A Utah Cleft Palate Team Says Its Approach Is Innovative. Others See a Pattern of Unnecessary Surgeries on Children.

ProPublica is a Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative newsroom. Sign up for The Big Story newsletter to receive stories like this one in your inbox. Returning to his home state of Utah, where more babies are born with cleft lip and palate than is typical, Dr. Devan Griner made plans to open his own practice, joining the small cohort of plastic surgeons nationwide who treat the condition. As he recruited doctors to fill out a team in 2017, Griner had lunch with an orthodontist who’d long worked in the state. He quizzed Griner on his credentials and then turned to bone grafting, a common procedure for cleft patients, who are often missing a piece of their upper jaw. Sitting back, the doctor...

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What private equity healthcare dollars are seeking in a deal

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General (OIG), has produced literature regarding their intention to prosecute private equity firms who do not conduct proper due diligence in healthcare deals. At this time, a few private equity firms have been charged in civil litigation cases for healthcare fraud related civil allegations. However, the OIG has stated that healthcare laws with criminal penalties are not off the table. How does this impact deal flow? Knowing who now stands over the shoulder of private equity, venture capital, family offices (“PE Groups”) is essential, because it dictates what they will have to look for in acquisitions to come. Compliance...

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Opill, the first over-the-counter birth control pill, will be on shelves soon − here are some key things to know

Within weeks, for the first time in the U.S. consumers will be able to find a birth control pill on retail shelves. Bill Oxford/iStock via Getty Images ~~~~~~~~~ The Food and Drug Administration’s 2023 approval of the first over-the-counter birth control pill, called Opill, broadened the options for people seeking to prevent pregnancy. On March 4, 2024, the pill’s manufacturer, Perrigo Company, announced that it has started shipping Opill and that consumers can expect to see it on shelves by the end of the month. The Conversation asked Sarah Lynch, a pharmaceutical expert from Binghamton University, State University of New York, to answer some of the key questions people have about the new...

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How Is AI Transforming Health Care?

With a provocative title and top tier speakers, the third panel discussion of the recent Business of Health Care conference offered an insightful and thought-provoking discussion for the 600+ in-person and online event registrants. Produced by Miami Herbert Business School, the 13th annual conference, entitled AI, Elections and the Economy was held on February 16 at the Shalala Student Center on the University of Miami campus in Coral Gables. The final panel discussion of the all-day program featured five speakers and the topic addressed was How Is AI Transforming Health Care? The panelists were: Sal Lo Co-Founder & Chief Executive Officer Jorie Advanced Automation Eugenio Minvielle...

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