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
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
Docs' Vacation Habits May Be Fueling Burnout Taking fewer than 3 weeks of vacation each year linked to higher rates of burnout Jan 12, 2024
AAMC Overhauls Pricing for Residency Applications Announcement comes shortly after the ob/gyn application service lowered prices Jan 12, 2024
Board Restricts Doctor's License Over COVID Misinfo Ryan Cole, MD, failed to meet the standard of care, Washington state's medical board said 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
It Takes a Lot to Gross Out Healthcare Workers Small study showed less "disgust" among care home workers compared with controls 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
Diagnostic Errors Common in Hospital Deaths, ICU Transfers, Study Suggests Mistakes were driven by patient assessment, testing, and often led to harm or death Jan 08, 2024
Doctors Are as Vulnerable to Addiction as Anyone California grapples with a response to physicians struggling with addiction Jan 07, 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
FDA Warns of Toxic Oleander in Supplements Dangerous substitution once again found in tejocote root products 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
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
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
Here Are the Top Diets for 2024 A familar food plan topped the annual U.S. News rankings Jan 03, 2024
ChatGPT Misdiagnosed Most Pediatric Cases Older version of the chatbot was wrong in 83% of kids' clinical scenarios Jan 02, 2024
'They See a Cash Cow': Corporations Could Consume $50 Billion of Opioid Settlements Pitches land daily in the inboxes of state and local officials Jan 01, 2024
Cancer Patients Face Frightening Delays in Treatment Approvals "For them to take weeks -- up to months -- to provide an authorization is ridiculous" Dec 30, 2023
U.S. Attempts to Get Its Xylazine Problem Under Control If a bill to schedule the veterinary sedative becomes law, will that be enough? Dec 30, 2023
A Seat at the Table: Physicians Have Been Unionizing in Droves Efforts have been made by seasoned physicians, as well as residents and fellows Dec 29, 2023
FDA Warns Amazon Over Supplements Containing Erectile Dysfunction Drugs Agency bought and tested products that were found to contain tadalafil and sildenafil Dec 29, 2023
Prenatal Fentanyl Exposure Suspected in Novel Syndrome Causality has yet to be determined for what resembles Smith-Lemli-Opitz syndrome Dec 29, 2023
Managing AI Risks in Healthcare; GPT-4's Clinical Biases; DIY AI Clinic A monthly roundup of healthcare-focused AI news and research Dec 28, 2023
Paramedics Guilty of Homicide; Pediatrician Attacked Lab Tech? $900K Settlement A weekly roundup of healthcare's encounters with the courts Dec 28, 2023
Supreme Court to Weigh in on Abortion Pill Access The nation's high court will consider the Fifth Circuit's ruling on mifepristone Dec 28, 2023
Do You Believe in These Medical Superstitions? "I'm not superstitious, but I am a little stitious" -- Michael Scott, "The Office" Dec 27, 2023
Deep Flaws in FDA's Device Oversight, and Patient Harm, Exposed in Lawsuits, Records "What is the threshold for the FDA to step in and do something?" Dec 24, 2023
Dangerous Brazilian Butt Lifts Get a Makeover in Florida A new law targets budget plastic surgery clinics with new safety precautions Dec 23, 2023
MedPod Today: Long COVID and Stem Cells; An Unusual Pregnancy; New Cannabinoids ΒιΆΉ΄«Γ½ reporters offer further insights on these recently covered topics Dec 22, 2023 podcast
Nurse Stormed U.S. Capitol? Doc Guilty of Wife's Murder; $120M Malpractice Award A weekly roundup of healthcare's encounters with the courts Dec 21, 2023
