Medical Practice Management News

• 3M Ordered to Pay $77.5 Million to Veteran in Latest Earplug Trial A jury in Pensacola, Florida federal court ordered 3M Co to pay $77.5 million to a US Army veteran who said he suffered hearing damage as a result of using the company's military-issue earplugs.
  Reuters Health Information, May 20, 2022
• Cancer Coalition Aims to Boost Access to Meds in Poorer Countries Pharmaceutical companies including Novartis and Roche have teamed up with global cancer organizations in an alliance aimed at getting more oncology medications to poorer countries.
  Reuters Health Information, May 20, 2022
• How a Separation Agreement Could Save Your Career Even if you're not planning to leave your job, it's wise to lock in a separation agreement; it can affect your future career.
  Medscape Medical News, May 20, 2022
• Gut Instincts and Social Media: Tips for Your GI Practice Having a professional social media presence has become "vital" to any new or growing gastroenterology practice, argues the author of a new article.
  Medscape Medical News, May 20, 2022
• Medicine, AI, and Bias: Will Bad Data Undermine Good Tech? Artificial Intelligence models may help predict and prevent diseases. But recent research highlights the challenges they face in providing insights that work for all.
  WebMD Health News, May 18, 2022
• Shared Decision-Making 'Only Sometimes Useful' in Surgery A new study finds that surgeons' use of shared decision-making is highly variable, but editorialists argue that this approach may be inappropriate when a scenario is clear-cut.
  Medscape Medical News, May 18, 2022
• Growing Hospital Expenses: Rising Nurse Pay or Poor Planning? While hospitals are struggling to manage labor costs, payers and employers aren’t footing the bill. Meanwhile, nurses are leaving the profession after 2 years of battling a pandemic.
  Medscape Medical News, May 18, 2022
• Gastroenterologists' Income Up 12%, Most Happy With Career Pick Gastroenterologists, like many other physicians, fared better in 2021 than during the height of the pandemic, and most continue to enjoy their work and would pick gastroenterology again.
  Medscape Medical News, May 17, 2022
• Hospitals Call for More Choice Than Pricey Blood Treatment Method The nation's largest supplier of platelets is moving to a method it says is easier for hospitals, but one that sharply raises costs, leading some centers to demand more options.
  Kaiser Health News, May 17, 2022
• New US Hospitals Face Fiscal Crisis Over COVID Relief Money Three US medical centers say they are missing out on federal pandemic relief money because the facilities are so new they lack full financial statements from before the crisis to prove how much it cost them.
  Associated Press, May 17, 2022
• The COVID Testing Company That Missed 96% of Cases Officials across Nevada signed agreements with Northshore Clinical Labs, a COVID testing laboratory run by men with local political connections. There was only one problem: Its tests didn't work.
  ProPublica, May 16, 2022
• Millions of Federal Dollars Available to Tackle COVID Health Gaps A year ago, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention awarded states and local health departments $2.25 billion to help people of color and other populations at higher risk from COVID.
  Kaiser Health News, May 16, 2022
• ACOG 2022 Race Difference Seen in Prenatal Pot Screens Urine drug screening of pregnant people for marijuana use can result in reports to child protective service agencies and may discourage some from seeking prenatal care.
  Medscape Medical News, May 16, 2022
• Missed Appointments: Treating Executive Dysfunction Psychiatrist Dinah Miller, MD, details the difficulties in treating patients for whom routine aspects of life can be very difficult.
  Medscape Medical News, May 12, 2022
• CARRA 2022 Prior Authorizations Delay TNF Inhibitors for Children With JIA Many patients newly diagnosed with juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA) at one academic center over a year had delays in care due to unnecessary prior authorization denials.
  Medscape Medical News, May 11, 2022
• 'Goodie Bag' Pill Mill Doctor Sentenced to Two Decades in Prison Regardless of the patients' complaints, internist gave them tote bags with prescription drugs, including muscle relaxers, anti-inflammatories, and controlled substances, according to federal officials.
  Medscape Medical News, May 11, 2022
• ESOC 2022 Second Trial Shows Thrombectomy Benefit in Basilar Artery Stroke The BAOCHE trial has shown a large benefit of endovascular thrombectomy for patients with a stroke caused by a basilar artery occlusion.
  Medscape Medical News, May 11, 2022
• Travel Nurses See Change of Fortunes as COVID Money Runs Dry Travel nurse contracts that were plentiful and paid the temporary nurses far more than hospital staff nurses are vanishing. Hospitals nationwide are turning their energies to recruiting full-time people.
  Kaiser Health News, May 10, 2022
• 'Bane of My Existence:' The Burden of Medicare Advantage Denials Medicare Advantage plans may deny prior authorization and payment requests for medically necessary care that meet Medicare coverage rules, a new report reveals.
  Medscape Medical News, May 10, 2022
• US Elections May Thwart Democratic Effort to Cap Insulin Cost US lawmakers attempting to cut the cost of insulin for more than a million Americans to $35 per month are unlikely to succeed as November elections draw near and complicate bipartisan support, health policy, and political experts say.
  Reuters Health Information, May 06, 2022