March 30, 2023
(Associated Press) – A federal judge in Texas who previously ruled to dismantle the Affordable Care Act struck down a narrower but key part of the nation’s health law Thursday that requires most insurers to cover preventive services that include … Read More
March 29, 2023
(New York Times) – The world’s wealthiest nations are awash in so much personal data that data theft has become a lucrative business and its protection a common concern. From such a vantage point, it can be difficult to even … Read More
March 28, 2023
(Kaiser Health News) – Eliminating noncompete contracts would allow doctors to practice wherever their services are needed, which would improve patients’ access to care. They say it would free them to speak out about unsafe conditions for patients, since they … Read More
March 27, 2023
(ProPublica) – The rejection of van Terheyden’s claim was typical for Cigna, one of the country’s largest insurers. The company has built a system that allows its doctors to instantly reject a claim on medical grounds without opening the patient … Read More
March 22, 2023
(Kaiser Health News) – The Biden administration’s decision to end the covid-19 public health emergency in May will institute sweeping changes across the health care system that go far beyond many people having to pay more for covid tests. In … Read More
March 21, 2023
Journal of Medical Humanities (vol. 42, no. 4, 2021) is available online by subscription only. Articles include: “Reflective Writing about Near-Peer Blogs: A Novel Method for Introducing the Medical Humanities in Premedical Education” by Rachel Conrad Bracken, et al. “Medical … Read More
March 20, 2023
BMC Medical Ethics has new articles available online. Articles include: “Beyond Biopolitics: the Importance of the later Work of Foucault to Understand Care Practices of Healthcare Workers Caring for Undocumented Migrants” by Dirk Lafaut “Genetic/Genomic Testing: Defining the Parameters for … Read More
March 17, 2023
(CNN) – The physical and mental burnout that occurred during the height of the Covid-19 pandemic has not gone away for overworked health care workers. Shortages of doctors and technicians are growing, experts say, but especially in skilled nursing. That, … Read More
March 15, 2023
(Associated Press) -One in five Medicare recipients currently uses medical marijuana, according to an April 2022 poll by the Medicare Plans Patient Resource Center, an organization that provides Medicare guidance and information. And nearly a quarter have used it in … Read More
March 13, 2023
(STAT News) – Health insurance companies have rejected medical claims for as long as they’ve been around. But a STAT investigation found artificial intelligence is now driving their denials to new heights in Medicare Advantage, the taxpayer-funded alternative to traditional … Read More
