CMS Pushes Back on Criticism of Nursing Home Staffing Rule Rule is needed because many nursing home patients don't get needed care, CMS administrator says Apr 23, 2024
Is It Time for Hospitals to Implement Weapons Screening? Gun violence in hospitals is rising -- we need a bold new safety approach Apr 23, 2024
California Nurses Rally Against AI Tools in Healthcare They demand hospitals take pause before rushing implementation of "untested" technologies Apr 23, 2024
8 Things Doctors Never Need to Buy Spend intentionally so the things you buy actually bring you joy and fit with your plan Apr 23, 2024
Trial Opens for Former Hospital Director Accused of Sexual Abuse of Teen Patients Attorney for Virginia physician "adamantly" denied that any inappropriate conduct occurred Apr 23, 2024
Ex-Con Charged With Murdering Home Care Nurse Crime has spurred calls for better safety measures for home healthcare workers Apr 22, 2024
MedPod Deep Dive: More Problems With For-Profit Nursing Schools A special-edition podcast featuring investigative reporting Apr 22, 2024 podcast
The Real Forces That Motivate Us in Healthcare Doctors are motivated by metaphysical drivers, just like those in many other fields Apr 21, 2024
NEJM Begins Limiting Access for Certain News Organizations Outlets focused on physicians won't be able to review papers in advance of publication Apr 19, 2024
MedPod Deep Dive: Inside a For-Profit Nursing School's Financial Struggles A special-edition podcast featuring investigative reporting Apr 19, 2024 podcast
Doctors Strike at Detroit Hospital After Unionizing Last Year Emergency physicians, contracted through TeamHealth, have pointed to staffing, quality concerns Apr 19, 2024
ED Doc's License Revoked; Bird Flu Fatality Rate in Humans; Pesticide Risk in Fruits Health news and commentary from around the Web gathered by staff Apr 19, 2024
Becerra Gets Sharp Questions From All Sides at Budget Hearing House members cite lack of action and funding on physician payment reform and other issues Apr 18, 2024
IG Live April 22: Temperature Rising, Health Declining How health professionals can help confront climate change Apr 18, 2024
Ortiz Victim Speaks Out; Collapsed Imaging Table Suit; Hospital Exec Embezzled $600K A weekly roundup of healthcare's encounters with the courts Apr 18, 2024
Nepali Plaintiffs Double Down on 'Severe Harm' Caused by Invalidated USMLE Scores Updated complaint brings in U.S.-based plaintiff Apr 17, 2024
Doc Manipulated Organ Database? Hospital Board Targeted; Biotech Security Threat? This past week in healthcare investigations Apr 17, 2024
The California Saga: Why Some DOs Fear Combined Medical Boards Their main concern is that their scope of practice would be "trampled" Apr 16, 2024
Should DOs and MDs Have Separate Licensing Boards? They Still Do in 13 States West Virginia effort hits late obstacle; some DOs fear bias under a combined board Apr 16, 2024
Decaying Bodies and COVID Fraud? Health Worker Minimum Wage; Pharma's Small Tax Bill Health news and commentary from around the Web gathered by staff Apr 16, 2024
Pediatric Eye Care 'Deserts' Pervasive in the U.S. 87% of counties don't have a single pediatric ophthalmologist or pediatric optometrist Apr 15, 2024
Anesthesiologist Convicted; Oldest Conjoined Twins Die; 'Donald Trump Did This' Health news and commentary from around the Web gathered by staff Apr 15, 2024
Reports of Unauthorized Obamacare Plan-Switching and Sign-Ups Trigger Concern Policyholders end up in plans that don't include their doctors or medications they regularly take Apr 14, 2024
Federal Probes Need to Look Beyond Private Equity-Owned Healthcare for Alleged Abuse Non-profit entities should also be fair game, says Ron Harman King, JD, MS Apr 14, 2024 video
CMS Officials Pressed on Catheter Fraud Issue at Accountable Care Meeting "We just kindly ask that you address the issue with higher urgency," said one ACO member Apr 12, 2024
'I'm Dying, You're Not': Terminally Ill Ask More States for Physician-Assisted Death Debates on medical aid in dying bills are playing out in Kentucky, Delaware, Maryland, and Iowa Apr 12, 2024
Francis Collins Discloses His 'Aggressive' Prostate Cancer Diagnosis Former NIH director said he went public to "share lifesaving information" Apr 12, 2024
Let's Fix Maintenance of Certification It's time to simplify the process, reduce costs, and eliminate redundancies Apr 12, 2024
MedPod Today: Anti-DEI Rep at Med Meeting; Private Equity Probe; Delayed Rankings reporters offer further insights into these recently covered topics Apr 12, 2024 podcast
Doc Fired After Deaths; Mass Shooting Blamed on Abortion Law; Record Drug Shortages Health news and commentary from around the Web gathered by staff Apr 12, 2024
Are Hospital Websites Upfront About User Privacy and Data Sharing? New study finds many hospitals don't have privacy policies on their websites Apr 11, 2024
House Members Struggle to Craft Road Map for Future of Telehealth Lawmakers examine issues around reimbursement, licensure, and patient choice Apr 11, 2024
Doc's Murderer Imprisoned; Butt Injection Arrest; Free Botox for Sex A weekly roundup of healthcare's encounters with the courts Apr 11, 2024
New CDC Alert; Trump Disses Abortion Judgment; $10 Billion Long COVID 'Moonshot' Health news and commentary from around the Web gathered by staff Apr 11, 2024
Justice Department Issues Final Rule to End the 'Gun Show Loophole' "If you sell guns predominantly to earn a profit ... you must conduct background checks" Apr 11, 2024
SPAC Activity Should Be Monitored Amid Corporatization of Healthcare SPACs offer a new way for private healthcare companies to go public Apr 10, 2024
PAs in Oregon Can Soon Use 'Physician Associate' Title New law to take effect in June; rebranding effort is years in the making Apr 10, 2024
Bad Surgeon: Barriers to Addressing Medical Misconduct Our culture rejects self-criticism, censors frank discussion, and too often hides misconduct Apr 10, 2024
Unraveling the MultiPlan Mystery; Charity Care Mismatch; FDA Panel Conflicts This past week in healthcare investigations Apr 10, 2024