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Under rules that changed in the 1990s, doctors are starting to take exams to be recertified. Meanwhile, a doctor at a prominent Los Angeles medical center says the hospital did not provide equipment needed for patient safety.
Senator Chuck Grassley wrote a letter to Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius this week saying federal officials have failed to stop the growing trend of "phantom pharmacies" that bill millions to Medicare in prescription drug costs then disappear, ABC News reports.
"The Obama administration is delaying release of the annual report on the financial health of Social Security and Medicare so that the new report can reflect the impact of the recently passed health care overhaul," The Associated Press reports.
Massachusetts insurers are suing the state government after regulators rejected proposed double-digit premium rate increases that would have gone into effect April 1.
New leadership at the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services may bring innovation, improve quality, according to news outlets.
Today's early morning highlights from the major news organizations, including a report about a lawsuit filed by Massachusetts insurers who are seeking to reverse the state insurance commissioner's decision regarding rate hikes.
"With all the increased attention on drug costs, there's one area health policy experts and law enforcement officials say is being overlooked: the trafficking of prescription drugs," the San Diego Business Journal reports.
At this summer's G8 meeting, Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper will move forward with his "'signature initiative' on maternal and children's health, despite disagreements with the United States and Britain over funding for abortion in the developing world, Foreign Minister Lawrence Cannon says," the Globe and Mail reports (McCarthy, 4/4).
Some Democrats around the country are facing serious political opposition for their health refom votes, while liberals who had criticized some Dems are returning to the fold.
News reports continue to explore aspects of the health reform debate, as well as lingering issues, such as coverage for young adults and the new tanning-salon tax.
As part of this year's World Health Day, the WHO on Wednesday will launch a program to encourage cities to become more healthy to help mitigate the health risks associated with rapid urbanization, Agence France-Presse/Inquirer.net Global Nation reports.
CBS News' 60 Minutes reports from Uganda about how PEPFAR has helped people living with HIV/AIDS throughout the country and the challenges Uganda still faces in fighting the spread of the virus. The show includes interviews with Peter Mugyenyi of the Joint Clinical Research Center in Kampala, Uganda, and other doctors on the ground, who discuss how HIV-positive children and adults are alive today as a result of PEPFAR and how the program has helped to improve the way Africans view the United States.
Kaiser Health News presents a selection of Monday's opinions and editorials from around the country.
"[A]s crucial as the donor news [from last week's conference in New York] was, many Haitians made homeless by the temblor ... have simply tuned out," TIME reports in an article examining Haitian attitudes to the international reconstruction effort.
The Houston Chronicle reports that officials are trying to find a way to encourage more minorities to join the medical research trials for new treatments.
State roundup: New York high court refuses to order access for lawyers to some psychiatric patients; San Francisco officials begin advising HIV patients to immediately begin antiviral treatment; Maine passes ban on health benefits cap.
Ban on new doctor-owned hospitals will also limit development in existing facilities.
"Only a small fraction of wounded veterans who could get better benefits have applied in the two years since Congress, acting on concerns the military was cutting costs by downplaying injuries, ordered the Pentagon to review disputed claims," The Associated Press reports.
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