Third Death Under TX Abortion Ban; Insurer Pays Its Own Docs More; CME Questioned This past week in healthcare investigations Nov 27, 2024
Another Emergency Medicine Staffing Firm Goes Under Doctors still not paid, now on the hook for malpractice tail coverage Nov 26, 2024
Lack of Workplace Control Fans the Flames of Doc Burnout AMA study shows physicians impacted by poor control over patient volume, clinical schedules Nov 25, 2024
Ex-Eye Bank Workers Say Pressure, Lax Oversight Led to Errors Tissue donation guided by different rules than organ donation, with less transparency, some say Nov 24, 2024
AMA President-Elect Confronts a New Challenge: A Brain Tumor Bobby Mukkamala, MD, was diagnosed with grade 2 glioma after experiencing aphasia at AMA meeting Nov 22, 2024
New FDA Panel Weighs In on Regulating Generative AI in Healthcare Committee's 2-day meeting focused on evaluating and monitoring performance and risk Nov 22, 2024
Trump Is Back: What This Could Mean for Health Policy Exploring the powers and limits of the Presidency Nov 21, 2024
Naked Doc Investigated; Urologist Gets Life in Prison; Man Charged in Doc's Murder A weekly roundup of healthcare's encounters with the courts Nov 21, 2024
AMA in RFK Jr.'s Crosshairs; Cinnamon Bun Recall; FDA Probes PFAS in Seafood Health news and commentary gathered by 鶹ý staff Nov 21, 2024
What to Know About Jay Bhattacharya, Trump's Potential NIH Pick Stanford professor is most closely associated with the Great Barrington Declaration Nov 20, 2024
What It's Like to Win an Ig Nobel; Oxygen Company Too Big to Ban? AI Cuts Care This past week in healthcare investigations Nov 20, 2024
Physicians Flock to Bluesky, Hoping to Leave X Behind Many compare it to the early days of Twitter Nov 19, 2024
Is the Internet Impairing Your Medical Memory? Digital convenience can foster an illusion of competence and knowledge Nov 19, 2024
'Stop RFK War Room'; Trump Overhauling Medicaid? Why Assaults at Hospitals Rose Health news and commentary gathered by 鶹ý staff Nov 19, 2024
Primary Care Doctors at Mass General Brigham Want to Unionize Issues include workload, bureaucracy, and loss of autonomy Nov 18, 2024
CDC Advisors Defend Infection Control Draft Guidance HICPAC supports surgical masks for airborne pathogens, sick workers returning after 3 days Nov 18, 2024
Physician Groups Quiet on RFK Jr. Nomination for HHS Secretary Several groups that did comment expressed concern about Kennedy's vaccine skepticism Nov 15, 2024
Group Sues Tennessee Over Racial Requirements for Medical Boards Lawsuit claims clients were denied board appointments because they weren't a minority Nov 15, 2024
Nurse Suicides High During the Pandemic, but Feared Surge Never Materialized "Hero praise" may have been protective, but a disciplinary pause could also have played a role Nov 15, 2024
MedPod Today: What Happens to Healthcare Under Trump? 鶹ý reporters offer further insights into recently covered topics Nov 15, 2024 podcast
Are Doctors Costing Hospitals $300K Per Year? Report says doctors are "subsidized," but some question the math Nov 15, 2024
We Cannot Provide Care With Our Hands Tied Behind Our Backs What a second Trump administration could mean for physician autonomy Nov 14, 2024
Doctors React to Texas Rule Requiring Them to Ask About Immigration Status "My role as a healer is suddenly being blurred to be an enforcer of immigration status," one said Nov 14, 2024
New FDA Rules for TV Drug Ads: Simpler Language and No Distractions Agency spent over 15 years crafting the guidelines Nov 14, 2024
$13M Award for COVID Vax Refuser; Doc Sentenced for Threats to Blow Up Hospital A weekly roundup of healthcare's encounters with the courts Nov 14, 2024
State Medical Boards Lax When It Comes to Doctor Discipline "Are they looking out for physicians, or are they looking out for patients?" report author asks Nov 14, 2024
Are There Some Words That Doctors Should Never Use? Alternative phrasing can open dialogue and built trust with seriously ill patients, experts say Nov 13, 2024
Alzheimer's Researcher Placed on Leave; War on Drug Recovery; Lax Coroner Oversight This past week in healthcare investigations Nov 13, 2024
Physicians Rarely Disciplined by Medical Boards for Spreading Misinformation Editorialists say sanctions should be rare and discipline may be better left to other agencies Nov 12, 2024
AMA Delegates Want Better Protection From Ionizing Radiation Exposure Delegates express concerns that PPE doesn't always cover women, who are more at risk of exposure Nov 12, 2024
An Open Letter to the Next Administration Regarding Primary Care Major investment is the need of the hour Nov 12, 2024
Anti-Vaxxer Gets 5 Years for Encouraging Terrorism During the Pandemic One social media post described "whacking" England's chief medical officer over the head Nov 12, 2024
The Trouble With Upcoding Extends Far Beyond Ethics The practice reminds us that our healthcare system is failing patients and clinicians alike Nov 11, 2024
Does the AMA Need to Right-Size Its House of Delegates? Departing CEO James Madara, MD, suggests the group's governing body might be getting too large Nov 09, 2024
Watchdog Calls for Tighter Scrutiny of Medicare Advantage Home Visits CMS, which runs the Medicare program, disagrees Nov 08, 2024
In Vermont, Where Almost Everyone Has Insurance, Many Can't Find or Afford Care Vermonters pay the highest prices nationwide for individual health coverage Nov 07, 2024
Ambulance Hit Cyclist, Then Billed $2K; Doc Accused of Stealing From Helene Victims A weekly roundup of healthcare's encounters with the courts Nov 07, 2024
Doc Gets 31 Years for Poisoning Mother's Partner With Fake COVID Vax U.K. physician Thomas Kwan was disgruntled about his inheritance Nov 07, 2024
鶹ý Readers Backed Harris, Survey Shows Survey respondents overwhelmingly preferred the Democratic presidential candidate Nov 06, 2024
More Doctors Push Back Against Medicine's 'Workaholic' Culture Wall Street Journal article sparks major discussion of work-life balance in medicine Nov 06, 2024
