Costs Soaring for Ground Ambulance Transport Surprise billing law doesn't apply to ambulance rides Feb 22, 2022
Ukrainian Doctor's Family Lives Under Threat of War Roksolana Vaskul, MD, says it's "surreal" to imagine her family under attack in Ukraine 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
Healthcare Is a 'Right' for All Americans, Says Becerra "We're missing the mark" on addressing health disparities, researchers agree Feb 09, 2022
Mental Health Crisis Demands Better Coverage, Worker Pay, Experts Tell House Advocates argue for workforce incentives, peer involvement, and closing Medicare coverage gaps Feb 03, 2022
Medicare Patients Can't Get Their At-Home COVID Test Kits Covered -- Yet But CMS says it's working to provide that coverage Jan 25, 2022
HHS Announces $103 Million in Grants to Address Health Worker Burnout "I am 27 years old and just praying I can get through every shift" Jan 20, 2022
Why Are Physicians Silent About Outrageous Drug Prices? Milton Packer wonders why physicians are struggling to get their priorities straight Jan 12, 2022
Former Football Stars Team Up With CDC to Promote COVID Vaccination The campaign, first launched in March, underwent a reboot with the spread of Delta Jan 02, 2022
Burnout, Violence: How Much More Can Healthcare Workers Take? As COVID rages on, attention turns to healthcare worker mental health. Will help arrive in time? Dec 29, 2021
Living History: 50 Years After the Birth of National Cancer Centers New book examines the progress 50 years following the National Cancer Act of 1971 Dec 22, 2021
DEA Chief Warns About Fake Prescription Drugs Containing Fentanyl More than 8.4 million fake pills seized since end of September Dec 17, 2021
FDA Relaxes Restrictions on Abortion Pill Federal government permanently removes requirements that patients pick up mifepristone in person Dec 17, 2021
Here's How to Keep Nurses From Leaving Leaders talk money, mentoring, training, and a chance to be heard Dec 09, 2021
U.S. Dragging Its Feet on Biosimilar Approvals, Pharmacist Says Introduction of biosimilars falling behind that of other countries Dec 09, 2021
More Research Needed on PFAS Hazards, House Members Told Chemicals in foam used by firefighters of particular concern Dec 07, 2021
Women Physicians Earn $2 Million Less Over Their Careers Than Men Pay gap emerges early in career course and persists for decades Dec 07, 2021
House Members Debate Cracking Down More on Fentanyl Committee criticizes Justice Department for not appearing at hearing Dec 03, 2021
SCOTUS Oral Arguments in Major Abortion Case Touch on Liberty, Viability Standard Contraceptive effectiveness and "safe haven" laws also discussed Dec 01, 2021
Will Moderna Ever Learn to Share? The company's dispute with NIH over who invented the COVID vaccine has huge implications Nov 28, 2021
Why Is DOJ Cracking Down on Electroacupuncture? False billing wasted "millions and millions" in federal money, investigator says Nov 26, 2021
Florida Hospitals Face Dueling Vaccine Mandate Rules The stakes are high with Medicare, Medicaid dollars at play Nov 24, 2021
Academic Centers Start to Take Psychedelics Seriously "You're not sticking your neck out as much as you would 10 years ago," one director says Nov 24, 2021
Is Psychedelic Research Funding Starting to Shift? Once the province of philanthropy, industry and government sources show interest Nov 24, 2021
Georgia Emergency Doc Tries Again for Congress Rich McCormick, MD, got his political start lobbying on surprise billing Nov 18, 2021
COVID Rapid Test Prices 'Ridiculous' "It's really a travesty these aren't being subsidized appropriately," expert says Nov 18, 2021
AMA's Strategic Equity Plan Under Fire Delegates debate issues of free speech and whether an individual or group can be named "racist" Nov 15, 2021
Med Students Call for 'Virginity Testing' Ban in U.S. AMA needs to "make a concerted effort to educate patients and their families about such harm" Nov 15, 2021
Whistleblower Physician Killed in Plane Crash Ahead of Settlement Kathleen Hartney-Velazco, MD, and her company alleged improper arrangements at staffing firms Nov 11, 2021
New Institute Has Ties to the Great Barrington Declaration All three GBD lead authors contribute to Brownstone Institute Nov 11, 2021
Should Medicare Pay the Same Amount Regardless of Where a Service Is Provided? MedPAC members like the idea -- with a few caveats Nov 10, 2021
More Investment Sorely Needed to Combat Antimicrobial Resistance Investors, pharma, advocates cite "market failure" in developing new treatments Nov 10, 2021
'Build Back Better' Isn't the Only Infrastructure Bill With Healthcare Provisions Smaller bill includes measures on single-dose drugs, Medicare rebate rule Nov 09, 2021
What You Need to Know About Kids' COVID Vax Dose Lower dose showed good antibody response, low side effects Nov 04, 2021
Health System Leaders Mull Ways to Stem Labor Crisis Child care support and attention to workers well-being matter, but Congress can help too Nov 03, 2021
Final Physician Fee Schedule Rule Includes a Nearly 4% Payment Cut Will leave practices in "financial peril," says AMA president Nov 03, 2021
Biden Announces Deal With Congress on Infrastructure Bill Medicare hearing benefits make the cut, but dental, vision, drug-pricing provisions are left out Oct 28, 2021
Pathologists Consider 'Workaround' So Patients Don't Freak Out Over EHR Bad News Doctors worry patients will misconstrue language or be psychologically harmed without guidance Oct 28, 2021
$22K for 10 Stitches, a Year and a Half Later Despite impending regulations, surprise billing still happens Oct 28, 2021
Should Doctors Peddling COVID Disinformation Lose Their License? A group of physicians is pushing the Federation of State Medical Boards to do just that Oct 27, 2021 podcast
