man Charged in Doc's Murder Mystery; $45M Jury Award; Fake Nurse Skips Sentencing A weekly roundup of healthcare's encounters with the courts Aug 08, 2024
Alternative PBMs Arise to Compete With the 'Big Three' Competitors say their per-member, per-month payment model is fairer to employers and insurers Aug 07, 2024
Extend the Hospital-at-Home Waiver Before It's Too Late Older adults should continue to receive care where they feel and heal their best Aug 07, 2024
AI Model as Effective as Radiologists in Detecting Prostate Cancer on MRI Combined findings from model and radiologists outperformed radiologists alone Aug 06, 2024
This Specialty Has the Highest Starting Salary Report shows strong starting salary growth for 13 of 20 specialties Aug 06, 2024
What Is 'Character Assassination' in Medicine? The consequences affect not only the targeted clinician but patients and institutions too Aug 06, 2024
The Next Big Shiny Thing These new devices never live up to their promises, but I keep hoping anyway Aug 05, 2024
POCUS and Malpractice: Separating Fact From Fear The benefit to patients from point-of-care ultrasound should outweigh litigation concerns Aug 03, 2024
Healthcare Groups Want Congress to Make Assaulting a Health Worker a Federal Crime Legislation introduced in House and Senate calls for prison sentence of up to 20 years Aug 02, 2024
AI-Powered Device Estimated Gestational Age as Accurately as Sonographers Tool could be useful in resource-limited settings without expensive ultrasound equipment Aug 02, 2024
Where Harris' VP Options Stand on Healthcare A look at the healthcare track records of Shapiro, Kelly, Walz, and Buttigieg Aug 01, 2024
PBMs Overpay Their Own Pharmacies to the Detriment of Insurers, Taxpayers, FTC Says But the interim report was criticized by business owners and the PBM trade group Aug 01, 2024
Hospital Sued for Overpaying Docs; Fake Doc Gets 3 Years; Vacuum Delivery Lawsuit A weekly roundup of healthcare's encounters with the courts Aug 01, 2024
Another Medicare Cut for Physicians? Look to Congress, Not CMS Medicare patients and providers deserve better Jul 31, 2024
Senate Hearing on Noncompete Agreements Gets Contentious Sen. John Kennedy spars with orthopedic surgeon who fought to leave his practice Jul 31, 2024
CMS Allows State to Offer Medicaid Incentive for Hospitals to Erase Patient Debt North Carolina's plan could help 2 million low- and middle-income people get rid of medical debt Jul 30, 2024
Yearning for the Old-Fashioned Progress Note In these days of templates and hashtags, figuring out a patient's status isn't always easy Jul 29, 2024
Lessons for Healthcare From the Global IT Outage A robust and resilient infrastructure can help ensure continued access to care Jul 26, 2024
North Korean Charged in Cyberattacks on American Hospitals Military intelligence operative accused of targeting of 17 entities across 11 U.S. states Jul 25, 2024
Chatbots Crushed USMLE Step 3; Docs Use AI to Fight Insurers; AI for Nurses A monthly roundup of healthcare-focused AI news and research Jul 25, 2024
Peds Fellow Fired After Child Porn Charges; Jury Awards Doc $2M; Nurse Gets 9 Years A weekly roundup of healthcare's encounters with the courts Jul 25, 2024
Dr. SCOTUS Will Now See Your Next Patient Ron Harman King fears our healthcare lies with those in black robes, not white coats Jul 24, 2024 video
Trump's Health; Biden's Whereabouts; The Doctors Who Most Want to Leave Their Jobs Health news and commentary gathered by ľ¹ÏÖ±²¥ staff Jul 24, 2024
When the CrowdStrike Global Outage Struck We depend heavily on technology, but let's not forget about the humanity in healthcare Jul 23, 2024
If You Build It, They Will Come: EDs Are Victims of Induced Demand We cannot simply build our way out of the overcrowding and boarding crisis Jul 23, 2024
Doctors Should Think of AI as a ľ¹ÏÖ±²¥ Student A new approach to the tech-physician partnership Jul 22, 2024
Global IT Outage Hobbles EHR Systems, Leaving Docs Scrambling Surgeries, medical appointments canceled across the U.S. after bungled software update Jul 19, 2024
Nurse Survey Signals Improvements, Though Retention Still a Problem Efforts to "recruit more nurses are akin to fueling a car with a leaking gas tank," one RN says Jul 19, 2024
MedPod Today: Administrative Harm; GOP-Backed Alternative to IVF? 'Zebra' Stories ľ¹ÏÖ±²¥ reporters offer further insights into these recently covered topics Jul 19, 2024 podcast
Data Error Led to Heart Implant Mistake, Suit Claims; Doc's Defamation Suit Advances A weekly roundup of healthcare's encounters with the courts Jul 18, 2024
The Supreme Court Did Not Deliver 'Wins' for Reproductive Rights This Term They simply evaded critical questions about access Jul 17, 2024
