FDA Issues Warning on Prenatal Genetic Tests Relying on results could lead to inappropriate medical decisions, agency warns Apr 19, 2022
Who Is Really Driving Up Insulin Costs? More attention needs to focus on pharmaceutical middlemen Apr 18, 2022
Everybody Loves CHIP, So Why Isn't It Permanently Funded? It has more to do with political will and finding the right way to achieve it, analyst says Apr 15, 2022
Healthcare Consolidation Expected to Continue, Expert Says Small-scale players will merge with others, especially in the second half of 2022, she predicts Apr 14, 2022
Nurse Practitioners in New York Granted Full Practice Authority State budget removes need for formal, documented relationships between NPs and MDs, facilities Apr 12, 2022
Changes Needed in How We Address Mental Health, Says U.S. Policy Advisor Susan Rice outlines three goals in Biden administration's plan to address mental health crisis Apr 07, 2022
$150K Prostate Cancer Drug Draws New Attention to 'March-In' Rights Advocates want Biden administration to enable Xtandi generics; industry warns against it Apr 06, 2022
Med Board Chief Rebukes America's Frontline Doctors Over Ambush Video Kristina Lawson depicted as Nazi: "It is disturbing to be targeted by anti-science zealots" Apr 04, 2022
EHR Pop-Ups Spur Better GDMT Implementation in Heart Failure Alert-based intervention in PROMPT-HF trial said to be low-cost, scalable Apr 03, 2022
Make Naloxone More Accessible to At-Risk Americans, Experts Say Allow OTC sale, reimburse pharmacists, and support harm-reduction groups, they urged Mar 30, 2022
Fired Doc Who Won $26M Speaks Out; $500K Air Ambulance Bill; FDA's Heart Pump Woes This past week in healthcare investigations Mar 30, 2022
House Members Remain Divided on Universal Healthcare Republicans, Democrats differ on potential costs and effects of Medicare for All Mar 29, 2022
Permanent Daylight Saving Time Is the Wrong Choice The Sunshine Protection Act will cause circadian misalignment with serious health consequences Mar 28, 2022
HIPAA Protections End Where the Money Begins I'm alarmed my personal health info is being used for targeted marketing Mar 19, 2022
Medicare Claws Back Money for Dubious Birth-Tissue Stem Cell Shots Government seeks to recoup more than 2 years of payments for unproven treatments Mar 16, 2022
More Research Needed on Use of Premium Cigars, Report Finds These cigars seem less dangerous than cigarettes -- but it's only because of how they are smoked Mar 10, 2022
A Tale of Two Accountable Care Organizations There is still hope for the future of value-based care Mar 10, 2022
Cost-Analysis Fuels Debate on Transplant Waitlists Without available kidneys, expense of longer lists not justified, researchers argue Mar 10, 2022
Vaccine Researcher Who Developed Tinnitus After COVID Shot Calls for Further Study Gregory Poland, MD, advocates both vaccination and better understanding of possible side effect Mar 09, 2022
Rare Vaccine Death; Vape Loophole Exploited; No Paxlovid for the Imprisoned This past week in healthcare investigations Mar 09, 2022
CMS Sepsis Measurement Under Fire Measure doesn't work and its re-endorsement process was flawed, critics say Mar 08, 2022
Texas Children's Hospital Puts Gender-Affirming Care on Pause Nation's largest pediatric hospital halts hormone therapy, citing possible legal ramifications Mar 08, 2022
End to Public Health Emergency Is Bad News for Millions on Medicaid Coverage losses are likely to hit children particularly hard Mar 03, 2022
Hostility Against Hospitals Raged During COVID; Long COVID Patients Lack Safety Net This past week in healthcare investigations Mar 02, 2022
Biden Administration Announces Steps to Improve Nursing Home Care Measures include those aimed at increasing staffing and cutting down on unnecessary treatment Feb 28, 2022
Biden Nominates Ketanji Brown Jackson for Supreme Court Seat Appeals court judge has a history of litigating for reproductive rights Feb 25, 2022
Gender-Affirming Meds Have Drastic Impact on Suicide Risk in Trans Youth Researchers call for legislature to support access to care for at-risk youth Feb 25, 2022
The Lactation Gap: Disparities in Maternal Health Breastfeeding has short- and long-term health benefits for both mother and child Feb 23, 2022
Costs Soaring for Ground Ambulance Transport Surprise billing law doesn't apply to ambulance rides Feb 22, 2022
No One Is Coming to Help Rural hospitals have been fighting a losing battle during the COVID pandemic Feb 20, 2022
Doc Group Pushes Ivermectin for Long COVID FLCCC promotes 20 therapies: like "throwing spaghetti against the wall," one expert says Feb 17, 2022
Are There Too Many Foreign-Born Docs in the U.S.? Maybe, Maybe Not Lawmakers' divide on the question evident at House hearing Feb 16, 2022
Extend the Interval Between COVID Vaccine Doses The safety and effectiveness data should prompt CDC to update its policy Feb 14, 2022
A Third of Docs Saw a Patient Harmed by Prior Authorization Treatment delays have led to permanent damage, disability, and even death Feb 11, 2022
CDC Proposes New Opioid Prescribing Guidelines Hard thresholds for pain medication doses, duration no longer promoted Feb 10, 2022
Healthcare Is a 'Right' for All Americans, Says Becerra "We're missing the mark" on addressing health disparities, researchers agree Feb 09, 2022
What You Need to Know About That 'Johns Hopkins' Lockdown Study "All of this adds up to a very weird review paper" Feb 07, 2022
Rural Access to Care Even Worse for Minority Communities Access to hospital services breaks down along historic racial lines Feb 07, 2022
ACIP Embraces Spikevax Amid Serious Talk of Changing mRNA Dosing Interval Would longer time between doses do the trick to reduce myocarditis risk? Feb 04, 2022
