Doc Sues Over Spicy Dish; Disciplined for Doctor's Note; Ob/Gyn Attacked Near Office A weekly roundup of healthcare's encounters with the courts Oct 17, 2024
Pop Star Falls to His Death; Trump the 'Father of IVF'? Columbia Doc's Retractions Health news and commentary gathered by MedPage Today staff Oct 17, 2024
Use of Prior Authorization Up in Medicare Advantage Plans, Senate Report Finds Post-acute care services targeted for coverage denials Oct 17, 2024
Are Surgical Outcomes Better With MDs or DOs? Medicare claims analysis finds no differences in death, readmissions, and length of stay Oct 16, 2024
Doc Befriends Captive Saudi Princess; Psych Hospital Violence; Black Market Ozempic This past week in healthcare investigations Oct 16, 2024
Private Forums Show Canadian Doctors Struggle With Euthanizing Vulnerable Patients Some doctors fear moving forward even with cases that meet nation's legal requirements Oct 16, 2024
California Health Workers Get a Pay Bump Under New Minimum Wage Law Many workers will see the increase this week Oct 16, 2024
The Supreme Court's Open Season on Public Health Agencies "I just had this reverence for the court. I don't anymore," says Lawrence Gostin, JD Oct 16, 2024 video
Stop the Medicare Payment Cut and Pass a Permanent Fix, House Members Urge Leaders The Medicare fee schedule is "inherently broken," says bipartisan letter from 233 members Oct 15, 2024
Most Doctors Regularly Engage With Healthcare Influencers on Social Media Survey found half reported changing their prescribing choices based on this engagement Oct 15, 2024
Why Would a Promising Young Physician Take His Own Life? The loss of William West Jr. forces us to consider the role of health systems in staff well-being Oct 15, 2024
Pharmacist Gets Up to 15 Years in Prison for Meningitis Outbreak Deaths More than 700 people in 20 states were sickened and dozens died, according to the CDC Oct 14, 2024
Election Got You Stressed and Anxious? Here's how to maintain your composure when patients have differing views Oct 13, 2024
Medical Licensing Exam Scores Sent to Residency Programs After Switch to Pass/Fail Numerical scores from the COMLEX Level 1 mistakenly shared with ob/gyn programs Oct 11, 2024
Florida Hospitals Tested By Back-to-Back Storms Florida Hospital Association president says facilities are operational, with very few exceptions Oct 10, 2024
Peer Reviewers Have Financial Conflicts, Too Majority reviewing for top medical journals had conflicts, and they made $1 billion in 3 years Oct 10, 2024
Doctor Shot at Home; Jury Awards Doc $2M; Nurse Arrested in Alleged Bracelet Theft A weekly roundup of healthcare's encounters with the courts Oct 10, 2024
Officials Scramble to Protect IV Supplies in Wake of Hurricane Disruption American Hospital Association called on Biden administration to take more steps to ease shortage Oct 10, 2024
Emergency Medicine May Join the ERAS Exodus The specialty is considering following in the footsteps of ob/gyn and others Oct 09, 2024
'Make America Healthy Again' Crusade; Psychiatrist's Misconduct; Extreme Alpha-Gal This past week in healthcare investigations Oct 09, 2024
How Did Public Health Become a Public Enemy at the Supreme Court? Conservative majority is "buying into" anti-science attitudes, warns Lawrence Gostin, JD Oct 09, 2024 video
Dozens Who Were Told They Failed the Pathology Board Exam Actually Passed American Board of Pathology re-scored the exam and issued refunds to impacted test takers Oct 08, 2024
ERAS Applications Are Trending Down With Program Signaling, but Still Too High Data are promising, but more needs to be done to reduce applications, experts say Oct 07, 2024
Finding Humanity in Provider Burnout, and Other Stories of Perseverance Jessi Gold, MD, takes readers on a journey of self-reflection in her new book Oct 07, 2024
U.K. Doc Admits Trying to Kill Mother's Partner With Poison Disguised as COVID Vax Victim diagnosed with necrotizing fasciitis that left him in intensive care Oct 07, 2024
Fauci's West Nile Virus; Nobel Prize for miRNA; Nurse Dies in Hurricane Flood Health news and commentary gathered by MedPage Today staff Oct 07, 2024
Doctors Urging Conference Boycotts Over Abortion Bans Face Uphill Battle Some doctors argue it's more important than ever to visit states where abortion has been outlawed Oct 04, 2024
In a First, Academic Center Offers Chiropractic Program University of Pittsburgh program won't be part of its medical school Oct 03, 2024
Ob/Gyn Applications Stable in First Year of Independent Residency System The number of applicants is strong, but are applicants still applying to too many programs? Oct 03, 2024
Therapist's Grisly Death; Surgery Center Wins $421M; Army Doc's Plea Deal A weekly roundup of healthcare's encounters with the courts Oct 03, 2024
'Late Abortion' Doc; Missed Warnings in Listeria Outbreak; $3.5B for Healthcare CEOs This past week in healthcare investigations Oct 02, 2024
Trump Vows to Veto Abortion Ban; Breast Cancer Climbs; Diagnostic Errors for 1 in 14 Health news and commentary gathered by MedPage Today staff Oct 02, 2024
Elevating Family Medicine Is Key for New AAFP President Jen Brull, MD, outlines her priorities for the coming year Oct 01, 2024
The Ebb and Flow of Mentorship in Medicine Former mentors may need space to move on from their professional lives Oct 01, 2024
Witnesses in OR Give Harrowing Account of Spleen Surgery Gone Wrong Florida health department issued an emergency license suspension for Thomas Shaknovsky, DO Oct 01, 2024
Doctors Less Likely to Support Broader Access to Cannabis Than Pain Patients A majority of respondents were supportive of increasing education for providers, however Oct 01, 2024 video
Florida's 'Intimidation Campaign'; Nurses Look to Unionize; Bird Flu and Egg Prices Health news and commentary gathered by MedPage Today staff Sep 30, 2024
Reclaiming the Night in the Wake of 'Abhaya's' Murder To everyone in medicine: don't underestimate the gentleness of Indian women as weakness Sep 29, 2024
An Indian Doctor Was Just Raped and Killed. This Is Not an Isolated Incident. An examination of what's driving sexual violence against women in medicine Sep 28, 2024
