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Appeals court strikes down Wisconsin medical malpractice cap
An appeals court has struck down Wisconsin’s medical malpractice cap for noneconomic damages, ruling that the $750,000 limit is unconstitutional....
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DOJ charges 412 in massive health care fraud bust
More than 50 doctors were charged as part of a massive crackdown on health care fraud.
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How to raise HPV vaccine rates: Work together
Advocates say better collaboration among pediatricians and obstetrician-gynecologists is critical to raising HPV vaccine rates.
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Malpractice reform: House passes bill to cap damages
Doctors, malpractice insurers back the legislation.
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Poll: Most voters oppose House and Senate health care bills
June polling shows little backing for provisions in the GOP reform bills.
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Supreme Court allows partial travel ban to proceed
Order gives some relief to foreign physicians, medical students.
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Follow five tips to mitigate opioid prescribing risks
Here’s how well-meaning doctors can avoid coming under government scrutiny for prescribing opioids and manage investigations and audits...
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Supreme Court rules to speed biosimilar drugs to market
The U.S. Supreme Court has ruled that biosimilar companies can take their versions of biological drugs to the market 6 months sooner in a...
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Survey: Most doctors would pick single payer over ACA, ACHA
CHICAGO – Political uncertainty seems to have changed some opinions in the exam room.
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Maryland passes generic drug anti–price gouging law
State becomes first to act in the wake of Valeant and Mylan price scandals.
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Supreme Court rules to speed biosimilar drugs to market
The U.S. Supreme Court has ruled that biosimilar companies can take their versions of biological drugs to the market 6 months sooner in a...
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Supreme Court: Faith-based hospitals are exempt from federal pension requirements
Justices rule that employees of religious-affiliated hospitals are not protected under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA).
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Travel restrictions bar surgeon from U.S. meeting
A Dutch surgeon was stopped at the airport and prevented from attending a U.S. medical meeting because he had traveled to Iran 2 years earlier.
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HHS proposal may limit birth control access
The administration plans to expand the religious exemption to covering contraception, according to a leaked copy of the draft regulation.
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President’s budget: Malpractice reform but deep health care cuts
Trump’s proposed $4.1 trillion budget slashes Medicaid and CHIP, the CDC, and NIH funding.