Doctor Charged With Felony Manslaughter in Jail Death The doctor and a nurse involved in the case face up to 4 years in prison if convicted Oct 28, 2022
Texas Says DNA Kits for Schoolchildren Not Tied to Uvalde Shooting State education agency says effort was designed to help law enforcement find missing kids Oct 27, 2022
Fentanyl Hidden in Cocaine; Missed Breast Cancer Diagnoses; Calling Out Racism This past week in healthcare investigations Oct 26, 2022
Nutrition Group Has Close Ties to Food, Pharma Companies Analysis reveals a 'symbiotic relationship' between nutrition group and industry Oct 24, 2022
How One Children's Hospital Is Confronting a 'Sick Season' Surge Doctors at CHOP say kids probably missed out on building immunity due to the pandemic Oct 21, 2022
Former UCLA Ob/Gyn Convicted for Sexual Assault Jury found James Heaps, MD, guilty on five counts in connection with sexual assaults of patients Oct 21, 2022
CMS Puts the Kibosh on Misleading Medicare Advantage Sales Pitches "Secret shoppers" found that 80% of agent calls with clients were inaccurate or insufficient Oct 21, 2022
Should We Still Be Concerned About Cell Phones and Brain Cancer? Experts weigh in on why the topic has seemed to lose steam in recent years Oct 20, 2022
Doc Sues Over Vax Mandate; $2.6M for Missed Pneumonia Dx; Fired PA Fires Back A weekly roundup of healthcare's encounters with the courts Oct 20, 2022
Mayo Warns It Won't Take Most Medicare Advantage Plans Letters to Florida, Arizona patients suggest they enroll in original Medicare with a supplement Oct 20, 2022
What's With the National Adderall Shortage? Manufacturers must meet higher demands, and also face DEA and production problems Oct 19, 2022
Boston University Refutes Claims It Created Deadly New COVID Strain Media reports misrepresent animal study and misconstrue its findings, expert says Oct 18, 2022
Gender-Affirming Chest Surgeries Increase by Nearly 5x in Teens Researchers compared number of annual surgeries in 2016 to 2019 Oct 17, 2022
Emergency Nurse 'Drowning' in Patients, Calls Fire Department to Assist In last-resort effort, two firefighters aid understaffed ED in Washington state Oct 14, 2022
Brokers Earn More to Steer New Beneficiaries to Medicare Advantage Agent says he would double earnings if he sold MA over Medigap plans to new clients Oct 14, 2022
Ex-JAMA Chief: Cut the Hype, Spin in Published Studies Howard Bauchner, MD, says researchers want to report accurately, but "they too have their biases" Oct 14, 2022
The Medicare Advantage Trade-Off: Saving Money, Losing Access Beneficiaries may spend less on premiums, but care delays are common. Do worse outcomes follow? Oct 13, 2022
Uptick in COVID-Related Blood Clots: Is It Real? What experts say about concerning social media posts from the U.K. Oct 13, 2022
Doc Walked in on Killer? IHS Sex Abuse Victims Get Millions; Axed Doc Wins Suit A weekly roundup of healthcare's encounters with the courts Oct 13, 2022
Male Surgery Residents Get Better Evaluations Senior male trainees at one program had better scores on essential skills in the specialty Oct 12, 2022
What Does the Science Say About Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy for Long COVID? Evidence is exceedingly limited, and out-of-pocket costs are high Oct 12, 2022
Nurse Protests Her Firing Over Refusal to Take Implicit Bias Training "I objected to a mandatory course grounded in the idea that I'm racist because I'm white" Oct 07, 2022
UCSF Residents Avert Strike; Reach Tentative Deal With Children's Hospital Oakland Proposed contract includes better pay and benefits for housing, meals, and relocation Oct 07, 2022
'Not an Easy Villain': Documentary Tackles Healthcare's Big Hospital Problem The human cost of tax-exempt hospitals is a hard pill to swallow, says "InHospitable" director Oct 06, 2022 video
Docs Hit With Price-Fixing Charges; $4M for Missed Strep Dx; Prison for X-Ray Fraud A weekly roundup of healthcare's encounters with the courts Oct 06, 2022
How a Suicide in a Clinical Trial Turned a Bioethicist Into a Whistleblower His advice for other potential whistleblowers: Don't go it alone Oct 06, 2022
Women Doctors More Likely to Be Called by First Name in Patient Portal Messages Primary care and DO physicians also more likely to be greeted informally in EMR messages Oct 05, 2022
Supply Issues a Major Challenge to Polio Vaccination Programs As the world moves from eradication to containment, will vaccine incentives increase? Oct 04, 2022
Experts Grapple With New Reality: Polio May Never Be Eradicated Oral polio vaccine has diminished paralysis, but it's also a reason the virus keeps circulating Oct 04, 2022
What Killed the First Gender-Affirming Surgery Clinic in the U.S.? Powerful people, prejudice, and politics, according to a review of its history Oct 03, 2022
California Bill Barring Docs From Telling COVID Lies Signed Into Law Law won't stop docs who spread misinfo on social media; only during direct patient care Oct 01, 2022
Can Nasal Vaccines Change the Course of the Pandemic? Blocking transmission is a noble goal, but there's not yet evidence mucosal vaccines can do that Sep 29, 2022
Aborted Fetus Brings Wrongful Death Suit; Simone Gold's 'Boyfriend' Found Guilty A weekly roundup of healthcare's encounters with the courts Sep 29, 2022
Healthcare Workers Unhappy With New CDC Mask Guidance Some hospital leaders say they'll continue to follow state recommendations for universal masking Sep 28, 2022
No Brain Death? No Problem. New Organ Transplant Protocol Stirs Debate. Is it ethical to pull the plug in patients who aren't brain dead, then restart their hearts? Sep 28, 2022
Hospital Fired All Employees; Profiting Off the Poor; Long COVID and ME/CFS This past week in healthcare investigations Sep 28, 2022
New California Law: Docs Who Sexually Abuse Patients Can't Get Their Licenses Back Statute bars medical board from restoring licenses revoked from sex offenders Sep 27, 2022
JAMA Devotes Special Issue to Gun Violence "Without deliberate action, firearm-related violence will not abate," top editors write Sep 27, 2022
CIA Doc Sent to Investigate Illness Developed Havana Syndrome "The amount of ringing in my ears was just astounding," he told CNN Sep 26, 2022
Health Insurance Claims for Sex Services Leads to Conspiracy Charges Fraud scheme traded fake chiropractic claims for kickbacks, sex Sep 23, 2022
