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More than a quarter of adults under the age of 65 have health problems that could lead to a denial of insurance if they were on the individual market and the health law’s protections were revoked under the overhaul planned by Republicans, according to research by the Kaiser Family Foundation.
As a Republican congressman, orthopedic surgeon Tom Price introduced bills to protect doctors’ financial interests.
A breakdown of winners — and a few losers — in the sprawling Cures Act approved by the House.
The U.S. Senate passed a landmark bill to help millions of Americans suffering from mental illness.
San Diego and Contra Costa counties are piloting a registry so emergency responders can know quickly how much treatment patients want.
As patients’ share of medical bills has grown with the rise in deductibles, copays and coinsurance, providers have become laser focused on getting payments up front.
Many consumers find that doctors listed in their plan’s directories aren’t accepting new patients, charge large concierge fees or may not even be in the network. Regulators don’t check.
The federal agency took 14 months to warn the public about the potential for infections. Officials say they acted as fast as they could.
Three lobbyists for every member of Congress in a push to pass a bill that increases research funding and speeds up approvals.
The legislation would give federal officials more flexibility in evaluating the effectiveness and safety of drugs and devices and add billions of dollars to NIH funding. But critics say it could endanger patients’ safety and doesn’t do enough to stop spiraling drug prices.
The effect of “repeal and replace” could have greatest consequences for hospitals. They accepted lower federal funding under the law because their uncompensated care was expected to fall as more people became insured.
While hundreds of his former patients submit claims for restitution, a Detroit cancer doctor convicted of making millions by purposefully poisoning them with drugs they didn’t need vows to prove his innocence.
The results suggest that retail clinics may not provide a solution for reducing unnecessary emergency department visits, researchers say.
Federal officials have released final regulations for the new program, which will reward physicians for providing high quality, efficient care.
The “reps,” who are there to answer any technical questions that arise during surgery, also often cultivate close relationships with the doctors, leading to questions about how much influence they wield.
People treated in the 1990s report worse health problems later in life than those treated in the two previous decades.
Why an obscure revenue raiser for the Affordable Care Act has found its way into a number of congressional campaign ads.
The FDA’s drug-approval team is short more than 700 people and losing skilled staff members to the drug industry.
Insurers charge that hospitals and other health providers are using third-party groups to help some low-income patients buy marketplace plans, which bring higher reimbursement rates.
The agency found several prominent facilities had not followed rules on reporting incidents in which patients were harmed.
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