By CATHRYN JAKOBSON RAMIN, for CONDITIONS. An excerpt from Crooked: Outwitting the Back Pain Industry and Getting on the Road to Recovery. Near my office, there’s a breakfast-and-lunch joint where strangers sit down at shared tables. When Joseph,… Read More
By Aaron Barker, KPRC Click2Houston. HOUSTON, TX – A mix-up in blood samples at Baylor St. Luke’s Medical Center last year led to a botched transfusion and a patient’s death, according to a Department of… Read More
Contract disputes between insurers and medical providers are causing uncertainty and disruption among patients. By Barbara Feder Ostrov, Kaiser Health News. David Lerman, a lawyer in Berkeley, Calif., changed health plans this year, only to learn… Read More
Every day parents face difficult medical decisions regarding their minor children. For example, parents need to decide when to seek medical care and treatment for their sick child or whether or not to vaccinate a healthy… Read More
Secretive ‘Rebate Trap’ Keeps Generic Drugs For Diabetes And Other Ills Out Of Reach. By Jay Hancock and Sydney Lupkin, Kaiser Health News.. Lisa Crook was lucky. She saved $800 last year after her insurance… Read More
“Landmark” Maternal Health Legislation Clears Major Hurdle. In the wake of the ProPublica and NPR series “Lost Mothers,” the U.S. House of Representatives unanimously approved a bill to fund state committees to review and investigate… Read More
Source: Charles B. Inlander Publication: Bottom Line Health. A controversial health insurance program is growing by leaps and bounds throughout the country. With “step therapy,” your insurer requires your doctor to prescribe the cheapest effective prescription… Read More
By Matt Stanley, Anna Wilde Mathews and Melanie Evans, For the Wall Street Journal. More primary-care doctors work directly for hospitals, and they are being pushed to keep lucrative referrals in-house. Phoebe Putney Health System… Read More
By Emily R. Siegel, Cynthia McFadden, Kevin Monahan, Andrew W. Lehren and Pauliina Siniauer, for NBC News. Nearly 17,000 events were classified as device malfunctions over the past 10 years in an FDA database, according… Read More
By Leah Binder, Contributor Forbes. We learned Tuesday (Editor: the 2018 midterm election) that health care is a big concern for voters, with exit polling from CNN, NBC and other major outlets showing 40 percent of Americans picked… Read More