Updates for Busy Healthcare Professionals
When free isn’t really free
ACSH
The 50-year failure of American healthcare
Sensible Medicine
FTC sues PBMs
Fierce Healthcare
We need not fear an ageing population
Spiked
Why insulin resistance is the biggest silent risk factor for heart disease
Dr Paddy Barrett via Substack
How seniors can reduce belly fat and muscle loss
KevinMD
Steward Health Care goes to auction
Healthcare Dive
Bigger is better for academic medical centers
Real Clear Health
How to talk to kids about school shootings and other traumatic events
AP via Health News Florida
The dark psychology of medical con-men
KevinMD
McKesson spending $2.5B for majority stake in Florida community oncology
Fierce Healthcare
Chief AI Officer to join the C-suite?
Healthcare IT News
Price controls on medicines for obesity will not make them easier to get
Real Clear Health
Steward to sell physician group
Healthcare Dive
A consensus no longer
City Journal
Appeals court upholds ruling that struck down surprise billing arbitration process
Fierce Healthcare
Florida doctors explain how new blood tests can speed up Alzheimer’s diagnoses
WLRN via Health News Florida
Cyberattack hits blood-donation nonprofit OneBlood
CNN
Older adults are often misdiagnosed. Specialized ERs and trained clinicians can help
NPR Health News
Drugs used for weight loss help people stop smoking, study finds
CBS News
Are weight loss drugs creating a medical dilemma?
KevinMD
PBMs battle bi-partisan scrutiny
Healthcare Dive
Healthcare recovering from CrowdStrike outage
Healthcare IT News
Senate HELP Committee announces vote to investigate Steward Health Care, compel CEO testimony
Fierce Healthcare
Real-time cancer detection and the future of oncology
KevinMD
Cause of lupus, possible cure identified, researchers say in new study
USA Today
Ozempic may reduce dementia: Research
The Hill
Almost half of cancer deaths in U.S. adults could be prevented, new study finds. A doctor explains how.
CBS News
Can AI truly improve hospital staffing?
KevinMD
Blood donations drop as dog days of summer begin
CBS News Miami
Hospital mergers tied to increased layoffs, reduced tax revenues: report
Healthcare Dive
OSF deploys care transition program, reduces readmission rate from 29% to 9%
Healthcare IT News
Medical misinformation
KevinMD
ADHD meds may be disrupted after arrests of health-care startup execs
CNN
Drug-resistant ‘dual mutant’ flu strains threatens U.S.
CBS News
Nearly 75% of health workers say documentation impedes patient care: survey
Healthcare Dive
On Florida’s inaugural Revive Awareness Day, free Narcan and overdose awareness
WUSF via Health News Florida
Takeaways from Fauci’s testimony at contentious House hearing on Covid-19 pandemic
CNN
What is the Senate doing on health AI?
Fierce Healthcare
Pandemic lessons must spur federal action
STAT
Study finds daily marijuana use outpaces daily drinking in US
AP via Health News Florida
What more can be done to treat Lyme disease?
PBS via YouTube
Signs of Alzheimer’s were everywhere. Then his brain improved
CNN
Cybersecurity event at Ascension disrupts clinical operations
Health News Florida
Steward Health Care reports to bankruptcy court
Fierce Healthcare
New $2B pediatric hospital in Atlanta embraces IT
Healthcare IT News
Justice Department plans to reschedule marijuana as a lower-risk drug
CNN
FTC votes to ban non-competes, with far-reaching effects on doctors
Healthcare Dive
Thousands die from opioid overdoses in Florida each year. Could Medicaid expansion lessen the toll?
Public Health Watch
Persistent shortage of growth hormone frustrates parents and clinicians
NPR via Health News Florida
U.S. pharmacists warn of record-high drug shortages
CBS News via YouTube
Addiction Activists Say They’re ‘Reducing Harm’ in Philly. Locals Say They’re Causing It.
The Free Press
Physicians ask FDA to revoke approval of DNA test for opioid addiction
Healthcare Dive
A drink now may impact you more than it would years ago. Here’s why that’s a problem
CNN
Only second human case of bird flu in U.S. reported as global virus expands
Forbes via YouTube
Can grief make us accident-prone? A writer learns how it destabilizes and remakes us
NPR via Health News Florida
Diabetes management tools not worth the cost, study finds
Fierce Healthcare
DEA overreach: a threat to doctors’ freedom in American medicine
KevinMD
Drug Price Shenanigans in Biden’s SOTU
Real Clear Health
Microsoft and 16 health systems debut network for responsible AI
Healthcare IT News
Breaking down Biden’s $7.3T proposed budget for 2025: Here are his top health priorities
Fierce Healthcare
Critics say Florida’s proposed social media ban for children is unconstitutional
Health News Florida
New data on aspirin therapy for cardiovascular health
Sensible Medicine
Breaking free from sugar addiction: Why cold turkey doesn’t work
KevinMD
Further validation required if AI models are to revolutionize GI cancer care
OncLive
Legislation to improve Florida’s doctor shortage moves forward
FOX 13 Tampa Bay
FDA approves a drug to treat severe food allergies
NPR via Health News Florida
Experts say delta-8 THC products can still be dangerous
CNN
CMS: Providers may now text patient info, orders to care teams
Fierce Healthcare
Gut health linked to Alzheimer’s progression, study suggests diet as potential therapy
News Medical Life Sciences
How ovarian tissue freezing could prevent menopause — possibly forever
Science Daily
The US hasn’t seen syphilis numbers this high since 1950
AP via Health News Florida
Mass. doctor explains results of study on suicide risk for high school students
WCVB Channel 5 Boston via YouTube
Federal officials trumpet record high ACA enrollment
Fierce Healthcare
Study reveals greatest risk factor of death in people with obesity
CNN
South Broward Hospital District places Lubby Navarro on administrative leave, deactivates credit card
CBS News Miami
Why experts are concerned about JN.1 variant
PBS NewsHour via You Tube
Mayo Clinic taps AI start-up
Healthcare IT News
Study: Residential addiction treatment for adolescents limited, costly
Healio
Communication breakdowns drive patients away: Study
Fierce Healthcare
Doctors warn about asthma inhaler switch coming in January
CNN
Here are some health care-related legal issues to watch in Florida next year
News Service of Florida via Health News Florida
Medical Advances 2023
CBS News via YouTube
Predictions on 2024 Healthcare M&A Trends
Healthcare Dive
Fitch: Healthcare labor metrics are up
Fierce Healthcare
Karuna Therapeutics surges 47% after Bristol Myers Squibb announces $14 billion deal
CNBC News
Cancer researchers raise concerns
Healio
9 revolutionary ways AI is advancing healthcare
Mobi Health News
Doctors should intervene to help children with obesity, task force draft says, but it doesn’t recommend surgery or meds
CNN
I’m worried about the boys, too
The Free Press
Many employed docs say non-physician practice ownership cuts quality, survey finds
Fierce Healthcare
U.S. life expectancy shows improvement
NPR via Health News Florida
China says a surge in respiratory illnesses is caused by flu and other known pathogens
AP via Local10.com
Healthcare bankruptcies rising
Healthcare Dive
Wound care manufacturer controversy calls attention to shady dealings
Fierce Healthcare
Music therapy eases path for young patients
Health News Florida
Potential cancer breakthrough
Fox News
GLP-1 receptor agonists for weight loss
Healio
Marijuana use raises risk of heart attack, heart failure and stroke, studies say
CNN
CMS finalizes 2024 Medicare hospital, doctor payments, 340B fix and price transparency requirements
Healthcare Dive
Why pharmacy workers are going on strike amid widespread store closures
PBS via YouTube
Lingering post-covid issues leave hospitals hamstrung
Fierce Healthcare
Canada will legalize medically assisted dying for eligible people addicted to drugs
VICE
How Lunchables ended up on school lunch trays
The Washington Post
Connections between depression and cannabis
Healio
How Many Flights of Stairs Should You Walk a Day?
InsideHook
DEA temporarily extends Covid era telehealth prescribing guidelines
Healthcare Dive
OIG audit: Aetna may have raked in $25.5M in MA overpayments in 2015, 2016
Fierce Healthcare
Nobel Prize in medicine won by two scientists for ‘groundbreaking findings’ on mRNA Covid-19 vaccines
CNN
Experimental ALS treatment gets its day before an unconvinced FDA
AP via Health News Florida
Traffic injury ED visits involving cannabis grow over recent years
Healio
Melatonin: Experts urge caution
Fox News
Families in Crisis as Specialty Drug Costs Skyrocket
Real Clear Health
Prescription opioid shipments declined sharply even as fatal overdoses increased
AP via Health News Florida
Medical credit cards ‘exploit loopholes’ in healthcare debt protection, report finds
Healthcare Dive
Bruce Springsteen Is Being Treated for Peptic Ulcer Disease: What to Know
Healthline
Unveiling alcohol’s health paradox
KevinMD
These are the first 10 drugs subject to Medicare price negotiations
CNN
Is leprosy endemic in Central Florida?
WMFE via Health News Florida
Mental Illness and the Tragedy of Good Intentions
Skeptical Inquirer
The FDA Believes in a Breakthrough Alzheimer’s Drug. It’s Time CMS Believed in it, Too.
Real Clear Policy
Florida officials sound alarm on dengue fever
New York Post
Diality raises $28 million, readies clinical trial for mobile dialysis system
Healio
Anthony Fauci’s Deceptions
The Free Press
Patients aging with HIV: What role can doctors play?
KevinMD
First Alzheimer’s disease risk assessment blood test for consumers hits market
Fox Business
How drug makers have obliterated the free market
AIER
New anti-trust guidelines could have chilling effect on healthcare deals
Healthcare Dive
When Ideology Corrupts Medicine—and How One Reporter Exposed it
The Free Press
AI helps Mount Sinai organize and unlock largely untapped surgical data
Healthcare IT News
Ohio plastic surgeon who livestreamed patient operations on TikTok has state medical license revoked permanently
CNN
Half of US adults skip common health screenings, including tests for certain diseases, survey finds
Fierce Healthcare
The truth about multiple orgasms
Psychology Today
U.S. maternal deaths keep rising
NPR via Health News Florida
Drugs approved a decade ago can cure hepatitis C, but most infected Americans still can’t get them, study shows
CNN
Unraveling the complexities of ChatGPT-dependency disorder
KevinMD
Inside the Titanic sub disaster
CBS News via YouTube
‘No kill’ meat, grown from animal cells, is now approved
NPR via Health News Florida
Survey: Americans’ use of healthcare wearables expanding rapidly
Healthcare Dive
Cancer rates are rising among young people
The Hill
The great grift: How billions in COVID-19 relief aid was stolen or wasted
AP via WGCU / Health News Florida
FTC adds a third GPO to its investigation into pharmacy benefit managers
Fierce Healthcare
CMS Launches Primary Care Pilot
Healthcare Dive
Lung cancer pill cuts risk of death by half, study
The Guardian
Finding your ideal work-life balance
KevinMD
Employers face soaring demand for obesity care benefits. Virtual care players are jumping in with a slew of offerings
Fierce Healthcare
Three-year MD program graduates its first class
UHealth
How doctors buy their way out of trouble
Reuters
Inside the psychiatric unit: a PhD’s god-like status, ECT, and the harsh reality of mental illness treatment
KevinMD
More gay and bisexual men will now be able to donate blood under finalized FDA rules
NPR
Cyberattacks on hospitals are growing threats to patient safety, experts say
ABC News
CDC Director Walensky to step down in June
Healthcare Dive
Doctors performed brain surgery on a baby before she was born and now she’s thriving
CNN Health
Sports Betting Is the ‘New Oxycontin’
The Free Press
Are doctors ready to discuss psychedelic therapies with patients?
KevinMD
Health spending rebounded in 2021 after pandemic-driven declines: HCCI
Fierce Healthcare
FDA About to Make Drug Approvals More Difficult
Real Clear Policy
Phenotype-tailored lifestyle interventions show promising weight loss results in obese adults
News Medical Life Sciences
How Important Are Medication Expiration Dates? Here’s What a Pharmacist Says
NBC South Florida
UnitedHealth notches record revenue in first quarter
Healthcare Dive
Why health care careers are essential in the age of AI
KevinMD
CMS finalizes changes to Medicare Advantage star ratings, prior authorization reforms
Fierce Healthcare
Florida Senate passes a measure blocking gender-affirming care for minors
News Service of Florida via Health News Florida
Novel Treatment Shows Promise Against Rare Cancer in Kids
U.S. News & World Report
DaVita, Medtronic raise the curtain on Mozarc Medical
Fierce Healthcare
The sad state of U.S. life expectancy
NPR via Health News Florida
Colorectal cancer is rising among younger adults and scientists are racing to uncover why
CNN Health
From pennies to attending salaries: Why physicians should teach their kids financial literacy
KevinMD
Provider directories remain inconsistent, despite No Surprises Act provisions
Healthcare Dive
How technology is improving diabetes management in underserved communities
KevinMD
Biden Administration Must Follow the Science By Expanding Access to Alzheimer’s Innovation
Real Clear Health
Fall of SVB hits healthcare sector as federal regulators step in
Healthcare Dive
‘Massive efforts’ are needed to reduce salt intake and protect lives, World Health Organization says
CNN Health
FDA cracks down on animal tranquilizer as overdose deaths and amputations soar
Fox News
“Gut health” is more than a wellness buzzword, experts say
CBS News
They could lose the house — to Medicaid
KHN
From suffering to healing: the role of trauma in chronic pain
KevinMD
Amazon closes $3.9B buy of One Medical
Healthcare Dive
What the metaverse and virtual reality can contribute to healthcare
Healthcare IT News
Vaping: The innovation public health failed to embrace
Sensible Medicine
Physicians like me aren’t racist, no matter what the government says
Fox News
Can AI in Healthcare Be Trusted?
WSJ via YouTube
Major hospitals still noncompliant with price transparency rules
Healthcare Dive
Aledade, Mark Cuban’s drug company and a handful of others are public benefit corporations. Could it be the Rx to improve healthcare?
Fierce Healthcare
Ultraprocessed foods linked to ovarian and other cancer deaths, study finds
CNN Health
The Epidemic of #DiedSuddenly
The Free Press
Study reveals how exercise turns back the clock in aging muscles
Medical News Today
Recently identified inflammatory disease VEXAS syndrome may be more common than thought, study suggests
CNN Health
Hospitals Continue to Defy Federal Requirement to Publish Prices
WebMD
Providers press CMS to finalize prior authorization reforms to alleviate major administrative burdens
Fierce Healthcare
How were we duped and what can we do about the opioid overdose crisis?
KevinMD
More than 7K New York nurses wage strike
Healthcare Dive
The Reason There’s Been No Cure for Alzheimer’s
The Free Press
Bills’ Damar Hamlin suffers cardiac arrest on field vs. Bengals: Family’s statement, latest on safety’s health
CBS Sports
The key to reversing the aging process
KevinMD
The Advocate-Atrium merger closed without an antitrust challenge. What does that mean for competition?
Healthcare Dive
Americans’ life expectancy continues to fall, erasing health gains of the last quarter century
USA Today
Florida sets the stage for more medical marijuana licenses
News Service of Florida via Health News Florida
National health spending reached $4.3 trillion in 2021
Healthcare Dive
HHS proposes to make permanent telehealth flexibilities for doling out buprenorphine
Fierce Healthcare
All eyes on Cytokinetics’ heart failure drug as FDA seeks answers on efficacy, population and dosing
Fierce Biotech
Scientists finally know why people get more colds and flu in winter
CNN Health
FDA Might Soon Allow Sexually Active Gay Men To Donate Blood
Reason
HHS proposed rule targets substance use stigma
Healthcare Dive
Secrets of ‘SuperAgers’ with superior memories into their 80s
CNN Health
Exercising between 8–11 am may be best for cardiovascular health
Medical News Today
How Health-Related Ballot Measures Fared in the Midterms
U.S. News & World Report
Elizabeth Holmes sentenced to more than 11 years in prison for Theranos fraud
Reuters
Red Meat Is Not a Health Risk. A New Study Slams Years of Shoddy Research.
RealClear Health
Emergency rooms are at ‘breaking point,’ physicians say
Healthcare Dive
New VA study finds Paxlovid may cut the risk of long COVID
NPR via Health News Florida
After promising trial results for maternal RSV vaccine, Pfizer says it will seek FDA approval
CNN Health
Punishing doctors for spreading misinformation
KevinMD
Reasons to Be Hopeful about Healthcare, according to Dr. Alejandro Badia
Morning Honey
NHS Warns Teen Gender Dysphoria Could Be ‘Transient Phase’
National Review
Surgeon General: ‘Toxic Workplaces’ Take Toll on Worker Health
WebMD
The truth behind Boston University’s new COVID strain with 80% kill rate
Firstpost
Can employers control health costs for pre-Medicare and Medicare-eligible retirees?
Fierce Healthcare
New hope for heart disease patients
SciTechDaily
Pain relief without opioids’ ill effects? Researchers find new molecules
Fierce Biotech
Army Doctor And Physician Spouse Charged with Conspiring to Give U.S. Medical Info to Russia
NBC News via YouTube
Positive Alzheimer’s trial results raise hopes for other experimental drugs
Healthcare Dive
Operating on healthy bodies defies surgical ethics
The Federalist
Hiding in plain sight: Looming battle over healthcare costs
RealClear Health
4 out of 5 pregnancy-related deaths in the US are preventable, CDC finds
CNN Health
End of Covid Pandemic in Sight, WHO Chief Says
Bloomberg Quicktake via YouTube
Scientists find clues to how air pollution may trigger lung cancer
CNN
Unhealthy Gums Could Up Your Odds for Dementia
U.S. News & World Report
Ezekiel Emanuel on the state of COVID-19 in the US and the ‘major issue’ of healthcare burnout
Healthcare Dive
Experimental Insulin-in-a-Pill Shows Promise in Rat Study
U.S. News & World Report
How Weed Became the New OxyContin
Tablet
Medical training and the systematic creation of mental health sufferers
KevinMD
Who Are These Mythical ‘Short Sleepers’ Who Only Need Four Hours a Night?
InsideHook
Congressman’s wife died after taking white mulberry leaf, an herbal remedy
NBC News via Yahoo!
LSD Is Making a Comeback Among Young Americans
WebMD
Study suggests alcohol and smoking cause almost half of global cancer deaths
Fox News
New York judge dismisses surgeon’s lawsuit challenging surprise billing law
Healthcare Dive
When Pain and Insomnia Collide: How to Manage ‘Painsomnia’
WebMD
Ashton Kutcher says he battled the debilitating disease ‘vasculitis.’ Here’s what it is.
CNN Health
Fewer Than 1 in 3 Insured Hepatitis C Patients Getting Cure
U.S. News & World Report
FDA authorizes change in how monkeypox vaccine is given, stretching supply amid high demand
CNN Health
Biden selects monkeypox response team
Healthcare Dive
This doctor reversed heart disease. Now he wants to do it for Alzheimer’s
CNN
Was Tom Cruise Right About Antidepressants?
Buzz About Medicine
Examining America’s Obesity Epidemic
USA Today
Health issues of past US presidents
Fox News
Deal between Amazon and One Medical has massive implications for the future of primary care
STAT
The Diversity Delusion Comes to Health Care
Newsweek
Monkeypox: What You Actually Need to Know
Common Sense
The building blocks of a cancer risk management strategy
KevinMD
How to stop lashing out when you’re hurting
CNN Health
How security vulnerabilities pose risks for healthcare organizations
TechRepublic
States Move to Protect Abortion from Prosecutions Elsewhere
AP via U.S. News & World Report
Stop the War on Doctors
RealClear Health
Fireworks-Related Injuries Up 25% Over Last 15 Years
10 Tampa Bay via YouTube
Families can’t use WIC benefits to buy baby formula online, making shortage woes worse
CNN
Your Doctor’s Gender, Race May Bias Your Treatment Outcome
U.S. News & World Report
How remote patient monitoring improves care, saves money for chronic care
Healthcare IT News
Supreme Court overturns Roe v. Wade 6-3, ending constitutional protections for abortion
Fierce Healthcare
Are you wasting your money on supplements? Most likely, experts say
CNN Health
U.S. to start vaccinating very young children this week, and panel to recommend overhauling healthcare system
MSN
What To Do About Guns
Common Sense
Florida health system sues bill-sharing ministry for non-payment
Healthcare Dive
Hospitals grapple with shortage of crucial component for medical imaging tests
CNN
Apple Watch: New Health Features for AFib Tracking and Monitoring Medications
Healthline
DC reports 1st orthopox, potential monkeypox case
ABC News
Thousands of kids are getting sick from downing melatonin pills
AP via Health News Florida
Oracle’s $28.3B Cerner deal near after regulatory hurdles cleared
Fox Business
Silent spread of monkeypox may be a wakeup call for the world
CBS Detroit
Authorities find no link to cancers among NJ high school attendees
Fox News
Demand for monkeypox vaccine grows in U.S., European countries as virus cases climb
Politico
A Challenge to the Health Care Industry: Be Better on Mental Health
U.S News
Inspectors shut down South FL plastic surgery clinics
Local 10.com
Military Plane Brings Tons of Baby Formula to the U.S.
WebMD
US in process of releasing monkeypox vaccine from national stockpile for ‘high-risk’ people, CDC says
CNN Health
Baby formula alternatives: Can you use cow’s milk, oat, soy or almond?
News Channel 8
What to Do if the Hospital Is Discharging You Too Soon
U.S News
Zelenskyy Claims Russian Forces Destroyed 570 Health Care Facilities
NBC News
Approximately 13% of hospitalized COVID patients have serious neurologic symptoms
News Medical Life Sciences
WHO and MPP announce agreement with NIH for COVID-19 health technologies
World Health Organization
Should We Stop Pushing Statins?
Buzz About Medicine
Scientists say they have nailed down the ideal amount of sleep in middle and old age
CNN
New Schizophrenia Drug Shows Promise
RealClear Health
AOC botches facts in viral tweet attacking Texas abortion law
Fox News
Memorial Health Celebrates 125 Years
Memorial Health
Adolescent suicides in several US states increased during the pandemic, research shows
CNN Health
Walgreens, Teva Accused Of Fueling Opioid Addiction In Quest For New Markets
International Business Times
In Long Run, Antidepressants Don’t Improve Quality of Life: Study
US News & World Report
It’s not your heart that’s failing. It’s our medical jargon.
KevinMD.com
100 people with rare tumors who attended same NJ high school demand answers
Fox News
CDC Warns of Meningitis Outbreak in Florida
CBS Miami via YouTube
Are my coping skills a result of my emergency medicine training?
KevinMD
‘Grim milestone’ reached in Ukraine with more than 100 attacks on health facilities and transport vehicles, WHO says
CNBC
Health care work force on track to recover from pandemic — with a few key exceptions, study finds
CNN Health
10 ways COVID-19 rocked biotech—plus an honorable mention for omicron
Fierce Healthcare
Russia is destroying Ukraine’s healthcare system
Popular Science
What is aphasia, the condition impacting Bruce Willis’ acting career?
CNN Health
Doctor fired from ER warns about effect of for-profit firms on U.S. health care
NBC News
US-Backed Group Gets Lifesaving Meds to Ukrainians Amid War
U.S. News & World Report
Organs Donated by People Who Had COVID Are Safe
WebMD
Google Search will soon let you book checkups and other medical appointments
CNBC
Anthony Fauci predicts uptick in US COVID cases from BA.2 subvariant: ‘We can’t claim absolute victory’
Fierce Healthcare
Why does America spend so much on healthcare?
City Journal
Sleeping with even a small amount of light may harm your health, study says
CNN
Pharmaceutical Companies Cutting Ties with Russia
WebMD
Mariupol children’s hospital bombing one of many attacks on medical facilities since Russian invasion, WHO says
CNN
Can Ultrasound Help Treat Alzheimer’s?
AARP
Senate narrowly votes to get rid of COVID-19 national emergency
Fierce Healthcare
Florida first lady Casey DeSantis is considered cancer-free, governor says
Associated Press via Health News Florida
Social Isolation and Loneliness Linked to Heart Disease
WebMD
COVID-19 and dementia: Are scientists concerned?
Medical News Today
More than 80 percent of cardiovascular events can be prevented. Here are the steps to take
The Miami Herald
Panel urges changes to make U.S. organ transplants more fair
Modern Healthcare
Digital psychiatry startup Minded grabs $25M to boost access to mental health medications
Fierce Healthcare
HCA Florida Healthcare Welcomes Dr. Rafael Bustamante to its Broward County Facilities
South Florida Hospital News and Healthcare Report
Organ transplants reach record level in 2021
Fox News
Robots that can check your blood pressure
Science Daily
Why millions on Medicaid are at risk of losing coverage in the months ahead
Kaiser Health News
CMS’ Devastating Blow to American Seniors
Real Clear Health
Building Roads to healthcare for all: where infrastructure, medicine meet
Miami’s Community News
WHO says new omicron BA.2 subvariant will rise globally, but scientists don’t know if it can reinfect people
CNBC News
Clues Your Teen May Be Facing a Mental Health Challenge
WebMD
Biden relaunches national initiative Cancer Moonshot
Fierce Healthcare
Florida leads nation in ACA signups with a record 2.7 million
Health News Florida
Will post-omicron mean down time or prep time for hospitals?
Becker’s Hospital Review
A neurologist grapples with aducanumab
KevinMD
Doctors perform 1st gene-edited pig kidney transplant into human body
ABC News
Cuban’s drug company launches pharmacy, promising striking savings on generic drugs
Fierce Healthcare
Florida Hospital Handles Ransomware Attack
CNN
Providers concerned about staffing shortages post-SCOTUS vaccination mandate ruling
Healthcare Dive
Why did scientists suppress the lab leak theory?
Spiked
In a first, U.S. surgeons transplant pig heart into human patient
CNBC
Telehealth use reached pandemic low in October, per tracker
Healthcare Dive
Should I Just Get Omicron Over With?
The Atlantic
Elizabeth Holmes Found Guilty
CNN
A Year of Extremes: From Medieval Masks to mRNA Vaccines; From Science Denying Flat Earthers to the Prospect of Civil War
A Country Doctor Writes
Tenet completes $1B surgery center acquisition
Healthcare Dive
2022 forecast: Blood test breakthroughs set to move the needle in Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s research
Fierce Biotech
Key changes are needed to make the No Surprises Act work as Congress intended
KevinMD
Former NFL player accused of killing 6 people had severe brain trauma, autopsy reveals
AP via Fox News
Why Covid Antiviral Pills Are the Next Big Race for Drug Companies
Forbes via YouTube
AMA: Medicare physician fee schedule spending dropped nearly $14B last year due to COVID-19
Fierce Healthcare
Medical device security continues to be casualty of hospital-medtech divide
Healthcare Dive
White House Sending Nine Million Covid Vaccines to Africa
NBC News via YouTube
All vaccinated adults should get a Covid-19 booster shot because of the Omicron variant, CDC says
CNN
What medicine can learn from the antiwork movement
KevinMD
Pharmacy chains CVS, Walgreens, Walmart helped fuel opioid epidemic, U.S. jury finds
Reuters via Fox Business
Amgen, Biohaven, Lilly and Teva plowed plenty into marketing migraine meds
Fierce Pharma
An open letter to radiologists from a jilted orthopedic surgeon
KevinMD
Biden admin finalizes rule that requires insurers to submit data on drug costs, rebates
Fierce Healthcare
Surgeon General: Court’s block of vaccine mandate ‘would be a setback for public health’
Fox News
Psilocybin clears biggest depression test yet, but Compass stock falls amid chatter about adverse events, durability
Fierce Biotech
Pfizer’s COVID Pill
Healthcare Dive
My Biggest Blind Spot Is Me
KevinMD
What the end of the Covid-19 pandemic could look like
CNN
CMS physician fee schedule rule cuts payments, expands telehealth reimbursement past 2023
Fierce Healthcare
Drug price restraints dropped as Biden prioritizes other measures
Healthcare Dive
To booster or not booster? That is the question.
KevinMD
What would Medicare price negotiations bring to the US?
Fierce Pharma
FDA Authorizes Boosters for Moderna, J&J, Allows Mix-and-Match
NPR via WLRN
How the board certification exams infantilize resident training
KevinMD.com
Study finds smoking marijuana could lead to breakthrough Covid cases
The New York Post via Fox News
Will a software bill of materials help or hurt medical device cybersecurity?
Healthcare Dive
Medtronic expands two Class I recalls of MiniMed insulin pumps, spanning nearly 500K devices
Fierce Biotech
How many employees have hospitals lost to vaccine mandates?
Fierce Healthcare
Why Your Pharmacy Claim Might be Denied After Oct. 1
The Health Law Offices of Anthony C. Vitale
New Ways to Diagnose Alzheimer’s Are Here, and Even Better Ones Are on the Way
RealClear Health
Hospital CEO changes his mind about vaccinations
Becker’s Hospital Review
Questions about pharma pricing and marketing
KevinMD
Florida leading the country in COVID related nursing home deaths
News4JAX
Pandemic special enrollment period led to record number of ACA enrollees
Healthcare Dive
Medicare Is About to Run Out of Money. Democrats Want to Make the Program Cost Even More.
Reason
The rise and fall of Elizabeth Holmes
CNN
OIG: Nearly half of Medicare beneficiaries hospitalized with COVID-19 also treated for kidney failure, circulatory issues
Fierce Healthcare
OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma opioid settlement OK’d by judge
FOXBusiness
If I already had COVID, do I need the vaccine?
KevinMD
A lucky few seem ‘resistant’ to Covid-19
STAT
Hospital patient volumes match 2019 levels, will exceed them next year
Healthcare Dive
Full FDA approval of Pfizer covid vaccination imminent
CNN
Attacking Alzheimer’s by protecting synapses from amyloid beta
Fierce Biotech
Ageism and the mid-career physician
KevinMD
Challenges to Recognizing Revenue for Telehealth Visits
BDO
Kaiser Permanente, Ascension Health and 92 other health systems requiring mandatory COVID-19 vaccines for their workforces
Fierce Healthcare
Facebook to Crackdown on Prescription Drug Advertisement
Vitale Health Law
Telehealth’s promising future
Healthcare Dive
Think you don’t want to get vaccinated? Think again
CNN
Robotic surgery’s impact on training the next generation of surgeons
KevinMD
Med Schools Are Now Denying Biological Sex
Common Sense with Bari Weiss
Rising COVID-19 cases force AdventHealth in Florida to delay some surgeries
Healthcare Dive
Why is Delta such a big deal? And other burning questions about the next phase of the Covid-19 pandemic
STAT
In Shift, GOP Ramps up Vaccine Push as Resistance Hardens
AP
Report: Only 5% of hospitals fully compliant with price transparency rule
Fierce Healthcare
A brief history of PBMs
The Incidental Economist
As telehealth waivers expire, now what?
Law Offices of Anthony C. Vitale
‘Surprising amount of death’ will soon occur in these US regions from increased Covid-19 cases, expert says
CNN
Biogen, FDA walk back controversial Aduhelm label after weeks of fierce criticism
Fierce Healthcare
Nearly half of physician practices owned by hospitals, corporate entities, report finds
Healthcare Dive
Surfside condo demolished ahead of storm
Reuters
The Covid delta variant has ‘exploded’ in the UK — and it could be a blueprint for the U.S.
CNBC
Biden administration ‘absolutely supportive’ of efforts to expand virtual care, HHS official says
The Washington Post via Fierce Healthcare
Pfizer Pauses Distribution of Stop-Smoking Pill Chantix
Reuters via CNBC
Examining the short sleep gene
CNN
OSHA Issues COVID-19 Standards for Healthcare Workers
Vitale Health Law
23andMe Rises in Stock Market Debut
Fierce Healthcare
Study: Exercise now, save big later
FOXBusiness
The FDA’s hasty approval of an unproven Alzheimer’s drug is bad news for everyone
LA Times
3 experts quit FDA committee over the approval of new Alzheimer’s drug
NPR
What is a positive that has come from the pandemic?
KevinMD
AstraZeneca’s Lynparza reduces relapse, death in breast cancer patients
Reuters
UnitedHealthcare to crack down on ER visits, potentially exposing patients to bigger bills
Healthcare Dive
Despite vaccines, nursing homes struggle with outbreaks
AP
Millions hit the road for Memorial Day weekend
Face the Nation
Explosive study claims to prove Chinese scientists created COVID
New York Post
Laser Spine Institute founder sues former attorneys, says they caused $400M in losses
Becker’s ASC Review
FBI warns on Conti ransomware
Fierce Healthcare
Half of US states have fully vaccinated at least 50% of adults
CNN
HHS asks Supreme Court to keep site-neutral payments in place
Healthcare Dive
The Legend of the “Oatmeal Law”
KevinMD
Is this the end?
The Atlantic
Billions of dollars remain in the provider relief fund. Hospital execs are left in the lurch waiting for relief.
Healthcare Dive
CMS: Mental Health Services Plummet During Pandemic
Fierce Healthcare
AI and nanotechnology could make cancer cell therapy affordable for all
World Economic Forum
ACA special enrollment period sign-ups surge
Healthcare Dive
Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine effective against coronavirus variants, study finds
Fox News
Prospect of COVID-19 vaccine for kids excites some U.S. parents
AP via Fox News
A medical ethicist asks questions about CPAP
KevinMD
Moody’s Predicts Ramp up in Healthcare M&A Activity
Fierce Healthcare
MIT researchers say you’re no safer from Covid indoors at 6 feet or 60 feet in new study challenging social distancing policies
CNBC
Steve Kornacki Breaks Down U.S. Vaccination Rate Compared to Rest of World
MSNBC
Addiction Treatment Center Faces Class Action Lawsuit Over Data Breach
The Health Law Offices of Anthony C. Vitale
Covid-19 vaccine demand is slowing in parts of the US. Now an uphill battle starts to get more shots into arms
CNN
Did the CDC, FDA pour more doubt into vaccines after Johnson & Johnson pause?
The Hill
Microsoft to Buy Nuance
Fierce Healthcare
Orthopaedic Surgeons See Slow Volume Recovery
Healthcare Dive
States Ranked by Percentage of Population Vaccinated as of April 12
Becker’s Hospital Review
Vaccination, testing and prevention keys to returning employees to the workplace
Willis Towers Watson
Digital Health’s Red-Hot Quarter
Fierce Healthcare
DeSantis outlaws vaccine passports
NBC News
CDC Director is Wrong; COVID Doom Is Not Nigh
The Hill
Diagnostic tests and medical necessity
The Health Law Offices of Anthony C. Vitale
Former CDC chief believes coronavirus ‘escaped’ from a Chinese lab
Politico
From COVID-19 Vaccine to Cancer Cure
ABC News
Hospitals Hide Pricing Data from Search Results
Becker’s Health IT
When will it be over? 3 numbers the experts are watching
NBC News
Here are the payment models CMS has either pulled for review or delayed
Fierce Healthcare
Insider alleges Eli Lilly blocked her efforts to sound alarms about U.S. drug factory
Reuters
Fauci Weighs in on Biden Prediction of ‘Normalcy by the 4th of July’
Fox News
Hospitals Lift Curtain
Healthcare Dive
What happens to leftover doses at mass vaccinations sites
ABC News
Telemedicine in OIG’s Crosshairs as Fraud Mounts
The Health Law Offices of Anthony C. Vitale
COVID Vaccine: Why give two if one will do?
KevinMD
Support for telehealth Medicare reimbursement gains steam in Congress
Healthcare Dive
RAND: Bundled payment models that waived cost sharing led to major savings
Fierce Healthcare
J&J’s vaccine gets the nod
CNN
Nursing homes at risk of closure
FOXBusiness
Why we can’t make vaccine doses any faster
Pro Publica
Pfizer vaccine highly effective after first dose
Becker’s Hospital Review
Cuomo-gate: Nixonian scandal envelopes NY
The Guardian
I’m the best anesthesiologist there is
KevinMD
What’s been driving down COVID cases?
CNN
Pandemic habits could cause U.S. health spending to decelerate
Healthcare Dive
EHR Companies Increasingly the Focus of DOJ Fraud Investigators
Vitale Health Law
Super Bowl Super Spreaders?
ABC News
FAQs: COVID vaccine and employers
Willis Towers Watson
Hormones Are Key in Brain Health Differences Between Men and Women
Medical Xpress
The Power Sexuality Has Over Our Happiness
KevinMD
J&J’s COVID Vaccine: How it works
CNN
Moderna works on booster shot to protect against variant
MSNBC
British PM Says New Variant May Carry Higher Risk of Death
Reuters
How Biden might shore up the ACA
Healthcare Dive
This Is Not Healthcare
A Country Doctor Writes
CMS finalizes rule aimed at cutting lag time of Medicare coverage for breakthrough devices
Fierce Healthcare
Elizabeth Holmes’ $4.5B fortune, luxury lifestyle ‘created powerful motive’ for fraud, prosecutors say
Fox Business
3 healthcare policy predictions now that Democrats have won control of the Senate
Vox
Healthcare Cyber Attacks Spike
Healthcare Dive
Court Ruling in Favor of Hospital Price Transparency
Real Clear Politics
Newly Recorded COVID Cases and Deaths Are Declining
Reason
Inflated COVID-19 death counts could cause vaccine trepidation
The Hill
The Mysterious Link Between COVID-19 and Sleep
The Atlantic
Reaching Compliance: CMS Price Transparency Rule
BDO
Bipartisan agreement on provider-friendly surprise billing deal ups chance of passage
Healthcare Dive
Are Americans insufficiently alarmed by COVID?
Reason
How this surgeon beat a medical staff disciplinary action
KevinMD
Operation Warp Speed pushing to vaccinate 100M against COVID-19 by end of February
Fierce Healthcare
Discovery shines light on how cancer cells could protect themselves
Medical Xpress
Hospitals adopt new round of elective surgery restrictions, brace for post-Thanksgiving COVID-19 surge
Healthcare Dive
The Carb Wars Continue
WSJ
Operation Warp Speed projects 70% herd immunity, potential return to normalcy May 2021
Fox News
The art of listening
A Country Doctor Writes
Is there actually an underinsurance crisis?
Medical Economics
Kavanaugh, Roberts signal support for ACA without mandate in pivotal case
Healthcare Dive
Biden Wins Presidency, Ending Four Tumultuous Years Under Trump
NY Times
Balance of Power in Senate Remains Undetermined
NY Post
Biden faces a divided Congress, stifling chance for more progressive health policies
Healthcare Dive
Londoners Enjoy Final Night Out Before New Lockdown
Reuters via YouTube
Is there a role for vitamin D in the treatment of COVID?
KevinMD
CMS requires government, most private plans to cover COVID-19 vaccines
Fierce Healthcare
As Telehealth Use Skyrockets CMS Expands Payment List
Vitale Health Law
OxyContin maker to plead guilty to federal criminal charges, pay $8 billion, and will close the company
CNN
The Great Barrington Declaration is an ethical nightmare
Vox
Is there life after medicine?
KevinMD
COVID-19 frequently causes neurological injuries
ScienceDaily
Our Loss: The Greatest Generation Is Dying Out
KevinMD
Lyft Integrates with Epic
Healthcare Dive
2020 Breaks Record in Digital Health Investment with $9.4B in Funding
Fierce Healthcare
President and First Lady Test Positive for COVID
Fox News
Deadly Spread of Some Cancers May Be Driven by a Common Mouth Microbe
Scientific American
A Certainty of Medicine Is that Caregivers Will Forever Wrestle with Uncertainty
Real Clear Health
Medicare to save $73.4B with surgery in ASCs through 2028: 5 things to know
Becker’s ASC Review
What Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s death means for the Supreme Court’s Obamacare case
Vox
Caring for other physicians as patients
KevinMD
Tiny Antibody Component Highly Effective Against COVID-19
UPMC.com
Capitalizing on Telehealth’s Potential
BDO
How Price Transparency Can Improve the American Healthcare System
Inside Sources
Here’s How Non-Profit Hospitals Weathered the First Half of 2020
Healthcare Dive
Hospital Could Be Facing Lower Volumes for Awhile
Fierce Healthcare
Doctors Find Possible Case of COVID-19 Reinfection in U.S.
CNN
Physician Compensation Models in a Post COVID-19 Landscape
BDO
OIG Offers Advisory Opinions on COVID-19-Related Arrangements, But …
Vitale Health Law
Trump Announces Plasma Treatment Authorized for COVID-19
ABC News
Task Force Eyes Quick Action on Nursing Home Visits
News Service of Florida via Health News Florida
Employers must take bold action to address the current mental health crisis
WillisTowersWatson.com
FDA Issues Emergency Use Authorization to Yale School of Public Health for SalivaDirect
FDA.gov
Fauci Says Voting In-Person Is as Safe as Going to the Grocery Store
Business Insider
Upcoding: How Common Is It?
The Incidental Economist
Rare Heart Condition Threatens College Football Season
ESPN
Moderna’s clinical trial numbers show there’s ‘no way’ Trump can have a vaccine by Election Day
CNN
Common cold viruses can spark response against the coronavirus, San Diego scientists report
San Diego Union Tribune
Teladoc-Livongo: Is the first digital health megadeal ‘outrageous’ or a starter gun for virtual care M&A?
Healthcare Dive
Eli Lilly starts late-stage study of coronavirus drug in nursing homes
Reuters via U.S. News & World Report
What Seniors Can Expect as Their New Normal in a Post-Vaccine World
KHN
Weeks where decades happen: Telehealth 6 months into COVID-19
Healthcare Dive
CMS: Audits to Return in August
Vitale Health Law
The first Phase 3 coronavirus vaccine trial in the US is expected to begin next week. Here’s how the vaccine works
CNN
Italy’s Giglio Island sees zero residents with coronavirus: ‘Nobody is sick’
Fox Business
Six Months in: What Will the New Normal Look Like in Hospitals?
Healthcare Dive
Florida Healthcare Workers Feeling Strain of Coronavirus Surge
Health News Florida
Oxford’s Covid-19 vaccine appears safe and induces immune response, early results suggest, but more research is needed
CNN
Coronavirus death rate: what it is, what it isn’t and why US can expect it to rise
The Guardian
Moderna Fires Up Covid Vaccine Race with Promising Early Results
Bloomberg
Pharma giant Novartis settles FCA claims
Vitale Health Law
Judge Vacates CMS Rule Forcing ACA Insurers to Bill Separately for Abortions
Fierce Healthcare
The Great Reopening Derailed
CNN
Scientists Hoped Summer Temperatures Would Tamp Down COVID Cased. What Happened?
WSJ via Fox News
Walgreens all in on primary care
CNBC
Miami-Dade to shut down restaurants again as Florida’s Covid-19 hospitalizations surge
CNN
Regeneron COVID-19 treatment enters final stage trials
Yahoo! News
Healthcare sector added 358K jobs, hospitals had first gains in 2 months
Healthcare Dive
Among Those Disrupted By COVID-19: The Nation’s Newest Doctors
KHN
At least 21 states pause reopening or take new steps to limit the spread of COVID-19
USA Today
Gilead Sets Price for COVID Drug
Healthcare Dive
Florida, Texas and Arizona Are New COVID Epicenters
Washington Post
