Content by section

Government & Medicine

• 32 Medicare ACOs selected for pioneer program - Dec. 29
• Nonprofit COOP health plans get final regulations - Dec. 29
• 27% Medicare pay cut to return March 1 unless Congress makes new deal - Dec. 27
• CMS proposes sunshine rules on industry payments, gifts to doctors - Dec. 26
• NIH, health centers avoid cuts in fiscal 2012 - Dec. 26
• States keep reducing health center funding - Dec. 26
• HHS to allow states to help select minimum health benefits - Dec. 22
• Medicare drug plans to withhold pay if they suspect "doctor shopping" - Dec. 22
• Congressional deadlock leaves Medicare 27.4% pay cut in place -- for now - Dec. 20
• Medicare opens physician claims to researchers - Dec. 19
• Uninsured child population shrinks by 1 million - Dec. 19
• Supreme Court hears arguments in drug patent cases - Dec. 19
• Comparative effectiveness research grants attract strong interest - Dec. 16
• CMS innovation center launched 12 projects in first year - Dec. 15
• 2-year Medicare pay patch passes House but hits roadblock - Dec. 14
• Early EMR adopters get a break; tougher criteria delayed to 2014 - Dec. 12
• Interest building for drug shortage solution - Dec. 12
• Insurance broker fees must be counted as overhead, HHS says - Dec. 12
• Physicians in California sue over new Medicaid pay cuts - Dec. 12
• GOP senators chide Medicare over enrolled felons - Dec. 12
• Medicare begins Round 2 of DME bidding - Dec. 9
• Most states forming health insurance exchanges - Dec. 8
• Super committee gone, 27% Medicare pay cut threat remains - Dec. 5
• Judge halts Washington state Medicaid limits on ED visits - Dec. 5
• HHS deems first insurance rate hike unreasonable - Dec. 5
• Shorter hospital stays tied to lack of coverage - Dec. 5
• New CMS program to assist physician ID theft victims - Dec. 5
• Texas to reduce Medicaid support for Medicare enrollees - Dec. 2
• Fraud hunt expected to save Medicare, Medicaid $25 billion - Dec. 1
• 3% tax withholding on Medicare pay repealed - Nov. 28
• Medicare demonstration projects: From idea to implementation - Nov. 28
• Medicare RACs to conduct prepayment reviews for doctors, hospitals - Nov. 28
• CMS offering physicians grants for health care innovations - Nov. 28
• CMS chief Dr. Berwick to step down Dec. 2 - Nov. 23
• Medicare now covers heart disease screening - Nov. 23
• Most states reduced mental health services since 2009 - Nov. 23
• Super committee failure leaves Medicare pay cuts in place - Nov. 21
• Personhood initiative pushed in more states despite loss in Mississippi - Nov. 21
• 2 senators probe insurers and labs for possible kickback violations - Nov. 21
• Romney calls for more Medicare competition - Nov. 21
• GOP renews pressure to drop $15 billion HHS prevention fund - Nov. 18
• 3% tax withholding rule cleared for repeal - Nov. 17
• Kansas looks to managed care for Medicaid overhaul - Nov. 17
• U.S. Supreme Court agrees to take on health reform law - Nov. 14
• Medicare 27.4% doctor pay cut set for 2012 unless Congress acts - Nov. 14
• Obama targets prices of shortage drugs - Nov. 14
• Physicians want revisions to health insurance exchange rules - Nov. 14
• Judge halts North Carolina law requiring ultrasounds before abortions - Nov. 14
• CMS pushes back Medicare revalidation deadline to 2015 - Nov. 14
• Senate votes to repeal tax withholding law - Nov. 11
• MedPAC ponders capping Medicare patient costs - Nov. 11
• Military veterans to benefit from federal health training grants - Nov. 10
• Nearly all states cut Medicaid payments as stimulus runs out - Nov. 7
• House passes bill to stop 3% withholding rule on Medicare pay - Nov. 7
• Arizona appeals court to decide fate of Medicaid enrollment freeze - Nov. 7
• Lawmakers try to eliminate Medicare coverage technicality - Nov. 7
• Massachusetts struggles with cost control after reducing uninsured - Nov. 4
• Increase in 2012 Medicare premiums will be less than expected - Nov. 3
• CMS redesigns Medicare ACOs to be more appealing to physicians - Oct 31
• California Medical Assn. support of marijuana legalization has doctors talking - Oct 31
• Health care work force report questions how to plan for future - Oct 31
• CMS recruiting physicians for health care innovation project - Oct 31
• California Medicaid tries to recover millions in fees - Oct. 28
• Medicare looks to ease physician revocation rules - Oct. 27
• 170,000 Medicare patients suspected of doctor shopping for drugs - Oct. 24
• Lawmakers told Medicare reform begins with elimination of SGR - Oct. 24
• SGR repeal, health care cuts among ideas sent to super committee - Oct. 24
• Proposed standards scaled back for food marketing aimed at children - Oct. 24
• National Health Service Corps participation hits new heights - Oct. 21
• CMS spotlights physician-friendly changes in final ACO rule - Oct. 20
• Medicare auditors find $593 million in incorrect payments - Oct. 20
• IOM panel: Insurance exchanges will fail unless cost factor is faced - Oct. 17
• Some states limit Medicaid fees for certain ED visits - Oct. 17
• Supreme Court hears lawsuit challenging Medicaid rate cuts - Oct. 17
• MedPAC plan repeals SGR, but cuts doctor pay - Oct. 17
• HHS waiting to hear what it can spend - Oct. 17
• Lawmaker investigates possible price gouging of drugs on shortage lists - Oct. 14
• OIG to study physicians who leave Medicare - Oct. 13
• Medicare tests monthly incentives for innovative primary care - Oct. 10
• Obama gambles on health reform before Supreme Court - Oct. 10
• 28 states get new HHS grants to review insurance hikes - Oct. 10
• Lawmakers push super committee to make major Medicare pay reforms - Oct. 10
• Request by Texas to broaden Medicaid managed care on track - Oct. 7
• Medicare sign-up question about accepting new patients becomes optional - Oct. 6
• Despite FDA efforts, shortages of drugs tripled in 5 years - Oct 3
• Bracing for Medicaid expansion - Oct 3
• $2 billion in temporary Medicare add-ons set to expire - Oct 3
• Challenge to N.H. medical liability fund holds up payments - Oct 3
• States embracing Medicaid managed care - Sept. 30
• 170 million shots available for flu season - Sept. 29
• Medicaid claims audits to begin in January - Sept. 26
• Advisory panel proposes Medicare physician pay cuts - Sept. 26
• Uninsured rate remains stable even as incomes drop - Sept. 26
• Federal judge bars Florida "don't ask" gun law - Sept. 26
• Washington doctors decry new emergency care coverage limits - Sept. 23
• GOP bill would exempt all plans from health reform - Sept. 22
• Medicare pay-for-performance plan criticized over early launch - Sept. 19
• CMS chief seeks cost control through better quality - Sept. 19
• White House abandons new ozone standards - Sept. 19
• Health care fraud prosecutions reach new high - Sept. 19
• Illinois doctors need Medicaid preapproval for 17 mental health drugs - Sept. 16
• Health industry consolidation raising prices, lawmakers say - Sept. 15
• Hardship waivers last chance to avoid Medicare e-prescribing penalty - Sept. 12
• Almost half of uninsured expect no help from health reform - Sept. 12
• North Carolina medical home program extended to private, state workers - Sept. 12
• Medicare finalizes requirements for special needs plans - Sept. 12
• Colorado Medicaid not meeting federal standards, audit finds - Sept. 9
• Appeals court panel dismisses Virginia health reform suits - Sept. 8
• $1 billion spent to fight Medicare fraud in 2010 - Sept. 8
• Medicare unveils bundled payment models to start in 2012 - Sept. 5
• Medicare battles depression: Payment parity aims to increase treatment - Sept. 5
• States seeking to maintain control over Medicaid fees - Sept. 5
• HHS outlines final proposal to ease regulatory burdens - Sept. 5
• Kansas abortion law faces legal challenge - Sept. 2
• CBO report links debt reduction to Medicare pay cuts - Sept. 1
• E-prescribing exemption deadline extended to Nov. 1 - Aug. 31
• Nearly all physicians must revalidate Medicare enrollment by 2013 - Aug. 29
• Proposed rule requires insurers to explain costs and benefits - Aug. 29
• Arizona judge OKs Medicaid freeze for childless adults - Aug. 29
• Medicaid fetches higher drug rebates than Medicare - Aug. 29
• More details emerge on insurance tax credits and other reform standards - Aug. 26
• GAO urges Medicare to seek physician input on feedback reports - Aug. 25
• 6 Georgia doctors sue Medicare over low primary care pay - Aug. 22
• Medicare pay cuts among tough choices for bipartisan debt panel - Aug. 22
• California doctors back bill to prevent circumcision ban - Aug. 22
• Massachusetts patients stay with safety net providers after reform - Aug. 22
• CMS launches demo on emergency Medicaid psychiatric care - Aug. 19
• Doctors want policy changes before Medicare releases claims data - Aug. 18
• Physician organizations fight states' proposed cutbacks to Medicaid - Aug. 15
• Specialists push EPA for stronger air quality regulations - Aug. 15
• Illinois lawmakers challenge CMS rejection of anti-fraud law - Aug. 15
• Appeals court rules individual mandate unconstitutional - Aug. 12
• HHS health exchange chief resigns - Aug. 12
• 17 million received free Medicare preventive services in first half of 2011 - Aug. 11
• How debt deal could squeeze Medicare pay even more - Aug. 8
• Health system reform law expected to spark spending rebound - Aug. 8
• Major ruling overturned as gene patents are declared valid - Aug. 8
• Government auditors say Medicare tops improper payment list - Aug. 8
• Lawsuit against stem cell funding dismissed - Aug. 8
• Minnesota cuts Medicaid pay, phases out doctor tax - Aug. 5
• Organized medicine wants more Medicare e-prescribing changes - Aug. 4
• Congress averts debt doomsday, but Medicare pay cuts still loom - Aug. 2
• IOM list of preventive services expected to boost women's health - Aug. 1
• Direct primary care model: Cutting out the insurer - Aug. 1
• Judge set to rule on Arizona's freeze of Medicaid enrollment - Aug. 1
• Medicare spends 50% less on Part D drugs than initially estimated - Aug. 1
• Louisiana rolls out Medicaid care management - July 29
• Medicare hospice care to face increased scrutiny - July 28
• States may get substantial power over health insurance exchanges - July 25
• More Democrats join GOP against Medicare cost-control board - July 25
• Medical liability reform demo may be in limbo - July 25
• Revised Medicare forms ask doctors if they accept new patients - July 25
• California budget includes Medicaid doctor pay cut and patient co-pays - July 22
• HHS awards $95 million to school health centers - July 21
• Medicare proposes a 50% cut for some imaging fees in 2012 - July 18
• Quest for SGR reform: Avoiding the eleventh-hour drama - July 18
• Medicaid primary care spending linked to fewer hospitalizations - July 18
• More states face legal battles over abortion laws - July 18
• Texas refuses to launch health insurance exchange - July 15
• GOP bill would create health care tribunals - July 14
• Why HHS abandoned "mystery shopper" study - July 11
• Private health coverage continues to decline, but Medicaid and CHIP cover more kids - July 11
• Global payment alone won't solve Massachusetts' health market woes, report says - July 11
• Wisconsin to restore money raided from liability fund - July 11
• Utah wants to use ACOs to control Medicaid spending - July 8
• HHS finalizes administrative standards for electronic claims submissions - July 7
• Justices rule for drugmakers in 2 high-profile cases - July 4
• Health spending tied to debt ceiling talks - July 4
• GOP doctors stand behind Medicare privatization plan - July 4
• Bipartisan House group opposes Medicare imaging cuts - July 1
• Millions access free Medicare services - June 30
• White House wins health reform round in appeals court - June 29
• MedPAC seeks to rein in imaging pay - June 27
• HHS to end exemptions for limited benefit plans - June 27
• Tennessee approves noneconomic medical liability damages cap - June 27
• Concierge care for dual eligibles pushed as cost-cutting measure - June 27
• New Jersey plan would slash Medicaid eligibility - June 24
• National prevention strategy unveiled - June 23
• Medicare claims soon to be open for data mining - June 20
• Planned Parenthood sues states over abortion restrictions - June 20
• Bill would roll back restrictions on HSAs, FSAs - June 20
• Medicare to pay health centers to coordinate care - June 20
• Washington state seeks Medicaid exemptions - June 17
• Arkansas looks at bundling Medicaid pay - June 16
• Medicare ACO plan still needs work, AMA says - June 13
• IOM report targets accuracy of Medicare regional payments - June 13
• Medicaid pay cut fight finds Justice Dept. at odds with doctors - June 13
• Medicaid to reduce hospital pay for preventable conditions - June 13
• EMRs a risky investment, say some small practices - June 10
• HHS makes preexisting condition coverage more accessible - June 9
• Medicare to offer more waivers from e-prescribing penalty - June 6
• Mystery shoppers would compare wait times to see doctors - June 6
• House revives bill to allow interstate health insurance sales - June 6
• Georgia physicians must reveal if they don't have liability insurance - June 6
• Medicare privatization plan hits wall in Senate - June 3
• Economists and scholars defend Medicare pay board - June 2
• Medicare ACO options added after criticism - May 30
• Aspiring to universal access: Healthy San Francisco opens up care - May 30
• More states expanding their move to Medicaid managed care - May 30
• Courts make opposite rulings on care of legal immigrants - May 30
• Oregon governor supports 19% Medicaid pay cut - May 27
• Medicare e-prescribing deadline stands, but exemptions are expanded - May 26
• Audit finds hospital EMRs vulnerable to data breaches - May 26
• Medicaid physician pay swept up in battle over funding and access - May 23
• Medicare trustees paint bleak financial picture - May 23
• Medical liability reform closer to House passage - May 23
• Congress eyes new Medicare payment models - May 23
• Rule shielding military doctors from liability faces legal battle - May 23
• Most uninsured hospital stays go unpaid - May 20
• Bipartisan House caucus to promote generic drugs - May 19
• AMA unveils SGR replacement plans - May 16
• Vermont approves universal health program - May 16
• Business is booming for Medicare recovery audit contractors - May 16
• Supreme Court is asked to re-examine diagnostic test patents - May 16
• Health plan for preexisting conditions gaining in popularity - May 13
• House OKs permanent ban on federal abortion funding - May 12
• Beware Physician Compare: Medicare site inaccurate, say wronged practices - May 9
• GOP urges Obama to repeal -- not expand -- Medicare pay board - May 9
• Physicians with many Medicaid patients are likely to treat more in 2014 - May 9
• 2 more senators introduce bills to publish Medicare claims data - May 9
• EDs becoming more and more crowded, emergency physicians say - May 6
• Medicare criticized for $4 million drug overpayment - May 5
• Medicare quality bonuses elude nearly half of reporting doctors - May 2
• Medicare's missed checkups: Few seniors get wellness exam - May 2
• Texas Senate passes Medicaid reform, shared savings bills - May 2
• End of coverage for uninsured in Pennsylvania sparks anger - May 2
• Appeals court overturns stem cell research funding ban - April 29
• Top-court pass on reform suit probably means fall hearing - April 29
• Complexity of EMRs discourages new users, doctors tell HHS panel - April 29
• Obama's deficit plan would cut more slowly than competing ones - April 28
• $1 billion patient safety effort relies on physician outreach - Apr 25
• Obama deficit plan includes strengthened Medicare pay board - Apr 25
• Revised "don't ask" gun bill advances in Florida - Apr 25
• Oklahoma enacts cap on noneconomic damages - Apr 25
• Health work force panel awaits funding from Congress - April 22
• AMA identifies Medicare's top regulatory burdens - April 21
• Skepticism greets Medicare ACO shared savings program - April 18
• House GOP budget plan aims to slice entitlements, deficit - April 18
• Health reform's first change: tax reporting rule cut - April 18
• Health centers seek injunction in W.Va. Medicaid rate dispute - April 18
• Medicaid managed care close to becoming a reality in Florida - April 15
• Second round of Medicare equipment bidding plan delayed - April 14
• Shutdown would have had little effect on Medicare, Medicaid claims payments - April 11
• 4% drop in U.S. birth rate is largest in 3 decades - April 8
• House panel consults doctors on permanent SGR fix - April 7
• Congress approves repeal of tax reporting provision in health reform law - April 5
• Bill would post every physician's Medicare billing data on Internet - April 4
• Defining essential benefits: How much is too much? - April 4
• GOP lawmakers weigh privatizing Medicare with exchanges - April 4
• California lawsuit accuses drug powerhouse of bribing doctors - April 4
• HHS sets 6 priorities to improve nation's health care - April 1
• CMS releases proposed ACO rule - March 31
• House bills would lift ban on physician-owned hospitals - March 31
• More adults going without medical care because of costs - March 28
• Cost control the next step for Massachusetts health reform - March 28
• Supreme Court refuses to hear pay-for-delay case - March 28
• MedPAC urges co-pays for home health care - March 25
• Health reform law anniversary draws praises and renewed vows for repeal - March 24
• Medicare panel recommends 1% physician pay boost in 2012 - March 21
• Stage 2 of EMR bonus program seen as too onerous - March 21
• GOP targets mandatory funding for health reform law - March 21
• Supreme Court to hear case on generic drug labeling - March 21
• Medicare ordered to pay for off-label drugs - March 18
• Maine exempted from health reform's medical-loss ratio rules - March 17
• Obama signals flexibility on health reform mandates - March 14
• GAO echoes physician concerns on EMR, e-prescribing bonuses - March 14
• $3 billion lawsuit alleges Medicare underpayment to physicians - March 14
• Medicare gears up for strict anti-fraud campaign - March 14
• Dr. Berwick may have little future at CMS beyond this year - March 11
• 1 in 5 Americans believes health reform has been repealed - March 11
• Medicare physician pay set to be cut 29.5% in 2012 - March 10
• Congressional dispute delays 1099 tax reporting repeal - March 10
• AMA calls for regulation of consumer genetic tests - March 10
• Montana and Michigan voters still support medical marijuana - March 8
• Obama voids Bush conscience rule in favor of decades-old protections - March 7
• HHS opens door to Medicaid eligibility cuts - March 7
• Surgeon general previews preventive health strategy - March 7
• Supreme Court upholds vaccine liability shield - March 7
• 6 states to get HHS grants for setting up online insurance exchange models - March 4
• House GOP slashes research, health reform funding - March 1
• Physicians to get relief from Medicare lab paperwork rule - Feb. 28
• House panel OKs medical liability reform bill - Feb. 28
• New most-wanted list targets health fraudsters - Feb. 28
• More Medicare patients to learn about their rights to complain - Feb. 25
• Vermont considers single-payer plan for its own health reform - Feb. 22
• EMRs, quality efforts key to viability of practices, Obama officials advise - Feb. 21
• Obama budget would delay Medicare pay cuts - Feb. 21
• Supreme Court to tackle access to prescription data - Feb. 21
• Medicare decision support demo to focus on imaging services - Feb. 16
• Primary care societies give outgoing national health IT chief high marks - Feb. 15
• Reform law rollout forges ahead despite GOP budget threats - Feb. 14
• Health reform polls don't tell the whole story - Feb. 14
• FDA regulation of e-cigarettes rebuffed again - Feb. 14
• Arizona seeks to remove 280,000 adults from Medicaid coverage - Feb. 10
• Dr. Berwick renominated for permanent CMS post - Feb. 8
• Medicare pay panel latest target of GOP effort to repeal reform law - Feb. 7
• Health reform's primary care recruits: the National Health Service Corps - Feb. 7
• HHS says it recovered $4 billion in fraudulent payments in 2010 - Feb. 7
• New medical home standards stress care coordination - Feb. 7
• Ohio governor makes Medicaid overhaul a priority - Feb. 3
• Senate rejects health reform repeal - Feb. 3
• Reform might not deal huge blow to employer-based insurance - Feb. 2
• Federal judge rules health reform law unconstitutional - Jan. 31
• House shifts to medical liability overhaul after health reform vote - Jan. 31
• Physicians, gun owners tangle over Florida "don't ask" gun bill - Jan. 31
• States' ability to slash Medicaid payments rests with top court - Jan. 31
• $1.5 billion in Medicaid cuts and co-pays proposed by California governor - Jan. 28
• Medicare Advantage bonuses could go to low-performing private plans - Jan. 27
• States largely maintain or improve Medicaid, CHIP access - Jan. 24
• Louisiana revamps Medicaid care coordination program - Jan. 24
• Insurance oversight office will move to Medicare agency - Jan. 21
• GOP-led House votes to repeal health reform law - Jan. 19
• New House leaders require program cuts to pay for additional spending - Jan. 19
• Campaign against health care fraud questioned - Jan. 18
• National health spending growth held to record-breaking low - Jan. 17
• Doctors win 3-month reprieve from home health documentation rule - Jan. 17
• Limited-benefit health plans get new life despite criticism - Jan. 17
• Insurance oversight office will move to Medicare agency - Jan. 17
• CMS to revamp IT systems for better integration and service - Jan. 14
• States get Medicaid bonuses for enrolling children - Jan. 13
• Medicare about-face on end-of-life planning pay - Jan. 10
• Lawmakers settle for short-term spending measure - Jan. 10
• Multiple chronic conditions target of new HHS strategy - Jan. 10
• New tools focus on prevention of Medicare fraud, abuse - Jan. 10
• Medicare incentive programs pay millions to practices - Jan. 7
• Medicare EMR incentive program begins registration - Jan. 6
• Washington state health safety net strained by cuts - Jan. 4
• Insurance premium hikes to face heightened federal scrutiny - Jan. 3
• GOP leaders in House plan to tighten reins on Obama's agenda - Jan. 3
• White House debt panel's health proposals to get second look in Congress - Jan. 3

Last year - Back to top

Losing medical staff privileges could mean losing a hospital job. Read more

Professional Issues

• Iowa Supreme Court throws out case after doctor's credentialing file is used in trial - Dec. 28
• Med schools promote training that lets students follow individual patients - Dec. 26
• Residency Match revamps placement of students not selected initially - Dec. 26
• Supreme Court hears case involving medical record disclosure - Dec. 26
• Physicians earn nearly perfect ratings from most patients - Dec. 26
• One-third of patients don't follow up in month after hospital discharge - Dec. 22
• Nearly 90% of physicians feel stressed every day, report says - Dec. 20
• How states are keeping doctors from moving out - Dec. 19
• Appeals court OKs payments to marrow donors - Dec. 19
• Doctors reluctant to tell parents their child is overweight - Dec. 19
• In the Courts: Changes in medical device information pose lawsuit risks for doctors - Dec. 19
• Brain scans yield clues to physician decision-making - Dec. 14
• Law enforcement can access data bank without doctors' knowledge - Dec. 13
• Holiday gifts from patients: When do they spell trouble? - Dec. 12
• Doctors' legal remedies can defeat online attacks - Dec. 12
• Proposal on access to lab tests should be revised, doctors say - Dec. 12
• Most physicians succeed in substance abuse programs, study says - Dec. 12
• Medical liability suits can mean depression, suicidal ideation for doctors - Dec. 7
• Can a computer program teach patient empathy? - Dec. 6
• More medical schools face LCME sanctions after deviating from standards - Dec. 5
• Medical school's partnership with 5 hospitals aims to ease physician shortages - Dec. 5
• Ethics Forum: Sex education discussions should start early and continue for young patients - Dec. 5
• Michigan and Missouri high courts to hear challenges to noneconomic damages caps - Dec. 2
• Iowa nurses not trained to oversee fluoroscopy, judge rules - Nov. 30
• AMA Meeting: AMA delegates detail steps to confront national drug shortage emergency - Nov. 28
• How practices can make room for mobility - Nov. 28
• Patient-rating websites top Google searches for best doctors - Nov. 28
• AMA Meeting: Safety cited in new scope-of-practice policies - Nov. 28
• AMA Meeting: More help sought to fight opioid abuse - Nov. 28
• AMA Meeting: Delegates back state flexibility on uninsured - Nov. 28
• AMA Meeting: Training, EMR tracking can slash risk of radiation overdoses - Nov. 28
• AMA Meeting: Doctors seek role on insurance exchanges - Nov. 28
• AMA Meeting: AMA hoping to stop ICD-10 use in billing - Nov. 28
• Physicians, theologians examine faith and medical practice - Nov. 22
• How learning to cook is helping doctors give nutritional advice - Nov. 21
• IOM calls for monitoring and probe of health IT hazards - Nov. 21
• Report finds $45 billion economic contribution from publicly funded medical research - Nov. 21
• In the Courts: Illinois case poses risk of peer review data going public - Nov. 21
• Judge halts graphic warnings on cigarette packages - Nov. 18
• AMA helping physicians broach the subject of obesity - Nov. 16
• Communication failures over diagnostic tests prompting more lawsuits - Nov. 15
• AMA announces App Challenge winners - Nov. 14
• Physicians struggle to treat pain amid opioid overdose crisis - Nov. 14
• When the office visit is a family matter - Nov. 14
• Critics rap delay in doctor-payment reporting rules - Nov. 14
• ABMS to make physician maintenance-of-certification status public - Nov. 14
• Medicare physician pay cut must be stopped now, AMA president tells doctors - Nov. 12
• Only 1 in 10 physicians asks patients what they expect from care - Nov. 11
• Indiana doctors face challenge to medical liability cap - Nov. 9
• Social media increasingly used to gauge public health - Nov. 7
• Using unclaimed bodies for dissection draws outcry - Nov. 7
• Medical school applications reach new high - Nov. 7
• Ethics Forum: Comprehensive approach helps patients get a good night's sleep - Nov. 7
• Detailed disclosures would clarify financial links between doctors and industry - Nov. 4
• Medical liability concerns drive hospital admission decisions - Nov. 2
• Medical liability: Cutting costs from the bench - Oct 31
• Stanford cuts liability premiums with cash offers after errors - Oct 31
• Texas tort reform advocates dispute critical report - Oct 31
• Lawsuit can be amended after deadline to include wrongful death - Oct. 26
• Many writers of diabetes, cholesterol guidelines have conflicts of interest - Oct. 25
• Gap on guideline use between HMOs and PPOs narrows - Oct. 24
• CMS incentive plan could worsen care disparities, study finds - Oct. 24
• In the Courts: What should doctors do when ill caregivers can't perform their duties? - Oct. 24
• Heeding advice on primary care "don'ts" would save $6.7 billion annually - Oct. 19
• Male circumcision ban defeated; health benefits lauded - Oct. 18
• States try more aggressive Rx opioid controls - Oct. 17
• Bans help curb abuse of bath salts, officials say - Oct. 17
• Liability premiums hold steady, but state disparities linger - Oct. 17
• Hospital-based palliative care rises 19% - Oct. 17
• Physician shortage in Massachusetts continues to squeeze primary care - Oct. 12
• Hospitals make almost no headway in cutting readmissions - Oct. 10
• Fear of lawsuits, little time with patients lead to more aggressive care - Oct. 10
• Ethics Forum: Open communication valuable in weighing alternative medicine requests - Oct. 10
• Demand drives more hospitals to offer alternative therapies - Oct. 4
• HHS wants to give patients test results straight from lab - Oct 3
• Tactics to improve drug compliance - Oct 3
• Explaining residents' role in surgery may keep patients from consenting - Oct 3
• California neurologist wins MacArthur award - Oct 3
• Drug poisonings send 22% more young children to EDs over 7 years - Sept. 30
• Part-time surgeons would help ease shortage - Sept. 28
• Lasker award honors discovery of cell-protein folding - Sept. 27
• HHS removes public access to National Practitioner Data Bank - Sept. 26
• California's noneconomic damages cap upheld - Sept. 26
• In the Courts: Third-party cases pose liability risks to doctors - Sept. 26
• Face transplants starting to gain acceptance - Sept. 19
• Miracle vs. medicine: When faith puts care at risk - Sept. 19
• New Jersey doctors must disclose specialty in medical liability suits - Sept. 19
• AMA group sets new framework for patient outcome measures - Sept. 19
• Only 1 in 7 ob-gyns performs abortions - Sept. 16
• Michigan appeals court upholds statute of limitations in liability case - Sept. 14
• As CME funding shifts from industry, others foot the bill - Sept. 12
• Medical liability litigant can't sue separately for lost medical records - Sept. 12
• Temporary health workers double risk of harmful drug mix-ups - Sept. 12
• Ethics Forum: Medical error calls for honest disclosure - Sept. 12
• U.S. still faces public health preparedness gaps 10 years after 9/11 - Sept. 9
• Texas certificate-of-merit law ruled constitutional - Sept. 7
• Elected coroners report fewer suicides than appointed counterparts - Sept. 6
• Too few health professionals getting flu shots - Sept. 5
• LGBT patients: Reluctant and underserved - Sept. 5
• HHS bolsters scrutiny of researchers' drug industry ties - Sept. 5
• NQF endorses pediatric quality measures - Sept. 5
• Informal peer review records shielded from medical liability plaintiffs - Aug. 31
• Training helps surgical residents improve some communication skills - Aug. 30
• Most doctors face lawsuits, but few lose them - Aug. 29
• Criminal convictions and discipline of Illinois doctors returning online - Aug. 29
• In the Courts: Hospital can be sued in man's alleged attack on another patient - Aug. 29
• Greater awareness of practice guidelines helps reduce unrecommended tests - Aug. 24
• High-tech solutions add to success of checklists in cutting bloodstream infections - Aug. 22
• Mississippi tort reforms lead to reduction in lawsuits - Aug. 22
• Med school's inaugural class trained as EMTs - Aug. 22
• CT scans rise fourfold in EDs, but hospitalizations fall by half - Aug. 19
• Illinois law prohibits sex offenders from practicing medicine - Aug. 17
• HHS cutting red tape to speed clinical trials - Aug. 15
• Revealing their medical errors: Why three doctors went public - Aug. 15
• Indiana court: New claims can't be added to lawsuits after review - Aug. 15
• National groups unite to target health disparities - Aug. 15
• Eli Lilly reports $48 million in first-quarter physician payments - Aug. 12
• Rules outline how Kentucky optometrists could perform surgeries - Aug. 9
• Med schools seek right fit for rural practice - Aug. 8
• Caregiving takes toll on 42 million Americans - Aug. 8
• More than half of liability claims in Massachusetts end up being dropped - Aug. 8
• Ethics Forum: Culture clash: Social media vs. medical field - Aug. 8
• Study casts doubt on effectiveness of hospitalist care - Aug. 5
• Informed-consent documents called too long and complex - Aug. 3
• Mounting drug shortages delaying treatment - Aug. 1
• Expert witnesses on trial - Aug. 1
• Call for civility aims to stop disruptive behavior in the OR - Aug. 1
• Brain-damaged girl's parents can sue hospital and doctor, Florida court rules - Aug. 1
• Work-hour numbers linked to career satisfaction - July 29
• Shortage of physicians, APNs and PAs could double by 2025 - July 27
• Foreign-trained health professionals put on path to practice in U.S. - July 25
• Adapting JAMA for tomorrow's physician readers: An interview with Howard C. Bauchner, MD - July 25
• Exhibit channels emotional -- and orthopedic -- wounds of war - July 25
• In the Courts: Conversation first step to ending racial bias among physicians - July 25
• Autism study downplays genetics as primary cause - July 22
• Checklists more effective when physicians are prompted to use them - July 19
• In season of storms, physicians rise to occasion - July 18
• When doctors and patients have the same disease - July 18
• Wrong-site surgeries risk reduced during pilot project - July 18
• California Hospital Assn. seeks to bar infection-reporting law - July 18
• Research confirms "July effect" on patient deaths - July 15
• Grants to bolster local quality improvement efforts - July 13
• Anonymous posts: Liberating or unprofessional? - July 11
• Residency programs scramble to adopt changes - July 11
• Funding for pediatric residencies remains in doubt - July 11
• California patients can sue if personal data are released during billing disputes - July 11
• Chronic pain costs U.S. $635 billion a year - July 8
• Most physicians don't see PAs as major liability risks - July 6
• AMA delegates reaffirm key reform policy but target parts of law for change - July 4
• Insurers mishandle 1 in 5 claims, AMA finds - July 4
• HIV in primary care: Treating an aging epidemic - July 4
• West Virginia high court upholds noneconomic damages cap - July 4
• Reports to FDA drug ad watchdog triple - July 4
• AMA delegates vote to keep conflicts out of CME - July 4
• AMA delegates call for price parity in fast-food options - July 4
• AMA house endorses national ban on "bath salts" synthetic drug - July 4
• AMA supports tighter restrictions on products containing BPA - July 4
• AMA backs challenge of "don't ask" gun law - July 4
• AMA house seeks repeal of OTC drug-spending rule - July 4
• Making transition to combat zone can be surreal, AMA delegates learn - July 4
• AMA toughens stance on retail health clinics - July 4
• AMA to draft model legislation on information exchanges - July 4
• New AMA policies target certification and licensure - July 4
• AMA selects president-elect, board members - July 4
• Delegates ask AMA council how to just say no to patients - July 4
• Ethics essential in writing practice guidelines, AMA house decides - July 4
• Judgment errors rank among top reasons for lawsuits against obstetricians - June 28
• California physicians, podiatrists pursue collaboration on education - June 27
• 4 items added to serious reportable events list - June 27
• Massachusetts bill would give patients the right to film surgery - June 27
• Ethics Forum: Don't be wary of discussing clinical trials with patients - June 27
• Health disparities persist despite quality improvements - June 21
• AMA reaffirms policy on health insurance mandates - June 20
• Dr. Kevorkian leaves mixed medical legacy - June 20
• Ohio court ruling may expose doctors to unending lawsuits - June 20
• In the Courts: Communication key to reducing liability claims in patient handoffs - June 20
• Outgoing AMA president urges doctors to move medicine forward - June 18
• "Frequent-flier" ED users take toll on emergency physicians - June 17
• Surgical liability cases drop nearly 80% at Texas medical center - June 15
• Quantifying adverse drug events: Med mishaps send millions back for care - June 13
• End-of-life care: How you can help stressed surrogates - June 13
• Many physicians routinely witness disruptive behavior in colleagues - June 13
• New law lets rural Texas hospitals employ doctors - June 13
• Medical board could discipline physicians for torture under N.Y. bill - June 10
• Pennsylvania liability lawsuits down for 6th straight year - June 8
• First addiction medicine residencies to begin in July - June 6
• Michigan law trumps HIPAA in patient privacy case - June 6
• Ethics Forum: Treating friends poses both risks and compromises - June 6
• Panel targets primary care "don'ts" - June 3
• AMA names James L. Madara, MD, as top executive - June 2
• Disclosing medical errors can lower liability lawsuit expenses - June 1
• A lifelong connection to medicine: Incoming president wants to build a better future - May 30
• Industry-supported CME offers potential for bias, study says - May 30
• Tele-ICU technology improves patient outcomes, study finds - May 30
• Donor families join anatomy students at ceremony honoring their loved ones - May 26
• Feeding tube risks for dementia patients often not discussed - May 25
• Joplin tornado sparks call for physician volunteers - May 24
• New York bill seeks physician dress code to cut infections - May 23
• Ruling a victory for Ohio tort reform measures, physicians say - May 23
• In the Courts: Physician must accept insurer's settlement in liability case - May 23
• State boards took fewer disciplinary actions against doctors in 2010 - May 20
• Life after lawsuit: How doctors pick up the pieces - May 16
• Aetna sues 9 N.J. doctors for "unconscionable" fees - May 16
• High-deductible health plans' effect same for rich and poor - May 16
• Doctors failed to inquire about Gitmo detainees' injuries, study alleges - May 13
• Coalition pushes for safe injection practices - May 11
• States eye public access to more doctor disciplinary records - May 9
• Quality of health news reporting found lacking - May 9
• Ethics Forum: Preparation essential when handling ethical conflicts on the playing field - May 9
• Young doctors find general internal medicine doesn't pay - May 6
• Many paid caregivers lack health literacy skills - May 4
• Health disparities persist despite VA quality improvements - May 3
• Rx side effects causing more hospitalizations - May 2
• A call for better immigrant care (American College of Physicians annual meeting) - May 2
• Proposed changes would broaden MCAT's scope - May 2
• Doubt cast on effectiveness of universal MRSA screening - April 26
• Hospitals' high-tech tools track who's washing their hands - Apr 25
• In the Courts: Wisconsin high court weighs responsibilities on informed consent - Apr 25
• Quality metrics seek to slash unneeded CT scans - April 22
• CDC issues guidance on preventing bloodstream infections - April 19
• 1 in 3 patients harmed during hospital stay - April 18
• Humanizing anatomy: a medical student's first patient - April 18
• Ethics Forum: Cherry-picking patients leaves sour taste - April 18
• Health institutions team up to improve care - April 15
• 32% of hospitals ill-equipped for mass-casualty disasters - April 12
• Communicating health risks can be tricky - April 8
• Social media discussion needed during teen checkups - April 5
• Caps under fire: The fight for medical liability reform - April 4
• U.S. appellate court will hear human gene patents lawsuit - April 4
• In the Courts: Surgery delayed as patient appeals competency finding - April 4
• Medical oaths less of a moral compass for physicians - April 1
• Physician empathy may mean better patient outcomes - March 30
• Poor communication found between primary care and emergency doctors - March 29
• Primary care residencies up again on Match Day - March 28
• 51 died under Washington's assisted-suicide law in 2010 - March 28
• Kidney transplant plan would give preference to younger patients - March 28
• Universal coverage may not eliminate health disparities - March 23
• Finder of lost objects saved lives, left medical legacy - March 21
• Opioid prescribing requires close patient monitoring - March 21
• Ethics Forum: No easy way to tell which patients may be violent - March 21
• Obstetrics safety initiatives cut medical liability costs by 90% - March 18
• Residency Match sees continued growth in primary care - March 17
• Lawsuit seeks compensation for bone marrow donors - March 15
• ICU central-line infections drop dramatically nationwide - March 14
• Residency directors express widespread concern about new work-hour rules - March 14
• 1 in 3 surrogate decision-makers carries lasting emotional burden - March 14
• U.S. quality improvement steady, but progress on disparities elusive - March 14
• Hospital checklist helps pneumonia rates tumble by 70% - March 11
• JAMA appoints new editor-in-chief - March 10
• Free online CME offered on drug label revisions - March 9
• Psychologists seek prescribing rights in 6 states - March 7
• Comedic skills for a serious role: Improv class teaches med students to think on their feet - March 7
• Top complaint about patients: failure to follow medical advice - March 7
• In the Courts: Hospital's exclusive contract passes test - March 7
• Scrubs vs. white coats: equal opportunity bacteria spreaders - March 3
• 35% of orthopedic imaging costs stem from defensive medicine - March 2
• AMA board member answers military's call to duty - Feb. 28
• Patient satisfaction high even in doctor shortage areas - Feb. 28
• Doctor faces discipline for shielding patient records in 10-year case - Feb. 24
• Illinois Blues partners with hospitals to reduce readmissions - Feb. 23
• Doctor-lawyer advocacy: When medicine isn't enough - Feb. 21
• Ethics Forum: Physician vaccination a top priority and a duty - Feb. 21
• Physicians rate nearly 18% of patients as "difficult" - Feb. 18
• Expert testimony admissible in wrongful death suit, court rules - Feb. 15
• Costliest hospitals report lowest death rates - Feb. 14
• Oncologists shouldn't delay frank talk with patients - Feb. 14
• Texas expands medical liability protections for state-employed doctors - Feb. 14
• Medical liability caps face court challenge in Kansas - Feb. 10
• 2 physician-assisted suicide bills face off in Montana - Feb. 9
• Credential disclosure sought by bill - Feb. 7
• Reducing readmissions: How 3 hospitals found success - Feb. 7
• In the Courts: Hospital accommodated resident with Asperger's - Feb. 7
• Suicidal thoughts plague one in 16 surgeons - Feb. 4
• Hospitals can save $10 million a year with safety measures - Feb. 2
• Refer madness: Silence irks specialists, primary care doctors - Jan. 31
• California physicians sue over glaucoma treatment by optometrists - Jan. 31
• Ethics Forum: Better communication leads to better care - Jan. 31
• Credentialing files are confidential, Michigan appeals court rules - Jan. 25
• Arizona rampage highlights barriers to intervention with volatile patients - Jan. 24
• Regaining trust after vaccine threat debunked - Jan. 24
• Corrective medical education: CME focused on physician behavior - Jan. 24
• Residents must pay Social Security taxes, top court rules - Jan. 24
• New York City fights to keep graphic tobacco warnings - Jan. 20
• Medical liability premiums steady, but big extremes remain - Jan. 17
• New York City fights to keep graphic tobacco warnings - Jan. 17
• Prescription drug containers may get simpler labels - Jan. 17
• Mediation saves time and money in medical liability cases, study says - Jan. 12
• Palliative care researchers tackle whether to stop statins for terminally ill - Jan. 11
• Kidney exchange program makes 1st matches - Jan. 10
• In the Courts: Out-of-network ED costs fuel balance-billing disputes - Jan. 10
• Medical schools get high marks on conflict-of-interest policies - Jan. 4
• New duty-hour standards get mixed reception from residents - Jan. 3
• AMA webinars demonstrate how quality metrics improve care - Jan. 3

Last year - Back to top

As of mid-2010, 200 wounded U.S. troops were potentially eligible for face transplants and 50 for hand or forearm transplants. Read more

Business

• Patients strongly support access to clinical notes - Dec. 29
• Locum tenens physicians figuring out their role in ACOs - Dec. 28
• Aetna sues Michigan Blues over contracting practices - Dec. 27
• Why patients are turning less to media and friends for health information - Dec. 26
• Older physicians may have fewer job options than younger colleagues - Dec. 26
• Highmark looks to expand hospital and physician ownership - Dec. 26
• Health plans look to save on each patient visit - Dec. 26
• Technically Speaking: How to budget for a cloud-based EMR system - Dec. 26
• Health organizations not prepared for HIPAA audits - Dec. 22
• Physicians are paid less to give combination vaccines - Dec. 21
• Spending growth for physician services rebounding - Dec. 20
• Smartphones blamed for increasing risk of health data breaches - Dec. 19
• Seven land mines of hospital employment contracts - Dec. 19
• Number of patients receiving care at retail clinics increases - Dec. 19
• California emergency physician brings pedal-less bicycle to U.S. - Dec. 19
• Technically Speaking: Older doctors a lot more tech-savvy than many think - Dec. 19
• Costco begins selling EMRs - Dec. 15
• Medical tourism very much a niche business - Dec. 14
• Health care's top 2012 issues: technology, social media, security - Dec. 13
• Practices get more time to switch to HIPAA 5010 - Dec. 12
• Fewer Americans get health insurance through job - Dec. 12
• California doctor's invention prevents falls from changing tables - Dec. 12
• Practice Management: Using time as currency can help practices care for the uninsured - Dec. 12
• Practices expected to add twice as many jobs in 2011 as in 2010 - Dec. 8
• Mass layoffs in health care drop slightly - Dec. 7
• Use of mobile devices by physicians influences EMR purchases - Dec. 6
• How technology can connect doctors and caregivers - Dec. 5
• Physicians uncertain about taking part in ACOs - Dec. 5
• AMA releases medication tracking app - Dec. 5
• Practice Management: New year, new concerns: How to set medical practice goals for 2012 - Dec. 5
• Patients see health system as broken, but their own coverage and care as good - Dec. 1
• New York health plans ordered to issue rebates on premiums - Nov. 30
• More patients seeing only allied health workers - Nov. 29
• Wal-Mart eyes more involvement in medical care services - Nov. 28
• Physician visits by privately insured patients decline 17% - Nov. 28
• Office-based doctors warm to e-prescribing - Nov. 28
• Technically Speaking: Scribes can ease documentation burden -- for a price - Nov. 28
• Small practices could show big growth in EMR market - Nov. 23
• UCLA breach shows that even home isn't always a safe place for data - Nov. 22
• Insurers warn how much new government fee would raise premiums - Nov. 22
• Costs prompting sicker patients to avoid medical care - Nov. 21
• Managing the uncertainty of health system reform (MGMA annual meeting) - Nov. 21
• Physicians rely on search engines to help find clinical information - Nov. 21
• Disaster inspires New York ophthalmologist to create sturdier buildings - Nov. 21
• Technically Speaking: Make sure the way you use an EMR doesn't unwittingly look like fraud - Nov. 21
• Insurers retreat from New York battle over disclosing premium hikes - Nov. 17
• "Blue button" technology takes off in government and private sectors - Nov. 16
• More employers penalizing workers who don't participate in wellness programs - Nov. 15
• Providing prices isn't as easy as it sounds - Nov. 14
• Market booming for wireless monitoring devices - Nov. 14
• Insurer income falls as plans adjust to reduced spending, reform law - Nov. 14
• Practice Management: What can a practice do when a patient harasses a staffer? - Nov. 14
• Physician office hiring picks up, but overall health care employment drops - Nov. 10
• Cigna to pay $3.8 billion for Medicare Advantage plan - Nov. 9
• Many doctors don't get enough EMR training - Nov. 8
• Why small medical practices lag in EMR adoption - Nov. 7
• Jumping to a nonclinical career - Nov. 7
• Health insurance exchanges will promote competition, AMA says - Nov. 7
• Maryland internist finds inspiration in her grocer's freezer - Nov. 7
• Practice Management: Sloppy recordkeeping can lead practices to trouble with OSHA - Nov. 7
• Doctors warned of technical problems with EMR systems by GE - Nov. 3
• Physician practice purchases already surpass 2010 levels - Nov. 2
• Rhode Island doctors to recoup denied claims from censured health plan - Nov. 1
• Decline in doctor office visits could be permanent - Oct 31
• Many patients taking a pass on electronic access to records - Oct 31
• Medicare Advantage plans look for physician buy-in on five-star rating system - Oct 31
• AMA launches online group for e-claims - Oct 31
• Technically Speaking: Physician texting provides quick communication -- and an easy way to violate HIPAA - Oct 31
• Quality incentives become bigger factor in physician compensation - Oct. 27
• Insurers in 15 states could be subject to HHS appeals review - Oct. 26
• WellPoint offers members cash incentives for using less expensive facilities - Oct. 25
• Residents' desire for hospital employment poses recruiting challenge for practices - Oct. 24
• EMRs: Your transition from paper - Oct. 24
• United offers direct-to-consumer hearing tests and aids - Oct. 24
• Tennessee neurosurgeon tunes up by designing and selling guitars - Oct. 24
• Technically Speaking: Digital pens serve as some physicians' bridge to EMR - Oct. 24
• Medical homes reduce out-of-pocket costs for special needs children - Oct. 20
• Consent system puts patients in charge of their health data - Oct. 19
• Companies express confidence in physician-led ACOs - Oct. 18
• Medical identity theft a growing problem - Oct. 17
• Facebook, Twitter users have few nice things to say about health insurers - Oct. 17
• Tennessee oncologist's consignment sales are media sensations - Oct. 17
• Practice Management: Counseling on alcohol helps patients and is billable - Oct. 17
• Medicine creating more jobs than any other field - Oct. 13
• 3 big health plans purchase private exchange startup - Oct. 12
• ACOs face steep funding shortfall, learning curve - Oct. 11
• As premiums rise, are even the insured scrimping by skipping doctor visits? - Oct. 10
• Pain management for practice breakups - Oct. 10
• Clinical informatics now a subspecialty - Oct. 10
• U.K. taking American-style approach to health IT - Oct. 10
• Practice Management: What to say when patients haggle over their bills - Oct. 10
• Health plans say they can save money on dual eligibles - Oct. 6
• Delaware Blues fined for denying cardiac tests - Oct. 5
• Narrow-network plan focuses on just one hospital system - Oct. 4
• Insurers to pool claims data for study on health care costs - Oct 3
• After years of big increases, practice costs drop 2.2% - Oct 3
• Wikipedia cancer info accurate but hard to understand - Oct 3
• Humana's purchase is latest move to consolidate Medicare Advantage market - Oct 3
• Technically Speaking: The latest health care marketing tool: QR codes - Oct 3
• Economic pressures prompt increase in hospital mass layoffs - Sept. 29
• Insurance commissioner tells Blues plan to "get its act together" - Sept. 28
• Number of physician assistants doubles over past decade - Sept. 27
• Nearly all U.S. doctors are now on social media - Sept. 26
• Making part time work - Sept. 26
• WellPoint counting on Watson to ask the right health care questions - Sept. 26
• Physician/bow hunter launches wildlife food company - Sept. 26
• Technically Speaking: NLRB report raises questions about social media use at practices - Sept. 26
• Physicians wonder about United's IPA deals - Sept. 22
• Justice Dept. ends examination of Pittsburgh health system - Sept. 21
• Texas prison system reports $1 billion in technology-related health savings - Sept. 20
• Insurance brokers' role expected to change with health reform - Sept. 19
• Patient death leads Illinois cardiologist to create germ-resistant garb - Sept. 19
• Revenue sluggish, patient volume dropping at nonprofit hospitals - Sept. 19
• Practice Management: Group appointments can serve both patients and practices - Sept. 19
• Medical practices must display notices about employee organizing rights - Sept. 15
• Humana snaps up 64,000-member Medicare Advantage plan - Sept. 14
• VA amps up social media presence - Sept. 13
• 5 ways to manage your online reputation - Sept. 12
• Nearly half of office-based physicians work with NPs and PAs - Sept. 12
• AMA App Challenge enters final stretch - Sept. 12
• Practice Management: Practices' clear payment policies let patients know where they stand - Sept. 12
• Health care outpaces overall economy in adding jobs - Sept. 8
• Big practices losing more than $2,000 per physician - Sept. 7
• Hospitals hire doctors to control services and shore up market share, study says - Sept. 6
• Employers say they will shift more health costs to workers - Sept. 5
• Private exchanges offer yet another alternative to group health plans - Sept. 5
• Illicit online pharmacies resort to hacking to gain customers - Sept. 5
• Army considers smartphones and tablets for battlefield use - Sept. 5
• Humana fined $3.4 million for failing to report fraud - Sept. 1
• Judge clears way for Michigan Blues antitrust trial - Aug. 31
• Boston hospital system to snap up Medicaid health plan - Aug. 30
• Mayo, Cleveland clinics seek affiliations with doctors nationwide - Aug. 29
• How states will shape health reform - Aug. 29
• Drugmakers must allow visitor comments on Facebook pages - Aug. 29
• N.C. doctor's portable medical centers not just for disaster response - Aug. 29
• Technically Speaking: 7 things to consider when choosing mobile devices - Aug. 29
• Hospital-based practice management companies attracting more investors - Aug. 25
• Physician-led hospitals likely to rank high - Aug. 24
• Staffing agencies placing more physicians - Aug. 23
• Economy disrupts doctors' retirement plans - Aug. 22
• 2 Blues plans work together on Medicaid management - Aug. 22
• Emergency departments turn to texting wait times - Aug. 22
• With insurance enrollment up, most employers don't plan to drop coverage in 2014 - Aug. 22
• Technically Speaking: Online videos may offer most bang for medical marketing buck - Aug. 22
• Customer service at insurance companies found lacking - Aug. 18
• Diabetes app found helpful in managing condition - Aug. 17
• More states turn to Medicaid managed care to control costs - Aug. 16
• Reform, pay cuts likely to widen gap between rich and poor hospitals - Aug. 15
• Health plan profits coming before growth in membership - Aug. 15
• Spending on employee benefits grows, but at a sluggish pace - Aug. 15
• Physician interaction with insurers costs nearly 4 times more in U.S. than in Canada - Aug. 15
• Practice Management: Culturally competent practices can drive up good will -- and patient traffic - Aug. 15
• Health IT trainees begin hitting job market - Aug. 11
• Patient-centered medical homes gaining ground - Aug. 10
• Medco-Express Scripts merger would further concentrate PBM market - Aug. 9
• Here come the 20-somethings - Aug. 8
• Doctors and patients caught in hospital-health plan standoff - Aug. 8
• VA sponsoring contest to expand "blue button" program - Aug. 8
• Practice Management: Time may be ripe to expand or build medical offices - Aug. 8
• Dossia jazzes up health record service - Aug. 4
• Mayo Clinic adds Spanish social media sites - Aug. 3
• Aetna snaps up HSA management giant - Aug. 2
• Pace of mergers, acquisitions revs up for physician practices - Aug. 1
• Rebuff patient Facebook friend overtures, British Medical Assn. advises - Aug. 1
• WellPoint reaches tentative accord in data breach suit - Aug. 1
• Technically Speaking: Direct Project gives doctors secure access to data exchange - Aug. 1
• AMA offering online billing tools - July 28
• Physician office hiring up as health care job market weakens - July 27
• Connecticut governor vetoes hearings on insurance rate hikes - July 26
• 10 tips to using LinkedIn - July 25
• Physician alignment presents biggest obstacle to ACOs - July 25
• WellPoint steers patients toward ED visit alternatives - July 25
• Technically Speaking: Computerized prescriptions only as good as the system and user - July 25
• U.S. officials target 10 states with "ineffective" reviews of insurance rates - July 21
• Online tool to help consumers estimate medical costs - July 20
• Satisfied patients more likely to leave online review - July 19
• Older doctors embracing tablets faster than younger counterparts - July 18
• Google to shut down PHR platform for lack of interest - July 18
• Patient-centered care found to reduce medical costs - July 18
• Practice Management: Staying in private practice offers its own rewards - July 18
• Bill would ease restrictions on Highmark-BCBS Delaware deal - July 14
• Anthem settles lawsuit alleging rate manipulation - July 13
• Inaccessibility of clinical and financial data may hamper quality of care - July 12
• Post-reform positioning (America's Health Insurance Plans annual meeting) - July 11
• Tricare physician payments at center of contract dispute - July 11
• Public prefers "hospitals" over "medical centers" - July 11
• Practice Management: Part-time doctors shaking up small practices - July 11
• Online tool helps prioritize health IT purchases - July 7
• Contests to search for solutions to health IT challenges - July 6
• Health care called the new "gold rush" - July 5
• McKinsey claims health reform report isn't "predictive" - July 4
• Doctors and pharmacists unite to improve outcomes - July 4
• Some insurers doubt medical spending will bounce back - July 4
• Lactation frustration the mother of invention - July 4
• Hiring trend a 2-way street for doctors and hospitals - June 30
• Clinical drug trials enter electronic world - June 29
• CMS clears the way for Aetna to pursue Medicare market - June 28
• Small practices: Adapting to survive - June 27
• Some Medicaid managed care plans have higher costs, lower quality - June 27
• Membership in high-deductible health plans remains on the upswing - June 27
• Technically Speaking: Auto companies branch into mobile health - June 27
• Senators call for probe of medical device distributorships - June 23
• WellPoint buys California Medicare Advantage plan - June 22
• Telemedicine's expansion a virtual certainty, paper says - June 21
• Oncologists confront "financial toxicity" of cancer care - June 20
• More employers consider dropping health coverage, report says - June 20
• California Blue Shield pledges $180 million in rebates - June 20
• Doctors wary end of Blues settlements could mean lost gains - June 20
• Technically Speaking: EMR vendors stress usability to attract physicians - June 20
• AHIP details market dominance of hospital systems - June 16
• Medicare meaningful use bonus checks go out - June 15
• Physicians still in high demand as health care job creation slows - June 14
• Apps let patients view insurance on smartphones - June 13
• Upgrading e-prescribing system can bump up error risk - June 13
• Family physician bases rehydration drink on intravenous saline - June 13
• Practice Management: Leasing practice to hospital can be a viable business plan - June 13
• Signing bonuses become usual part of physician recruitment packages - June 9
• Aetna shareholders seek independent board chair - June 8
• Prescription drug spending grows - June 7
• Greening your technology: A high-tech way to save the planet - June 6
• IPAs see ACOs as a second chance - June 6
• Fewer physicians move, a sign of career caution - June 6
• Practice Management: Tips on getting paid for smoking cessation treatment - June 6
• Physicians to offer care at Walmart in-store clinics - June 2
• Aetna cuts premium rates in Connecticut - June 1
• CMS schedules dry run of 5010 electronic readiness - May 31
• Health care spending rises as confidence in ability to pay falls - May 30
• Medical supply firms report big sales to physician offices - May 30
• Brightly colored bee takes sting out of injections - May 30
• Technically Speaking: FDA signals it will regulate medical apps - May 30
• Horizon abandons quest to become for-profit - May 27
• WellCare finalizes settlement on Medicaid fraud charges - May 25
• Uninsured patients positive toward concierge practice - May 24
• Co-pay or no co-pay? That is the confusing question - May 23
• Doctors driving IT development with their mobile technology choices - May 23
• Plans post bigger profits as weak demand for health care services continues - May 23
• Technically Speaking: A few simple tricks can improve social media postings - May 23
• AMA publishes hospital employment guide - May 19
• VA hospital in Colorado to share patient data with private physicians - May 18
• AMA offers step-by-step guide to implement health IT systems - May 17
• Insurer-owned clinics bid to offer more patient care - May 16
• Tactics for tight times: How to keep your practice afloat - May 16
• Feedback on open-access scheduling "by no means glowing" - May 16
• Bottled water helps clean-water efforts overseas - May 16
• Practice Management: A private place for nursing mothers: Legal requirement is easy to meet - May 16
• Health care hiring up sharply from 2010 - May 12
• Blues class-action settlement to expire soon - May 11
• Data breaches an ever-present worry for physicians - May 10
• CEOs of top health plans rake in up to $20 million - May 9
• Payment for on-call coverage becoming more common - May 9
• Practice Management: Denial-management programs get claims paid - May 9
• Contract Language: Contracts should spell out everyone's role in an ACO - May 9
• AMA releases new edition of e-prescribing guide - May 5
• Delaware Blues illegally denied high-tech tests, regulator says - May 4
• Health care philanthropy picks up steam after recession - May 3
• Electronic medical records: What your data can tell you - May 2
• Small medical practices struggling with physician turnover - May 2
• AMA rolls out online platform nationwide - May 2
• Technically Speaking: Embracing health IT increases doctor-patient face time - May 2
• Time is key for meaningful use, experts say - April 28
• New flurry of bidding set for Tricare's West contract - April 27
• Ingenix name retired as United re-brands subsidiaries - April 26
• Not e-claim compliant? Expect no pay in 2012 - Apr 25
• Independent locum tenens physicians savor life without an agency - Apr 25
• House call practice attracts $11.5 million investment - Apr 25
• "Germaphobe" creates disposable covers for remote controls - Apr 25
• Technically Speaking: Internet can be helpful partner for patients with rare diseases - Apr 25
• Hospitals less secure about meeting meaningful use soon - April 21
• Large insurers look to acquisitions as a way to diversify - April 20
• Practices are better at retaining nurses than hospitals, study says - April 19
• Sharpening your survey skills: How practices can measure patient satisfaction - April 18
• Health reform may boost medical office building market - April 18
• Doctors cite ease of use in rapid adoption of tablet computers - April 18
• Practice Management: Keeping workers healthy doesn't have to cost a fortune - April 18
• Hiring in physician offices is booming - April 14
• Project will investigate patient health information breaches - April 13
• Process for meaningful use payments begins - April 12
• Most ACOs may lose money initially - April 7
• Health IT benefits becoming more apparent - April 6
• Growing number of hospitals ban hiring smokers - April 5
• Office-based doctors support 4 million jobs - April 4
• Hospitals' new physician leaders: Doctors wear multiple medical hats - April 4
• Pediatricians experiment with concierge house call practices - April 4
• Pacifier/stuffed toy becomes the perfect fit for Atlanta doctor - April 4
• Technically Speaking: Reducing EMR training to save money exacts high toll - April 4
• HSA enrollees spend less on care than those in traditional plans - March 31
• AMA portal partners with Michigan health exchange - March 30
• Model legislation drafted for out-of-network balance billing - March 29
• Patients social media use raises practical issues for doctors - March 28
• Bill would set Rhode Island physician pay minimum - March 28
• New Jersey Blues ordered to pay $8 million for putting claims on hold - March 28
• Cost of physician services rises again - March 28
• Technically Speaking: $4 prescriptions cause electronic record headaches - March 28
• Massachusetts health plans consider stopping directors' pay - March 24
• Conversation lags on hospital Facebook pages - March 23
• Patients say they would pay more quickly with online access - March 22
• Carelessness behind many health data breaches - March 21
• 5 ways meaningful use will change your practice (HIMSS meeting) - March 21
• Big insurers reward investors with dividend boosts - March 21
• Video services, online toy sales fund mission work in Africa - March 21
• Practice Management: How to avoid being burned by staff burnout - March 21
• Harvard Pilgrim, Tufts drop merger plan - March 17
• Illinois Blues settles charges of passing costs to Medicaid - March 16
• Patients trust physicians most to protect personal data - March 15
• Fresh from "Jeopardy!" victory, Watson to take on health care - March 14
• Winner of $25 billion Tricare contract still in doubt - March 14
• More Texas doctors dipping into personal reserves to keep practices alive - March 14
• Practice Management: Treating mental illness in primary care -- and still getting paid - March 14
• 500 hospitals to get help fulfilling data reporting requirement - March 11
• Physician demand strong despite softening of health care market - March 10
• HCA initial public offering reaches $3.8 billion - March 10
• Humana sweetens its wellness plan with bigger patient rewards - March 9
• Is your telephone hurting your practice? Phone do's and don'ts - March 7
• Clinics fined $4.3 million for HIPAA violations - March 7
• More hospitals reaching out to locum tenens doctors - March 7
• Headphones to drift off to sleep in, or run a mile in - March 7
• Technically Speaking: Groupon, similar sites target medical services for deals - March 7
• Health plans face suits challenging collection of "overpayments" - March 4
• Meaningful use updates available by e-mail - March 3
• Patient health sites might be delivering bad medicine - March 1
• AMA seeks clear path for doctors' re-entry into medicine - Feb. 28
• Patients returning to cosmetic surgery as recession loosens grip - Feb. 28
• Social media the latest tool for health care fraud investigators - Feb. 28
• Technically Speaking: Crowdsourcing moving beyond hospital lounges and into social media - Feb. 28
• After spate of closures, retail clinics may be on upswing - Feb. 25
• Job listings abound for primary care physicians - Feb. 24
• Doctors skeptical of personal health records - Feb. 22
• New vital sign: degree of patient's online access - Feb. 21
• Physician recruitment: Big lures for small practices - Feb. 21
• Profits keep rolling in for big insurers despite reform - Feb. 21
• Few physicians can avoid dominant health insurers - Feb. 21
• Practice Management: Family ties: How to hire your spouse and children legally - Feb. 21
• Massachusetts Blues claims success with global payments - Feb. 18
• Scrushy loses appeal in shareholder lawsuit - Feb. 17
• AMA, Covisint team up to help physicians get bonus money - Feb. 16
• Doctors' digital divide could widen health care disparities - Feb. 14
• Doctors, patients agree on how health IT funds should be spent - Feb. 14
• Insurers' out-of-network pay changes likely mean they will pay less for care - Feb. 14
• Practice Management: How to maximize patient flow through the office - Feb. 14
• New Jersey Blues plan houses employees at practices - Feb. 11
• 2010 the second-worst year for hospital mass layoffs in 15 years - Feb. 9
• Michigan health system paying doctors for their advice - Feb. 8
• Health care embraces the iPad: Doctors jump on new technology - Feb. 7
• 2 health plans in New England to enter merger discussions - Feb. 7
• Jury still out on whether EMRs improve patient care - Feb. 7
• Physician delivers maternity lab coats - Feb. 7
• Technically Speaking: How to help prospective patients find a practice online - Feb. 7
• Minnesota insurer unveils doctors' ratings over their objections - Feb. 4
• Medicaid hospital stay rate grows faster than privately insured - Feb. 3
• EMR spending expected to double in 4 years - Feb. 1
• ACOs can work with physicians in charge - Jan. 31
• Hospital system's enticement: a real estate deal - Jan. 31
• Health savings account balances down slightly - Jan. 31
• Technically Speaking: Thinking of buying data breach insurance? Here are some things to consider - Jan. 31
• Successful practices place a premium on patient flow, physician productivity - Jan. 27
• Meaningful use rules exempt doctors, not EMR systems - Jan. 26
• Men, chronically ill embrace virtual medical visits - Jan. 25
• @HealthPlan: How insurers use social media - Jan. 24
• From family medicine to family reading - Jan. 24
• Meaningful use checks begin to arrive - Jan. 24
• New database for out-of-network claims coming soon - Jan. 24
• Practice Management: How to seal a co-management deal with a hospital - Jan. 24
• HCA resets stock market return - Jan. 20
• Health care hiring accelerates at end of 2010 - Jan. 19
• Kaiser must restore raises, training for health care workers - Jan. 18
• EMR not boosting productivity? It could be a mismatch between system and specialty - Jan. 17
• Slow growth of health care utilization to linger through 2011, analysts say - Jan. 17
• California insurance regulator pushes to keep spending minimums at federal levels - Jan. 17
• Practice Management: Medical office embezzlement risk heightens at beginning of year - Jan. 17
• Facebook "friend" request from patient? French doctors decline - Jan. 14
• Practice management firms snap up physician groups - Jan. 12
• Hospital mass layoffs slow down at end of 2010 - Jan. 11
• Physician EMR use passes 50% as incentives outweigh resistance - Jan. 10
• Bringing PAs and NPs on board: What to do if you're hiring - Jan. 10
• Technically Speaking: Data breaches may lurk in office copiers and printers - Jan. 10
• Contract Language: Practice-vendor alliance should be put in writing - Jan. 10
• Organized medicine, others give CMS feedback on ACO regulations - Jan. 7
• California fights insurer's plan to pay $120 million dividend - Jan. 6
• Commissioners submit simpler explanations of insurance policies to HHS - Jan. 5
• Health system reform expected to boost house calls - Jan. 3
• Optimism about meeting meaningful use fades for hospitals - Jan. 3
• Regulation of health insurance premiums varies widely from state to state - Jan. 3
• Technically Speaking: EMRs may increase liability claims in short term - Jan. 3

Last year - Back to top

Three quarters of small- to medium-sized physician and dental practices plan to buy tablets in the next year. Read more

Opinion

• Inside look at physicians' embrace of tablet computers - Dec. 26
• Physicians examine new landscape of ACOs - Dec. 19
• Comprehensive approach needed to end drug shortages - Dec. 12
• AMA Leader Commentary: Chair's midterm review: Change brings opportunities - Dec. 12
• Physician office visits on the decline as even sick, insured patients delay care - Dec. 5
• Hiring veterans is a real way to honor their service - Nov. 28
• AMA Leader Commentary: ACO changes show the power of organized medicine - Nov. 28
• Doctors strike balance when treating pain and preventing prescription abuse - Nov. 21
• Efficient claims handling: A gift that keeps on giving - Nov. 14
• AMA Leader Commentary: AMA keeps its focus on the doctor-patient relationship - Nov. 14
• Getting patients to take medication is no easy task - Nov. 7
• Medicaid patient access at stake in high court case - Oct 31
• AMA Leader Commentary: Overeating season signals time to face unhealthy habits - Oct 31
• What editorial writers are saying about the Kaiser health insurance report - Oct. 24
• Medicare project promotes coordinated care - Oct. 17
• AMA Leader Commentary: AMA offers solid, useful resources for disaster response - Oct. 17
• What editorial writers are saying about the latest government-shutdown scare - Oct. 10
• Antitrust rules handcuff physician-led delivery models - Oct 3
• AMA Leader Commentary: Academic medicine linked to core of the AMA's mission - Oct 3
• What editorial writers are saying about Obama's delay of air-quality standards - Sept. 26
• Medicare e-prescribing still too rigid - Sept. 19
• Take us along with our mobile edition - Sept. 19
• AMA Leader Commentary: JAMA editor takes reins in a new communication age - Sept. 19
• What editorial writers are saying about vaccines - Sept. 12
• Physician report cards must give correct grades - Sept. 5
• AMA Leader Commentary: Medicare turning retirees into new "medical tourists" - Sept. 5
• What editorial writers are saying about the individual mandate ruling - Aug. 29
• What editorial writers are saying about mandatory insurance coverage for birth control - Aug. 22
• Time for new policy on environmental risk - Aug. 15
• AMA Leader Commentary: Physicians have the expertise to get delivery systems right - Aug. 15
• What editorial writers are saying about the debt-ceiling deal - Aug. 8
• Poor report cards tell insurers to do their homework - Aug. 1
• AMA Leader Commentary: Simple things that make a difference to patient safety - Aug. 1
• What editorial writers are saying about the obesity epidemic - July 25
• Fight against obesity should start early in life - July 18
• AMA Leader Commentary: Change is opportunity as we face an array of challenges - July 18
• What editorial writers are saying about new cigarette warnings - July 11
• Demographic data: Reducing disparities starts with a question - July 4
• AMA Leader Commentary: Gift of healing requires knowledge, empathy, integrity - July 4
• What editorial writers are saying about MyPlate, the new USDA nutritional guidelines - June 27
• What editorial writers are saying about a possible link between cell phones and cancer - June 20
• A necessary dose of e-prescribing flexibility - June 13
• What editorial writers are saying about the politics of Medicare - June 6
• Partnership for Patients an investment in safety - May 30
• What editorial writers are saying about the GOP shift on Medicare - May 23
• App Challenge in sync with physician health IT needs - May 16
• AMA Leader Commentary: Doctors play major roles in politics, but never as usual - May 16
• What editorial writers are saying about plans to reduce the federal deficit - May 9
• Abolish burdensome regulations - May 2
• AMA Leader Commentary: It's everyone's responsibility to have "skin in the game" - May 2
• What editorial writers are saying about Planned Parenthood funding - Apr 25
• Doctors driving an economic engine - April 18
• AMA Leader Commentary: It is the best of times for today's medical graduates - April 18
• Confronting health issues of climate change - April 4
• AMA Leader Commentary: The latest challenge: adopting electronic medical records - April 4
• What editorial writers are saying about state proposals to cut or reform Medicaid - March 28
• Unauthorized medicine: Leave important clinical testing to the professionals - March 21
• AMA Leader Commentary: Stewardship of health care more than mere juggling act - March 21
• What editorial writers are saying about House budget cuts to Planned Parenthood - March 14
• Human gene patents limit access to care - March 7
• AMA Leader Commentary: AMA joins with business to cut administrative waste - March 7
• What editorial writers are saying about Obama's fiscal 2012 budget - Feb. 28
• Make professional credentials unmistakable for patients - Feb. 21
• AMA Leader Commentary: Medical liability reform: The time for action is now - Feb. 21
• What editorial writers are saying about Judge Vinson's health reform ruling - Feb. 14
• Medical liability: health reform's next step - Feb. 7
• AMA Leader Commentary: Teaming up for wellness, prevention -- and saving money - Feb. 7
• What editorial writers are saying about mental health after the Arizona shootings - Jan. 31
• Revise unfair e-prescribing penalty - Jan. 24
• AMA Leader Commentary: End-of-life talks difficult but shouldn't be avoided - Jan. 24
• What editorial writers are saying about repealing health system reform - Jan. 17
• Much-welcome relief from red flags rule - Jan. 10
• AMA Leader Commentary: Facing shortage, we can't just pull doctors out of a hat - Jan. 10
• What editorial writers are saying about the Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act - Jan. 3

Last year - Back to top

Privately insured patients account for twice as many ED visits as uninsured patients. Read more

Health

• Increase in diabetes, obesity could offset progress in cardiovascular health - Dec. 29
• Texts from physicians can reduce unhealthy drinking by young adults - Dec. 27
• More health care workers vaccinated against the flu - Dec. 21
• Breast cancer risk can be reduced through lifestyle changes - Dec. 19
• Pediatricians advised to talk to teenage boys about sexual health - Dec. 16
• Only 28% of HIV patients have condition under control - Dec. 12
• More parents requesting alternative vaccine schedules - Dec. 9
• Ob-gyns told to welcome transgender patients - Dec. 5
• Avoiding alcohol in adolescence may reduce breast cancer risk - Nov. 29
• Physicians don't always report child abuse, study shows - Nov. 28
• Hearing loss more prevalent than thought - Nov. 28
• New guidelines issued to thwart skin cancer in fair-skinned people - Nov. 23
• Cardiovascular disease risk higher in women who were abused as girls - Nov. 22
• Many physicians unfamiliar with student-athlete heart screening guidelines - Nov. 21
• HIV testing recommended for teens and young adults - Nov. 14
• Suicidal thoughts, behaviors higher among young adults and unemployed - Nov. 8
• Young doctors apt to question use of vaccines - Nov. 7
• New ADHD guidelines lower age of diagnosis - Nov. 1
• Education key to helping Americans break off love affair with salt - Oct. 31
• Hair professionals are potential front line for skin cancer detection - Oct. 28
• Healthy People 2010 misses targets on obesity and health disparities - Oct. 24
• Female smokers at greater risk after a heart attack than other patients - Oct. 21
• Practical approaches to mental health (AAFP Scientific Assembly) - Oct. 17
• Some parents choose alternative vaccination schedules - Oct. 14
• Heart attacks can occur in women whose angiograms show open arteries - Oct. 11
• FDA working with drugmakers to prevent shortages - Oct. 10
• IOM spells out antibiotics strategy in an anthrax attack - Oct. 7
• More research on emotional impact of disasters could help treatment - Oct. 5
• Bachmann HPV vaccine comment might spark new patient fears - Oct. 3
• "Million Hearts" initiative aims to reduce cardiovascular disease burden - Sept. 26
• Even brief explanations help patients make better medication decisions - Sept. 23
• Diabetes risk increases with duration of obesity - Sept. 21
• Many patients hide depression from primary care doctors - Sept. 20
• Antibiotic prescriptions for children drop by 24% - Sept. 19
• Stroke-related hospitalizations rising among teens and young adults - Sept. 13
• U.S. obesity rate projected to reach 50% by 2030 - Sept. 12
• Vaccine analysis further debunks autism and diabetes links - Sept. 5
• ADHD rises 32% among children and teens - Sept. 2
• Menthol smokers find it harder to kick the habit - Aug. 29
• Depressed women at increased risk for stroke - Aug. 26
• H. influenzae disease rising among adults, especially the elderly - Aug. 23
• Autism among siblings more common than once thought - Aug. 22
• New COPD guidelines aim to manage patients better - Aug. 16
• Report helps primary care doctors identify suicidal patients - Aug. 15
• Dementia patients benefit from hospice care - Aug. 10
• Who should provide follow-up care for cancer survivors? - Aug. 8
• Faulty ECG readings may endanger young athletes - Aug. 2
• ACOG calls for annual mammograms for women starting at age 40 - Aug. 1
• Personality disorder criteria revised in new diagnosis manual - July 26
• As obesity rises, so do calls for healthier lifestyles - July 25
• GAO urges tighter antibiotic resistance checks - July 20
• Schedule mammograms based on individual risks, study says - July 18
• Pertussis vaccine recommended for pregnant women - July 12
• How physicians can help children avoid obesity - July 11
• Stronger anti-smoking laws could save states millions - July 5
• Graphic warning labels latest bid to curb smoking habits - July 4
• Autism screening for all preschoolers "premature," study finds - July 1
• Physicians advised to adopt conservative prescribing habits - June 27
• Performance measures for coronary artery disease, hypertension released - June 24
• Youths with mental health conditions often turn to EDs - June 22
• Vaccine concerns common among parents of young children - June 20
• CDC stresses need for flu shot every year - June 14
• New depression screening tool gauges progress - June 13
• Physicians can help curb teen smoking - June 7
• Measles cases in the U.S. highest in 15 years - June 6
• Caregivers' limited English skills can add to hospital stay - May 31
• Should doctors ever turn away obese patients? - May 30
• Depressed patients with chronic illnesses less likely to take medications - May 30
• With asthma more prevalent, study calls for better patient education - May 24
• Primary care doctors ill-equipped to discuss children's mental health, parents say - May 23
• Future stroke risks of young adults need to be addressed, survey says - May 18
• Obesity rising in adults with arthritis - May 17
• Doctors advised to be on alert for vaccine-preventable diseases - May 16
• Fallacies abound regarding sodium and wine consumption - May 10
• Half of U.S. states have comprehensive smoke-free laws - May 9
• Major children's study enrolling participants - May 9
• Alzheimer's disease guidelines are updated after 27 years - May 2
• Vaccine safety talks can burn up valuable checkup time - May 2
• ACOG's message to ob-gyns: Be clear when talking with patients - April 29
• Phone, email service offers tips on drug abuse screening - April 27
• Doctors should be on lookout for dengue fever - April 25
• Physicians don't always choose same treatment they'd recommend for patients - April 25
• Discovery of Alzheimer's genes provides hope for future treatment - April 20
• Greater training sought to combat resistant bacteria - April 18
• Physicians the most trusted source of child vaccine information - April 18
• Long work hours linked to cardiovascular risk - April 13
• Some autism treatments high on promises, low on proof - April 11
• Ban menthol cigarettes, FDA panel urges - April 6
• High levels of amino acids may predict type 2 diabetes - April 4
• Japan radiation fears: Health officials try to calm U.S. anxiety - March 28
• Shortage of HIV specialists hinders care - March 28
• Most parents agree: Test children for smoke exposure - March 25
• Most teens with eating disorders don't get appropriate help - March 22
• Cancer prevention efforts target tanning salons - March 21
• Physician talks increase likelihood of patients slimming down - March 16
• How Charlie Sheen's meltdown could affect patient care - March 14
• Online self-injury videos prompt alarm - March 8
• Flu activity up but way behind 2009-10 season - March 7
• More women considered at risk for heart disease - March 2
• Genes may predict severity of prostate cancer - Feb. 28
• Autism patients lose access to key services after high school - Feb. 23
• Less radical breast cancer treatment could become norm - Feb. 21
• Infection-control checklist reduces deaths by 10% - Feb. 17
• Most back pain patients don't need diagnostic imaging - Feb. 14
• Immunizations revised to reflect latest research - Feb. 11
• Elective deliveries before 39 weeks widespread - Feb. 7
• Unequal distribution of doctors hurts children's medical care - Feb. 1
• CDC confronts harsh reality: disparities in health care - Jan. 31
• Updated guidelines urge routine bone density tests - Jan. 26
• Medical imaging tests can be cut with clinical support systems - Jan. 24
• Varicella vaccine much more effective with 2 doses - Jan. 21
• New MRSA guidelines specify infection treatment - Jan. 17
• Vitamin D and exercise may help prevent falls in elderly - Jan. 13
• CMS requires hospitals to report bloodstream infections in ICUs - Jan. 10
• Routine ovarian cancer screening yields only small drop in deaths - Jan. 5
• Flu relief: Season off to more typical start - Jan. 3
• Respiratory problems linked to tobacco smoke migrating through multiunit housing - Jan. 3

Back to top

3 of the 6 biggest data breaches of 2011 were at health care organizations, putting 11 million patient records at risk. Read more