The Supreme Court on Monday ruled for doctors who face criminal charges for overprescribing powerful pain medication in a case arising from the opioid addiction crisis. Justice Stephen Breyer wrote for the court that prosecutors must prove that doctors knew they were illegally prescribing powerful pain drugs in violation of the federal Controlled Substances Act. The ruling came as the […]
Dive Brief: Sixty-six U.S. hospitals received the highest marks for being socially responsible in an index from the Lown Institute that factors metrics such as patient outcomes, value of care and health equity, the nonpartisan think tank said Tuesday. The top-ranked providers, earning an A, were selected from more than 3,600 institutions. Many of the most socially responsible hospitals are […]
A Detroit-area prosecutor said on Tuesday that she would not be charging abortion providers in the wake of the Supreme Court overturning Roe v. Wade. “I don’t see that I have a choice. I am not going to prosecute physicians for providing health care and needed procedures to patients. I’m not going to do that,” Oakland County, Mich. Prosecutor Karen […]
Data mining from electronic medical records for clinical registries seems like the ideal task to insert artificial intelligence (AI) technology — automating data mining and freeing up clinically important resources. However, replacing human data abstractors with AI alone has resulted in less-than-desired accuracy and limited confidence in the results. It might be time to rethink the approach and instead leverage […]
June 28, 2022 Ariane and Samantha Buck of Arizona have had their lives upended by $50,000 in medical debt. They rely on family to provide Christmas gifts for their three children. But Ariane Buck was still surprised when his doctor refused to see him because he owed a balance of less than $100 to the practice. “That’s just not right,” […]
In Washington, a panel is meeting to discuss the future of the US Public Health System. Public health systems came under increased scrutiny during the COVID pandemic, spurring the panel to convene and determine ways to make the system more efficient and effective. This is no simple task. The public health system is a network of public, private, and voluntary […]
The personal care industry in the United States is full of wonder. Where its home health counterparts are generally built similarly, mostly tied predominantly to Medicare as a payer, the personal care market is full of companies with vastly different strategies. There are franchises, non-franchises, those that lean toward private-pay and those that lean toward government pay. It’s also a […]
(NewsNation) — The pills used to perform medically induced abortions are shaping up to be at the center of the next fight in the U.S. Several states have already banned and criminalized abortion following a U.S. Supreme Court ruling Friday that overturned Roe v. Wade. The landmark case had previously secured abortion as a constitutional right. Now, as the decision […]
A Bristol Myers Squib cancer drug made by engineering a patient’s own immune cells is now approved to treat patients in earlier stages of their disease, a regulatory decision that expands the number of patients that can be reached with this type of personalized cell therapy. The decision could also give BMS an edge over a rival cell therapy marketed […]
R1 RCM’s latest acquisition is expected to add about $240 million to the company’s 2022 revenue, executives said Monday. The revenue-cycle management company completed its acquisition of Cloudmed, announced in January, last week. Cloudmed is a technology company that uses artificial intelligence and automation to analyze medical records, payment data and medical insurance models to help healthcare providers manage claims […]