July 17, 2025
(New York Times) – Rehab hospitals that help people recover from major surgeries and injuries have become a highly lucrative slice of the health care business. But federal data and inspection reports show that some run by the dominant company, … Read More
July 16, 2025
BMC Medical Ethics has new articles available online. Articles include:
July 14, 2025
Hastings Center Report (vol. 55, Issue 3, 2025) is available online by subscription only. Articles include:
July 11, 2025
The New England Journal of Medicine AI (vol. 2, no. 7, 2025) is available online by subscription only. Articles include:
July 9, 2025
(ICIJ) – A surge in private equity funding for hospitals left a trail of crushing debts, patient detentions and broken promises. In over 70 interviews, former and current doctors, nurses and executives from [International Finance Corp]-backed facilities in Kenya and … Read More
July 9, 2025
(Wall Street Journal) – The Justice Department’s criminal healthcare-fraud unit is investigating UnitedHealth Group’s Medicare billing practices, including how the giant company deployed doctors and nurses to gather diagnoses that bolstered its payments, people familiar with the matter said. The … Read More
July 7, 2025
(Wall Street Journal) – Among nearly 2,000 of these types of facilities nationwide, at least 16 of them have filed for chapter 11 since the outbreak of Covid-19 in March 2020, according to a Wall Street Journal review of court … Read More
July 2, 2025
Nursing Ethics (vol. 32, no. 4, 2025) is available online by subscription only. Articles include:
July 1, 2025
(KFF Health News via MSN) – In the early days of the West Texas measles outbreak, Thang Nguyen eyed the rising number of cases and worried. His 4-year-old son was at risk because he had received only the first of … Read More
June 30, 2025
(Axios) – The Supreme Court on Friday rejected a challenge to a section of the Affordable Care Act that designates a federal task force to recommend which preventive services insurers must cover at no cost to patients. Why it matters: … Read More
June 30, 2025
Developing World Bioethics (vol. 25, no. 2, 2025) is available online by subscription only. Articles include:
June 27, 2025
(Washington Post via MSN) – Federal prosecutors on Thursday unveiled charges against 11 Eastern Europeans they accused of running a sophisticated, $10.6 billion Medicare fraud scheme in what appears to be one of the largest such busts in government history. … Read More
June 27, 2025
(Axios) – The Supreme Court on Thursday curtailed low-income patients’ rights to chose their health providers while giving conservative-led states a bigger opening to exclude Planned Parenthood affiliates from their Medicaid programs. The big picture: The 6-3 decision by the … Read More
June 27, 2025
The New England Journal of Medicine (vol. 392, no. 21, 2025) is available online by subscription only. Articles include:
June 25, 2025
BMC Medical Ethics has new articles available online. Articles include:
June 23, 2025
Medicine, Health Care and Philosophy (vol. 28, no. 2, 2025) is available online by subscription only. Articles include:
June 20, 2025
(NPR) – In the United States, caregiving is largely a private matter rather than a public concern. Americans caring for elderly or disabled adults cobble together help from nonprofits, community groups, church, friends and family — and even though there … Read More
June 20, 2025
(Los Angeles Times) – Across the region, once-busy parks, shops and businesses have emptied as undocumented residents and their families hole up at home in fear. As rumors of immigration arrests have swirled around clinics and hospitals, many patients are … Read More
June 20, 2025
(Wall Street Journal) – Major insurers will pledge to smooth and speed ‘prior authorization,’ in a new industry initiative Following the backlash that hit health insurers after the killing of a top executive last year, the industry will pledge steps … Read More
June 20, 2025
The New England Journal of Medicine (vol. 392, no. 20, 2025) is available online by subscription only. Articles include:
June 18, 2025
Clinical Ethics (vol. 20, no. 2, 2025) is available online by subscription only. Articles include:
June 17, 2025
Medicine, Health Care and Philosophy (vol. 28, no. 1, 2025) is available online by subscription only. Articles include:
June 16, 2025
(The Atlantic) – After nearly 30 years working with rural hospitals, Shell believed that rural hospitals could survive, but that too few hospital executives think creatively about solutions. Over and over, he’s seen cuts damage a hospital’s business further: “You … Read More
June 13, 2025
The New England Journal of Medicine AI (vol. 2, no. 6, 2025) is available online by subscription only. Articles include:
June 11, 2025
(BBC) – Women who tracked their menstrual cycle using smartphone apps have been warned about the privacy and safety risks of doing so. A report from the University of Cambridge’s Minderoo Centre said the apps were a “gold mine” for … Read More
