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NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital has agreed to pay $2.2 million penalty for allowing television crews to film patients without their consent. While some say it will have a chilling effect for shows aimed at giving insight into the complexities of medical care, others cheer the decision as a safeguard to patients' privacy.
The American Network of Community Options and Resources, an association that represents employers offering support services to intellectually disabled people, is worried about the effects of new regulations that almost double the salary threshold for those who are automatically guaranteed overtime. In other news, a growing number of companies are offering their employees surgeries at prestigious hospitals at no cost.
In 2013, Walgreens hoped to bask in the glow of the blood-testing company that was one of Silicon Valley's hottest unicorns. Now, as Theranos faces multiple investigations into its practices and technology, the chain is trying to distance itself as much as possible from its once-touted partner.
The case being heard next week has nothing directly to do with medicine but insurers and drug makers think the justices' ruling will have repercussions for the generics market. And the Los Angeles Times reports on how pharmacy consolidation impacts drug affordability and KHN writes on patient challenges in accessing some more expensive drugs.
Anti-abortion leaders are still grappling over what do with a Republican front-runner who only recently came out in opposition of the procedure and has made several gaffes that don't fit with the movement's messaging.
Anticholinergics work by blocking a specific neurotransmitter in the brain and body. But one critic of the study says it did not look at how long the participants had been taking the drugs, which are only meant for short-term use. In other public health news, scientists have found that, when in new surroundings, only half the brain sleeps while the other stands guard. Also, the nation's largest autism research study is set to launch and cities are beginning to look at the lasting effects of childhood trauma.
Newly released reports show just how deeply the state has been hit by the crisis.
From 1999 to 2014, the overall rate increased by 24 percent, while middle-aged women saw a sharp uptick of 63 percent. Meanwhile, the number of suicides for girls aged 10 to 14 tripled.
The Arkansas House sent Gov. Asa Hutchinson a bill Thursday that would have ended funding at the end of the year knowing the governor planned to veto that provision, which he promptly did. The legislation now allows the program to continue.
News outlets break down how consumers might be affected by the insurer's decision to leave the health law marketplaces. Meanwhile, the Connecticut Mirror details how its state health exchange, Access Health CT, might take on a broader role in the future.
The National Institutes of Health conducts ground-breaking medical research, but an agency-appointed task force is recommending changes.
Today's early morning highlights from the major news organizations.
A selection of opinions from around the country.
Each week, KHN's Shefali Luthra finds interesting reads from around the Web.
News outlets report on health issues in California, Oklahoma, Florida, Connecticut, Wisconsin, Illinois, Colorado, Iowa and Virginia.
The legislature's budget came in $85 million short of what the governor and state officials requested. News outlets also report on Medicaid developments in Iowa, Ohio and Oklahoma.
A Flint employee and two state workers assigned to monitor water quality in cities are facing charges for their connection with Flint's water crisis, including felonies that carry penalties of as much as five years in prison. But they not going to be the only ones facing repercussions, says Bill Schuette, Michigan's attorney general. "These charges are only the beginning."
Republican leaders say they have already done their part by approving $6 million in opioid programs in last year’s omnibus spending bill. Elsewhere, media outlets offer coverage of the epidemic out of the states.
Anti-abortion groups are promoting bills that require doctors to tell patients who are taking pills to induce an abortion that if they have regrets, they can stop the procedure after taking the first pill. But many in the medical community warn that advice is based on a small anecdotal report and has no serious scientific standing. Meanwhile, the Alabama legislature is debating a ban on a common abortion method.
Meanwhile, GlaxoSmithKline is in search of a new CEO and the excitement surrounding a new cholesterol drug is turning into panic over price tag concerns.
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