Is the doctor you chose the one holding the scalpel? Maybe not. You have a legal right to informed consent, but failure to adequately and properly inform the patient of who will be performing an… Read More
Article Summary: The controversy over inadequate protective equipment has come to embody what critics describe as a haphazard federal effort to protect the 1.5 million Americans who live in nursing homes. By: Andrew Jacobs, The… Read More
Article Summary: Surgical Assistant’s presence during a surgery leads to a costly surprise medical bill. By Markian Hawryluk, KHN, Jul 22, 2020 Izzy Benasso was playing a casual game of tennis with her father on… Read More
Article Summary: In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, new suppliers have jumped into the market for surgical masks and some have touted FDA certificates that don’t have any regulatory meaning. By Sydney Lupkin, NPR, Jul… Read More
Article Summary: Regulators of a pharmacy board faulted four CVS locations in Oklahoma, an action that followed complaints at drugstore chains across the country. The state board inspected the four pharmacies from mid-2019 to early… Read More
Article Summary: A new federal rule will make it harder for patients with conditions like cancer and multiple sclerosis that rely on expensive drugs without generics, to face higher out-of-pocket costs. By Ellen Gabler, Michelle… Read More
Article Summary: Many medicare beneficiaries and uninsured Americans are opting out of getting Shingles vaccination due to cost barriers. By Phil Galewitz, KHN, Jul 09, 2020. Worried about the high cost of the copayment for… Read More
Rebekah Jones, fired coronavirus data scientist, files whistleblower complaint By MARIO ARIZA, SOUTH FLORIDA SUN SENTINEL, JULY 17, 2020. Rebekah Jones, the Florida coronavirus data scientist who was fired in early May for alleged insubordination, has filed a whistleblower… Read More
By Sarah Kliff, The New York Times, Jun 16, 2020. In a one-story brick building in suburban Dallas, between a dentist office and a family medicine clinic, is a medical laboratory that has run some… Read More
By Christina Morales, The New York Times, Jun 29, 2020. The F.B.I. has issued a warning about scammers who advertise fraudulent Covid-19 antibody tests as a way to obtain personal information that can be used… Read More