By REED ABELSON for the New York Times. Four popular national rating systems used by consumers to judge hospitals frequently come to very different conclusions about which hospitals are the best — or worst — potentially...
The next bed could cost you a lot if the hospital says you’re there on observation. If you’re on Medicare and you’re in the hospital for a few days, you may think you’re an inpatient....
By Bonina & Bonina P. C. Medical professionals are trusted with your most important asset: your health. We expect doctors and health care workers to do their best, but unfortunately there are times when patients are...
By Dr. Danielle Ofri, Health.com. Have you ever wondered what your doctor was thinking as you sat in your paper robe on the exam table? Or worried that you’re not taking full advantage of those...
By Heidi Turner, Lawsuits and Settlements.com. Bad faith insurance lawsuits, alleging insurance companies have unreasonably denied disability claims, are nothing new. But now lawsuits are being filed against insurance companies alleging policyholders are being wrongfully...
By Marshall Allen and Olga Pierce, ProPublica – Condensed by APRA. Why choosing the right surgeon matters even more than you know It’s conventional wisdom that there are “good” and “bad” hospitals — and that...
By Elisabeth Rosenthal, The New York Times. Before his three-hour neck surgery for herniated disks in December, Peter Drier, 37, signed a pile of consent forms. Mr. Drier was prepared when the bills started arriving. He...
By Unagidon – Commonweal Magazine. The reason that hospitals charge so much for an aspirin is a rather simple one, and if I tell you why they do it might help me make my point...
By Shannon Brownlee and Vikas Saini – Bloomberg News. Power in hospitals is shifting from doctors to administrators. Hospitals are busily merging with other hospitals and buying up groups of doctors. They claim that size...
By Sarah Varney – Kaiser Health News. It’s called “patient dumping” – when hospitals transfer patients without insurance to public hospitals. But a new study from Stanford University has turned dumping on its head. It...