By Alia Paavola, Beckers Hospital Review, February 12th, 2020. Dallas-based Tenet Healthcare and one of its hospitals in Palm Springs, Calif., will pay $1.41 million to resolve allegations that they knowingly charged Medicare for implanting unnecessary… Read More
By Ayla Ellison, Beckers Hospital Review, February 14th, 2020. A patient who asks a clinician to stop a procedure and it’s feasible to do so can sue for battery if medical staff continue with the treatment,… Read More
By Morgan Haefner, Becker’s Hospital Report, Feb.12, 2020. Studies have shown 1 in every 6 emergency room visits and inpatient hospital stays for patients with health insurance through their employer led to at least one out-of-network… Read More
Emily Rappleye, Beckers Hospital Review, Jan. 23, 2020. Albany-based State University of New York and SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University in New York City face a lawsuit from two surgeons, who allege the organization retaliated against… Read More
Study raises concerns about using meds to treat conditions for which they weren’t approved By Karen Pallarito, HealthDay News, Nov. 2, 2015. “Off-label” drug use puts patients at risk for serious side effects, especially when scientific… Read More
By Melissa Bailey, KHN.org, FEBRUARY 4, 2020. Excerpts from the original article. Dr. Keith Corl was working in a Las Vegas emergency room when a patient arrived with chest pain. The patient, wearing his street clothes,… Read More
By Judith Graham, KHN.org, FEBRUARY 3, 2020. The decision came out of the blue. “Your husband isn’t going to get any better, so we can’t continue services,” an occupational therapist told Deloise “Del” Holloway in early November…. Read More
What is outpatient surgery? With improved technology and advances in anesthesia and pain control, many less invasive surgical procedures are now being performed on an outpatient, or ambulatory, basis. Common procedures that are now routinely… Read More...
By Caroline Chen, ProPublica, Jan 17, 2020. Newark Beth Israel Medical Center’s heart and lung transplant program was putting patients in “immediate jeopardy” before the hospital began to implement corrective measures, according to federal regulators…. Read More
By Daniel Gilbert, The Seattle Times, Dec 30, 2019. The patient had been admitted to Smokey Point Behavioral Hospital on a 90-day involuntary commitment order. But when his health-insurance plan sent a team to check on… Read More