From Kaiser Health News Network – Their latest podcast, ‘An Arm And A Leg’, This week, When Jeffrey Fox and his wife got an outrageous medical bill for a simple test, he said to his wife, “No way am I paying this.” In a classic — and hilarious — David vs. Goliath story, Fox takes on a huge hospital, and wins.
By Anna Almendrala – Molly Wiese was truly stumped. Her parents and siblings live in Southern California, and Wiese, a 35-year-old lawyer, has returned home every Christmas since she moved to Minnesota in 2007. Because of the pandemic, Wiese thought it would be wiser to stay put for once.
The National Institutes of Health (NIH), a part of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, is the nation’s medical research agency — making important discoveries that improve health and save lives. Here are some excerpts from the latest blog posts.
From Kaiser Health News Network – ‘No Mercy’ is Season One of ‘Where It Hurts,’ a podcast about overlooked parts of the country where cracks in the health system leave people without the care they need. Their first destination is Fort Scott, Kansas.
From our host of Healthcare de Jure – Matt Fisher is a Partner with Mirick O’Connell and the chair of the firm’s Health Law Group. When he is not practicing law, interviewing someone on his radio show. or parenting, he is penning thoughtful posts on healthcare. ICYMI we have you covered.
Dr. Nick van Terheyden, host of HealthcareNOW Radio show The Incrementalist, recently sat down with HealthEC CIO and Chief Data Scientist, Sita Kapoor, to discuss high-volume data processing in healthcare and the role of artificial intelligence in delivering clinically actionable insights to caregivers.
By Cindy Brach, MPP & Arlene S. Bierman, MD, MS – When healthcare consumers are unable find, understand, and use information to inform decisions about their care, the consequences can be dire.
The National Institutes of Health (NIH), a part of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, is the nation’s medical research agency — making important discoveries that improve health and save lives. Here are some excerpts from the latest blog posts.
By Katherine H. Capps – It’s been a tough few months, so let’s take on a lighter subject: names. We often hear “pharmacogenetics” and “pharmacogenomics” used interchangeably. Is that accurate? Generally speaking, yes.
By Scott Zeitzer – If your practice has looked into running online ads recently, you may have been surprised at just how many options are available. In our experience, not all online ad options are best for medical practices. On some platforms, medical practices are heavily restricted or even prohibited from running certain types of ads.
By Stephen M. Hahn MD – If you want to know the FDA’s impact on COVID-19, look no further than the numbers. In a few short months, the agency’s Center for Devices and Radiological Health’s response to the pandemic has been unprecedented in terms of volume, speed, and agility – spanning multiple areas, including:
This months episode of “News you can Use” in the traditions of “Ask Me Anything” on HealthcareNOWRadio features news from the month of September.
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