DON'T EVER GIVE UP
2022-10-27 $38,398 for a Single Shot of a Very Old Cancer Drug Arthur Allen Dr. Josie Tenore and Paul Hinds were introduced by a mutual friend in 2017 and hadn’t been going out long when she laid down the law: He had to get a physical. “I don’t date people who don’t take […]
2022-10-27 Science Needs Better Fraud Detection – And More Whistleblowers  by Aman Majmudar In July, news that shook the field of Alzheimer’s disease research emerged: Matthew Schrag, a neurologist at Vanderbilt University, tipped off the scientific community that a groundbreaking 2006 study may have falsified data and images, calling its findings — and much of […]
2022-10-26 Hospitals Said They Lost Money on Medicare Patients. Some Made Millions, a State Report Finds. Fred Clasen-Kelly CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Atrium Health, the largest hospital system in North Carolina, has declared publicly that in 2019 it provided $640 million in services to Medicare patients that were never paid for, by far the […]
2022-10-25 Labor Tries City-by-City Push in California for $25 Minimum Wage at Private Medical Facilities Rachel Bluth, Kaiser Health News A class of health care facility support staff, including nursing assistants, security guards, and janitors, has worked alongside doctors and nurses throughout the covid-19 pandemic keeping patients and medical buildings safe and clean. […]
2022-10-24 Family Caregivers Find Support on #dementia TikTok Kate Wells, Michigan Radio It all changed on a Saturday night in New York City in 2016. Jacquelyn Revere was 29 and headed out to attend a friend’s comedy show. She was on the subway when her phone rang. It was a friend of her […]
2022-10-23 Kids’ Mental Health Care Leaves Parents in Debt and in the Shadows Yuki Noguchi, NPR New Rachel and her husband adopted Marcus out of Guatemalan foster care as a 7-month-old infant and brought him home to Lansing, Michigan. With a round face framed by a full head of dark hair, Marcus was […]
2022-10-22 Blind to Problems: How VA’s Electronic Record System Shuts Out Visually Impaired Patients Darius Tahir Sarah Sheffield, a nurse practitioner at a Veterans Affairs clinic in Eugene, Oregon, had a problem. Her patients — mostly in their 70s and beyond — couldn’t read computer screens. It’s not an unusual problem for older […]
2022-10-21 Centene Gave Thousands to Georgia Leaders’ Campaigns While Facing Medicaid Overbilling Questions Maya T. Prabhu, Atlanta Journal-Constitution and Andy Mille A health insurance giant that has paid out more than $485 million in legal settlements with states over pharmacy billing allegations has also been a major donor to Georgia’s Republican Gov. Brian […]
2022-10-20 Don’t Drill Your Own Teeth! And Quashing Other Rotten Dental Advice on TikTok Chaseedaw Giles Watch enough TikTok videos and you’re sure to see one extolling a special kind of do-it-yourself dentistry. Not about brushing and flossing, except maybe flossing with strands of your hair. These are videos on drilling into your […]
2022-10-19 After Congress Fails to Add Dental Coverage, Medicare Weighs Limited Benefit Expansion Susan Jaffe Proposed changes in Medicare rules could soon pave the way for a significant expansion in Medicare-covered dental services, while falling short of the comprehensive benefits that many Democratic lawmakers have advocated. That’s because, under current law, Medicare can […]