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<乌鸦传媒>Dear Congress: Take the Easy Win on Medicare

It's time for an alternative approach to the merit-based incentive payment system

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<乌鸦传媒>CDC's New Chief Plans to Rebuild Trust in the Agency

"Trust is absolutely foundational to our ability to help Americans," says Mandy Cohen

Legal Break over a blindfolded Lady Justice statue holding scales.

<乌鸦传媒>Nurse Accused of Spreading Hep C Takes Plea Deal; Army Doc's Alleged Sexual Assault

A weekly roundup of healthcare's encounters with the courts

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<乌鸦传媒>Climate Change a 'Major Threat' for Respiratory Patients, Experts Warn

ERS statement suggests action for individual physicians with affected patients

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<乌鸦传媒>The JR-15 Rifle Places Children's Safety in the Crosshairs

We cannot ignore the public health crisis of gun violence

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<乌鸦传媒>Ivermectin Suit Revived; Curbing Fentanyl Deaths in Kids; Medicare Spending Plateau

This past week in healthcare investigations

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<乌鸦传媒>The Folly of Trying to Map Out the Appeals Process for Insurance Denials

Dozens of experts said building a tool for navigating insurance appeals would be impossible

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<乌鸦传媒>Why One Hospital Hired an AI Prompt Engineer

Boston Children's found a "unicorn-type candidate" for its newest clinical tech hire

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<乌鸦传媒>How the Dobbs Decision Can Affect Cancer Patients

What do exceptions for the life of the mother mean when she's a terminally ill patient?

<乌鸦传媒>Mandatory Retirement Age for Physicians: Yea or Nay?

Ron Harman King says age alone is arguably a poor indicator of skill

<乌鸦传媒>MedPod Today: Texas Abortion Ban Fallout, Movie Docs, and Fall COVID Shots

Three 乌鸦传媒 reporters discuss abortion care, doctors in movies, and fall boosters

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<乌鸦传媒>Horseshoe Crab Blood in Drug Safety Testing? It May Not Be Needed Much Longer

Draft guidelines may prompt more companies to use synthetic alternative

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<乌鸦传媒>Drug Prices Are Too Damn High

It's been a long road to Medicare price negotiation ... and there's still work to be done

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<乌鸦传媒>McConnell Speculation; Army Doc Charged; Ice Cream Recall Over Listeria Concerns

Health news and commentary from around the Web gathered by 乌鸦传媒 staff

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<乌鸦传媒>Biden Administration Announces $450M for Drug Overdose Treatment, Prevention

Money includes grants for increasing access to naloxone

Legal Break over a blindfolded Lady Justice statue holding scales.

<乌鸦传媒>Pediatrician to Pay $22M in Sex Abuse Case; Doc Gets 18 Years for Supporting ISIS

A weekly roundup of healthcare's encounters with the courts

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<乌鸦传媒>Antiquated U.S. Laws Governing Methadone Access Must Change

One-size-fits-all treatment approaches sometimes fail

Morning Break over illustration of a syringe, Covid virus, and DNA helix over a photo of green vegetation.

<乌鸦传媒>McConnell Freezes Again; Lead & Cadmium in Weed Users; OTC Narcan Coming Soon

Health news and commentary from around the Web gathered by 乌鸦传媒 staff

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<乌鸦传媒>Disruption: Problem and Potential

The healthcare industry must learn to cope with demographic decline and other rapid changes

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<乌鸦传媒>Gender Clinic's Political Storm; Nursing Pillow Deaths; Drug Price Cut Concerns

This past week in healthcare investigations

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<乌鸦传媒>Do Advocacy Groups Always Put Patient Interests First?

A new study reveals the depth of industry influence

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<乌鸦传媒>Company Selling Unproven Insulin Infusions in Legal Battle Over Money, Control

Court docs show firm evolved from Trina, a diabetes scheme that fell apart

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<乌鸦传媒>U.S. Unveils First 10 Drugs for Medicare Price Negotiations

Treatments for heart failure, Crohn's disease, and diabetes make the list

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<乌鸦传媒>CMS Facing Challenges Attracting Practices to Value-Based Payment Models

Specialty practices say the current models often don't work for them

<乌鸦传媒>FDA Drug Approvals: Let Us See All the Evidence

Clinicians and consumers are deprived of the full picture needed for informed decision-making

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<乌鸦传媒>It's Time to Reform the Mysterious PBM System

Vertical integration and a lack of transparency are at the heart of the problem

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<乌鸦传媒>CDC Advisory Group Under Fire for Proposed Infection Control Guidelines

Nurse union, occupational health experts, patients say weaker guidelines help only employers

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<乌鸦传媒>America's Frontline Doctors Accused of Wrongful Death; CDC Lab Woes; Transplant Risk

This past week in healthcare investigations

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<乌鸦传媒>NYC Health Chief Aims to Redefine Public Health Post-COVID

Ashwin Vasan, MD, PhD, is making agency changes based on COVID lessons and the city's needs

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<乌鸦传媒>Top Patient Advocacy Orgs Have Industry Ties in Leadership, Study Shows

Half had paid staff or executives with pharma and medical device conflicts of interest

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<乌鸦传媒>Planned Parenthood of New Mexico Limits Non-Abortion Care Due to Surge From Texas

Organization is prioritizing abortion, while nearby clinics take on more wellness exams

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<乌鸦传媒>Should Patients Be Able to Hide Parts of Their Medical Record?

A proposed rule would let them do so, with the doctor's permission

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<乌鸦传媒>Doc Suspended for COVID Misinfo Sues, Cites Freedom of Speech

Meryl Nass, MD, of Maine, filed a legal complaint against the state's medical board

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<乌鸦传媒>From Salad Roulette to Salmonella in Poultry and Peanuts

The folly of believing U.S. food is as safe as safe can be

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<乌鸦传媒>Allina Doctors File to Unionize

Group of more than 550 clinicians could create largest private-sector union in the country

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<乌鸦传媒>Big Bump in Starting Salaries for Specialists

Aging population, rise of 'market disruptors' usher in double-digit jumps for some docs

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<乌鸦传媒>AI Beat Clinicians at Figuring Out Difficult Diagnoses

GPT-4 may help with diagnoses that have been missed by clinicians, study author says

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<乌鸦传媒>Does Kratom Need Tighter Regulation?

Efforts to regulate or ban the drug have fizzled, leaving it in purgatory

<乌鸦传媒>What Are Clinician Groups Doing About Climate Change?

We talk with the new head of the Medical Society Consortium on Climate & Health to find out

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<乌鸦传媒>Experts Warn of the Extreme Public Health Threats From Heat

Cities and individuals can prevent heat-related illnesses, they say

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