<ѻý>Becerra Gets Sharp Questions From All Sides at Budget Hearingѻý> House members cite lack of action and funding on physician payment reform and other issues Apr 18, 2024
<ѻý>IG Live April 22: Temperature Rising, Health Decliningѻý> How health professionals can help confront climate change Apr 18, 2024
<ѻý>California Sets Long-Awaited Drinking Water Limit for 'Erin Brockovich' Contaminantѻý> The rule is the first in the nation to specifically target the heavy metal Apr 18, 2024
<ѻý>Ortiz Victim Speaks Out; Collapsed Imaging Table Suit; Hospital Exec Embezzled $600Kѻý> A weekly roundup of healthcare's encounters with the courts Apr 18, 2024
<ѻý>Science Journals Under Fire; Infusion System Recall; Visual Impairment and Suicideѻý> Health news and commentary from around the Web gathered by ѻý staff Apr 18, 2024
<ѻý>Idaho's Ban on Youth Gender-Affirming Care Has Families Scrambling for Solutionsѻý> Ruling marks the first time the U.S. Supreme Court has weighed in on the issue Apr 17, 2024
<ѻý>House Panel Says China Subsidizes Fentanyl Production to Fuel U.S. Crisisѻý> Most overdose deaths in the U.S. continue to be linked to fentanyl and other synthetic opioids Apr 17, 2024
<ѻý>Doc Manipulated Organ Database? Hospital Board Targeted; Biotech Security Threat?ѻý> This past week in healthcare investigations Apr 17, 2024
<ѻý>Death After Hemorrhoid Cream; Working Late and Illness; Full-Blown Hoardingѻý> Health news and commentary from around the Web gathered by ѻý staff Apr 17, 2024
<ѻý>The H5N1 Outbreak Is Not a Test Run, It's a Warning Shotѻý> A true public health success would be preventing the virus from further adapting to humans Apr 16, 2024
<ѻý>Only One Harm From mRNA COVID Vaccines, Report Determinesѻý> Independent reviewers reject causal links to infertility, myocardial infarction, stroke Apr 16, 2024
<ѻý>Improper Payments in Medicare and Medicaid: Who's at Fault?ѻý> Republicans and Democrats took differing approaches on the subject at a House hearing Apr 16, 2024
<ѻý>The California Saga: Why Some DOs Fear Combined Medical Boardsѻý> Their main concern is that their scope of practice would be "trampled" Apr 16, 2024
<ѻý>Should DOs and MDs Have Separate Licensing Boards? They Still Do in 13 Statesѻý> West Virginia effort hits late obstacle; some DOs fear bias under a combined board Apr 16, 2024
<ѻý>White House Announces Partnership With 50 Countries to Stifle Future Pandemicsѻý> President Biden asking for $1.2 billion for global health safety efforts Apr 16, 2024
<ѻý>The 340B Program Isn't Going Anywhere, Lawmaker Tells Hospital Executivesѻý> Rep says it's a great program that helps rural areas, and needs to continue Apr 16, 2024
<ѻý>Decaying Bodies and COVID Fraud? Health Worker Minimum Wage; Pharma's Small Tax Billѻý> Health news and commentary from around the Web gathered by ѻý staff Apr 16, 2024
<ѻý>MedPAC Wrestles With Wide Variation in Generic Rx Prices, Availabilityѻý> Commissioners baffled by factors affecting Part D drug prices Apr 15, 2024
<ѻý>Reports of Unauthorized Obamacare Plan-Switching and Sign-Ups Trigger Concernѻý> Policyholders end up in plans that don't include their doctors or medications they regularly take Apr 14, 2024
<ѻý>Congress Can Take Action to Prevent Older Adult Falls and Associated Opioid Useѻý> The bipartisan SAFE Act offers important solutions Apr 14, 2024
<ѻý>Federal Probes Need to Look Beyond Private Equity-Owned Healthcare for Alleged Abuseѻý> Non-profit entities should also be fair game, says Ron Harman King, JD, MS Apr 14, 2024 video
<ѻý>CMS Officials Pressed on Catheter Fraud Issue at Accountable Care Meetingѻý> "We just kindly ask that you address the issue with higher urgency," said one ACO member Apr 12, 2024
<ѻý>FDA Chief Blasted for Infant Formula Crisis Response, COVID Vaccinesѻý> Republican lawmakers questioned why the agency is "failing to do the bare minimum" Apr 12, 2024
<ѻý>'I'm Dying, You're Not': Terminally Ill Ask More States for Physician-Assisted Deathѻý> Debates on medical aid in dying bills are playing out in Kentucky, Delaware, Maryland, and Iowa Apr 12, 2024
<ѻý>Surgery May Be More Cost-Effective Than Wegovy in Adults With a BMI 35+ѻý> Annual price of semaglutide would have to drop significantly to be comparable Apr 12, 2024
<ѻý>More Medicare $$ Needed to Pay Docs for Treating the Chronically Ill, Senators Toldѻý> Payment codes are underused because "the cost of billing them is itself unprofitable" Apr 12, 2024
<ѻý>MedPod Today: Anti-DEI Rep at Med Meeting; Private Equity Probe; Delayed Rankingsѻý> ѻý reporters offer further insights into these recently covered topics Apr 12, 2024 podcast
<ѻý>CDC: COVID Vax Not Linked to Sudden Deaths in Young Adultsѻý> Mortality from vaccine-related myocarditis not supported by Oregon death records Apr 11, 2024
<ѻý>Usefulness Questioned for Transplant Center Report Cardsѻý> Ratings look like noise due to volatile score changes every half year Apr 11, 2024
<ѻý>House Members Struggle to Craft Road Map for Future of Telehealthѻý> Lawmakers examine issues around reimbursement, licensure, and patient choice Apr 11, 2024
<ѻý>Doc's Murderer Imprisoned; Butt Injection Arrest; Free Botox for Sexѻý> A weekly roundup of healthcare's encounters with the courts Apr 11, 2024
<ѻý>New CDC Alert; Trump Disses Abortion Judgment; $10 Billion Long COVID 'Moonshot'ѻý> Health news and commentary from around the Web gathered by ѻý staff Apr 11, 2024
<ѻý>Justice Department Issues Final Rule to End the 'Gun Show Loophole'ѻý> "If you sell guns predominantly to earn a profit ... you must conduct background checks" Apr 11, 2024
<ѻý>SPAC Activity Should Be Monitored Amid Corporatization of Healthcareѻý> SPACs offer a new way for private healthcare companies to go public Apr 10, 2024
<ѻý>Cass Review Finds Weak Evidence for Puberty Blockers, Hormones in Youth Gender Careѻý> Review leader Hilary Cass, MD, says medical treatment for gender is "built on shaky foundations" Apr 10, 2024
<ѻý>PAs in Oregon Can Soon Use 'Physician Associate' Titleѻý> New law to take effect in June; rebranding effort is years in the making Apr 10, 2024
<ѻý>Unraveling the MultiPlan Mystery; Charity Care Mismatch; FDA Panel Conflictsѻý> This past week in healthcare investigations Apr 10, 2024
<ѻý>Biden Admin Imposes National Limits on 'Forever Chemicals' in Drinking Waterѻý> Most important action the EPA has ever taken on PFAS, says agency administrator Apr 10, 2024
<ѻý>More Health Systems Likely to Drop Out of Medicare Advantage, Analyst Predictsѻý> Claims denials, prior authorizations are just some of the reasons, he says Apr 10, 2024
<ѻý>No, a Jail Is Not an Opioid Use Disorder Treatment Facilityѻý> How local jails ignore medical guidelines and contribute to the overdose crisis Apr 09, 2024