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An MD and a health care exec sued their employers for fraud: What happened?
“When they started saying that I was part of the problem after all the work I had done to keep their noses clean, I couldn’t tolerate it any...
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Major insurers running billions of dollars behind on payments to hospitals and doctors
Substantial payment delays can be seen on Anthem’s books. On June 30, 2019, before the pandemic, 43% of the insurer’s medical bills for that...
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New data illustrate pandemic pivot to telehealth by patients, physicians
Psychiatrists, dermatologists, urologists, and primary care physicians were among the highest users of teleconferencing for patient visits 6...
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Predicted pandemic retirement of many physicians hasn’t happened
A new JAMA study suggests that a fairly low percentage of doctors have left practice because of COVID-19, contrary to numbers in some surveys.
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Study finds paying people to participate in clinical trials is not unethical
Researchers examine how varying cash incentives affect clinical trial recruitment, assessment of risk, and perception of coercion.
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Two Colorado nurses admit to stealing drugs from hospital patients
One nurse gained access to rooms of patients who weren’t assigned to her and diverted drugs from their pain-on-demand devices.
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Fraudulent misbranding of PPE nets $22 million settlement
A U.S.-based multinational medical device corporation will pay more than $22 million to resolve a criminal charge regarding fraudulent misbranding...
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Doctors preyed on homeless for slip-and-fall schemes; more
Over the years, the scam netted the bosses more than $31 million from city businesses and their insurance companies.
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Pandemic restrictions ignite innovative pivot for psychiatry
As we learned during our shift toward telemedicine, many of the changes we made in medical education are probably here to stay, said Dr. Liat...
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Will ‘Dr. Disinformation’ ever face the music?
State medical "boards are relatively slow and weak and it's a long, slow process to pull somebody's license."