CMS Issues Final Rule on Prior Authorizations The rule, which doesn't apply to commercial insurers, sets time limits on responses Jan 17, 2024
Politicians Must Stop Playing Doctor Personal ideology should not guide medical care, even for abortion Jan 17, 2024
Dead Nurse Found in Freezer; Deadly Hospital Error; Weight-Loss Compounder Crashes This past week in healthcare investigations Jan 17, 2024
Company Warned Over Human Placenta Product FDA tells MiMedx that its wound-healing product must be regulated as a biologic drug Jan 17, 2024
Docs Need Inflation-Adjusted Medicare Pay Increase in 2025, MedPAC Members Say Draft recommendation also calls for added pay to take care of low-income beneficiaries Jan 16, 2024
MedPAC Report on Medicare Advantage Growth, High Costs Generates Kerfuffle Commissioners reveal growing unease with MA practices: Not the "glowing success" everybody says Jan 16, 2024
Trump and GOP Rivals' Positions on Major Healthcare Issues Here's where the top candidates stand on abortion, the ACA, and gender-affirming care Jan 16, 2024
How Should Health Plans Respond to Surging Interest in Weight Loss Drugs? Studies suggest coverage is warranted for certain populations Jan 16, 2024
California Offers a Lifeline for Medical Residents Who Can't Find Abortion Training A new law makes it easier for out-of-state physicians to get in-person training Jan 14, 2024
The Sackler Family Can Act Today to Compensate Opioid Overdose Victims But it appears unlikely they will take this course of action Jan 14, 2024
Medicare Doc Payment Fix Bill Moving Along, GOP Doctors Caucus Co-Chair Says Rep. Greg Murphy, MD, is hoping for action within a week Jan 12, 2024
Want to Get More Healthcare Bills Passed? Fix the Filibuster, Suggests a Senator Merkley and former aide propose new rules for debating legislation Jan 11, 2024
Nurse Accused of Poisoning Pets; Health Exec Shoplifted From Target? Docs Sue Hacker A weekly roundup of healthcare's encounters with the courts Jan 11, 2024
Dining Out? Check the Bill for a 'Health Insurance' Surcharge Restaurant took heat for adding a 4% surcharge to cover employees' healthcare costs Jan 10, 2024
Is President Biden a Super-Ager? Experts say "age is a number, not a quality" -- even for the president Jan 10, 2024
Columbia's Sex Abuse Cover-Up Tops This Year's Shkreli Awards Other "winners" include non-profit hospital CEO's $35M salary, doc's needless vascular surgeries Jan 10, 2024
NPs Have the Best Job in Healthcare Being a PA is a close second, according to the U.S. News annual ranking Jan 10, 2024
Deadly VA Clinic Lapses; Asthma Drug Risky in Kids; Invisible HHS Secretary? This past week in healthcare investigations Jan 10, 2024
Trump-Era Conscience Rule Rescinded; Lloyd Austin's Cancer; Sinead O'Connor's Death Health news and commentary from around the Web gathered by Â鶹´«Ã½ staff Jan 10, 2024
Multistate Licensure for Docs, Others Continues to Gain Steam More state legislatures consider joining licensure compacts Jan 09, 2024
Our Healthcare Data Infrastructure Is Abysmal A critical lesson from the COVID-19 crisis Jan 09, 2024
Advanced Practice Providers Push to Unionize in Oregon OHSU group concerned that profits are taking precedence over providers and patients Jan 08, 2024
Contraceptive Use in Medicare Varies by Enrollment Type Study examines use among enrollees ages 20 to 50 with disabilities Jan 08, 2024
Are Pediatricians Hesitant About IUDs for Adolescents? An AAP policy had little impact on pediatricians' practices around IUDs, subdermal implants Jan 08, 2024
We've Done Away With a Critical Source of Drug Use Data It's time to bring back the Arrestee Drug Abuse Monitoring (ADAM) survey Jan 08, 2024
It's High Time to Protect Farmworkers From Heat-Related Illness and Death Reauthorizing the Farm Bill can offer essential protections Jan 07, 2024
Prisoner First, Patient Second How hospitals ignore the rights of incarcerated patients and how they can do better Jan 06, 2024
FDA Approves Florida's Proposal to Import Prescription Drugs From Canada Drugmakers say they're "considering all options" in response Jan 05, 2024
Xylazine Not Just a Problem in the Northeast, Study Finds States reporting at least one xylazine-related overdose death rose over 3 years Jan 05, 2024
Fake Xanax Hospitalizes Three in Chicago Three young adults were in intensive care after taking bromazolam they thought was alprazolam Jan 04, 2024
2023 Called 'Pivotal' for Healthcare Price Transparency More than 90% of hospitals have posted machine-readable files of price information to their sites Jan 04, 2024
Futile Immunotherapy for Cancer Grows More Common Occurs most often at non-academic and low-volume centers Jan 04, 2024
Patient Arrested for Punching Nurse; Kowalski Juror Misconduct? Nurse Back in Jail A weekly roundup of healthcare's encounters with the courts Jan 04, 2024
A Nurse Told Me to Lock Myself in an Exam Room. A Patient's Dad Was Looking For Me. We must put an end to gun violence in healthcare facilities Jan 03, 2024
Overhauling Our Mental Health System Eric Reinhart, MD, discusses the need for Chicago's new "Treatment Not Trauma" policy Jan 03, 2024 video
Dangerous Med Spa Infections; Trans Youth Hospital Trauma; Blocking Rehab Access This past week in healthcare investigations Jan 03, 2024
Groups Blast FDA's Opioid Abuse Surveillance Proposal RADARS system's ties to Purdue Pharma undermine the reliability of its data, they say Jan 03, 2024
Nonprofit Hospital Boards on the Firing Line Many have not been focused enough on their mission to serve their communities Jan 02, 2024
How Cardiac Arrest Became a Household Topic After Damar Hamlin's Collapse Efforts to boost survival having a moment among medical and sports societies, legislators Jan 01, 2024
