Congress Considers Bill to Address Medicare Late Penalties, Coverage Gap Current enrollment rules can leave late enrollees liable for doc visits Medicare usually covers Jan 20, 2020
Candidate's Wife Claims Sexual Assault by Columbia Ob/Gyn 'This was a serial predator and he picked me as his prey' Jan 17, 2020
VA Goes Too Far on NP Independence Doctors' morale suffers, and patient care may follow suit Jan 16, 2020
Informed Consent: Docs Should Ask Permission to Touch It's 2020, and no, it's not implied by patient's mere presence in exam room 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
Mandatory Testing Shows Cognitive Deficits in Late-Career Clinicians About 13% show problems likely to impair their ability to practice medicine Jan 14, 2020
Is Insurers' Opposition to CAC Scans Softening? The Skeptical Cardiologist explains how one patient got it covered Jan 10, 2020
Prior Authorization Cuts Costs, but Is It Bad for Patients? Psychiatry is one area where study found clear harm Jan 06, 2020
I Quit: Why I Fled the Country Escape from corporate insane loopholes and unethical shenanigans Dec 20, 2019 podcast
Can a Wristwatch Replace Ambulatory BP Monitoring? The Skeptical Cardiologist reviews Omron's HeartGuide device Dec 19, 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
Taking Food and Drink Away From Doctors and Nurses Is Just Cruel Don't deny them a simple but important pleasure, says Edwin Leap, MD Dec 12, 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
Hospital to Swap EHR to New, Efficient 'Paper Chart' System Physicians dance in hallways 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
Oversupply of Congenital Heart Surgery Programs Slammed Researchers call for fewer hospitals in an organized, regionalized system Nov 18, 2019
Botox Doc Goes Nuclear to Fight Bad Online Reviews Suing Yelp users who posted one-star ratings and harsh complaints Nov 05, 2019
Jeffrey Epstein: Hanging or Strangulation? A forensic pathologist on the new accusations Nov 01, 2019
Child Abuse Pediatricians Face Media Scrutiny Decade-old subspecialty has had its share of controversy Oct 30, 2019
Sleepwalking, Cults, and Other Unusual Insanity Defenses Most defenses involve psychosis or bipolar disorder, but there are interesting exceptions Oct 28, 2019
Remember the Krebs Cycle? Why? You learned it in school, with no relevance to real patient care -- like a lot of modern "medicine" Oct 27, 2019
Unintentional Bias: It Can't Be Avoided but Can Be Overcome Simple techniques can improve hiring and help with inclusion Oct 16, 2019
Ethics Consult: Deaf Couple Only Wants Deaf Baby You make the call: should doctor implant embryo selected for deafness? Oct 04, 2019
Calif. 'Gig Economy' Law Shakes Healthcare Sector Could age discrimination be an unintended consequence? Sep 20, 2019
Physicians Struggle to Care for Migrants on U.S.-Mexico Border In El Paso, care continuity a challenge; children hit the hardest Sep 17, 2019
Shared Decision-Making: Cardiologists Moving Through the Stages of Grief Rules from CMS for ICDs, LAA closure feels arbitrary, some say Sep 16, 2019
Comparing ECG Wearables: SonoHealth, Apple, AliveCor The Skeptical Cardiologist finds... much to be skeptical about Sep 15, 2019
You've Heard of Medicare for All -- How About Medicaid for More? Several states are considering letting people buy into their Medicaid programs Sep 13, 2019
Four Nurse Practitioners Accused in Calif. Death Certificate Project One surrendered license; another accused of coming to work "wobbly," "drugged," and "under the influence" Sep 11, 2019
Green Beret Fights to Sue Military Doctors Sgt. Richard Stayskal has been pushing Congress to make a change to the "Feres Doctrine" Sep 11, 2019
I’ve Got My Rights in Peer Review, Right? Wrong. Hospital committees can make or break you Sep 10, 2019
Can't We Do Better Than a DNR Tattoo? Patients' medical information -- and DNR wishes -- should be easily obtainable in an emergency Sep 08, 2019
No ‘Silver Bullet’ in Stopping Opioid Epidemic Anti-opioid attitudes have become 'weaponized,' expert says Sep 05, 2019
Pain Specialists Pile on CDC Opioid Guidelines Chronic pain patients were left out to dry Sep 05, 2019
