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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