Physicians in the highest income tax brackets, including pain specialists, may have been presented with an unpleasant surprise in the last two years when they learned of their investment tax liability.
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In an interview with MedCity News, Todd Johnson, the CEO of HealthLoop, reinforced how the company's approach to improving communication between patients and physicians fits into the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services' Care for Joint Replacement payment model.
Healthcare experts emphasize the importance of safety measurement improvements, according to The Journal of the American Medical Association. Ashish Jha, MD, of Boston-based Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, and Peter Pronovost, MD, PhD, of Baltimore-based John Hopkins Medicine,…
Many policymakers and stakeholders in the healthcare industry are urging the FDA to reduce the backlog of nearly 3,400 generic applications awaiting FDA approval, according to The Hill.
WBAY obtained records which found the Wisconsin Department of Health Services waited until March to tell the public about the Elizabethkingia outbreak, despite the agency starting its investigation of the virus in December, according to the Chicago Tribune.
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Each year, medical errors account for 400,000 patient deaths, and cost the nation between $15 billion and $19 billion, according to Alternet.
Researchers analyzed how a local patient safety intervention and a national guideline impacted unnecessary red blood cell transfusions, according to AJMC.com.
The Veterans Affairs clinic at the Wilmington (N.C.) International Airport has resumed all clinical services since water quality issues at the facility forced the suspension of some services, according to Star News.
On April 13, the Maine House voted in favor of Medicaid expansion, but Gov. Paul LePage vetoed the plan for the sixth time, according to Portland Press Herald.
In a letter, CMS detailed the agency wants to ban Theranos CEO Elizabeth Holmes and President Sunny Balwani from owning or operating any other lab for at least two years, according to Fierce Medical Devices.