Updates for Busy Healthcare Professionals
Why did scientists suppress the lab leak theory?
Spiked
elehealth use reached pandemic low in October, per tracker
Healthcare Dive
Should I Just Get Omicron Over With?
The Atlantic
Elizabeth Holmes Found Guilty
CNN
A Year of Extremes: From Medieval Masks to mRNA Vaccines; From Science Denying Flat Earthers to the Prospect of Civil War
A Country Doctor Writes
Tenet completes $1B surgery center acquisition
Healthcare Dive
2022 forecast: Blood test breakthroughs set to move the needle in Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s research
Fierce Biotech
Key changes are needed to make the No Surprises Act work as Congress intended
KevinMD
Former NFL player accused of killing 6 people had severe brain trauma, autopsy reveals
AP via Fox News
Why Covid Antiviral Pills Are the Next Big Race for Drug Companies
Forbes via YouTube
AMA: Medicare physician fee schedule spending dropped nearly $14B last year due to COVID-19
Fierce Healthcare
Medical device security continues to be casualty of hospital-medtech divide
Healthcare Dive
White House Sending Nine Million Covid Vaccines to Africa
NBC News via YouTube
All vaccinated adults should get a Covid-19 booster shot because of the Omicron variant, CDC says
CNN
What medicine can learn from the antiwork movement
KevinMD
Pharmacy chains CVS, Walgreens, Walmart helped fuel opioid epidemic, U.S. jury finds
Reuters via Fox Business
Amgen, Biohaven, Lilly and Teva plowed plenty into marketing migraine meds
Fierce Pharma
An open letter to radiologists from a jilted orthopedic surgeon
KevinMD
Biden admin finalizes rule that requires insurers to submit data on drug costs, rebates
Fierce Healthcare
Surgeon General: Court’s block of vaccine mandate ‘would be a setback for public health’
Fox News
Psilocybin clears biggest depression test yet, but Compass stock falls amid chatter about adverse events, durability
Fierce Biotech
Pfizer’s COVID Pill
Healthcare Dive
My Biggest Blind Spot Is Me
KevinMD
What the end of the Covid-19 pandemic could look like
CNN
CMS physician fee schedule rule cuts payments, expands telehealth reimbursement past 2023
Fierce Healthcare
Drug price restraints dropped as Biden prioritizes other measures
Healthcare Dive
To booster or not booster? That is the question.
KevinMD
What would Medicare price negotiations bring to the US?
Fierce Pharma
FDA Authorizes Boosters for Moderna, J&J, Allows Mix-and-Match
NPR via WLRN
How the board certification exams infantilize resident training
KevinMD.com
Study finds smoking marijuana could lead to breakthrough Covid cases
The New York Post via Fox News
Will a software bill of materials help or hurt medical device cybersecurity?
Healthcare Dive
Medtronic expands two Class I recalls of MiniMed insulin pumps, spanning nearly 500K devices
Fierce Biotech
How many employees have hospitals lost to vaccine mandates?
Fierce Healthcare
Why Your Pharmacy Claim Might be Denied After Oct. 1
The Health Law Offices of Anthony C. Vitale
New Ways to Diagnose Alzheimer’s Are Here, and Even Better Ones Are on the Way
RealClear Health
Hospital CEO changes his mind about vaccinations
Becker’s Hospital Review
Questions about pharma pricing and marketing
KevinMD
Florida leading the country in COVID related nursing home deaths
News4JAX
Pandemic special enrollment period led to record number of ACA enrollees
Healthcare Dive
Medicare Is About to Run Out of Money. Democrats Want to Make the Program Cost Even More.
Reason
The rise and fall of Elizabeth Holmes
CNN
OIG: Nearly half of Medicare beneficiaries hospitalized with COVID-19 also treated for kidney failure, circulatory issues
Fierce Healthcare
OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma opioid settlement OK’d by judge
FOXBusiness
If I already had COVID, do I need the vaccine?
KevinMD
A lucky few seem ‘resistant’ to Covid-19
STAT
Hospital patient volumes match 2019 levels, will exceed them next year
Healthcare Dive
Full FDA approval of Pfizer covid vaccination imminent
CNN
Attacking Alzheimer’s by protecting synapses from amyloid beta
Fierce Biotech
Ageism and the mid-career physician
KevinMD
Challenges to Recognizing Revenue for Telehealth Visits
BDO
Kaiser Permanente, Ascension Health and 92 other health systems requiring mandatory COVID-19 vaccines for their workforces
Fierce Healthcare
Facebook to Crackdown on Prescription Drug Advertisement
Vitale Health Law
Telehealth’s promising future
Healthcare Dive
Think you don’t want to get vaccinated? Think again
CNN
Robotic surgery’s impact on training the next generation of surgeons
KevinMD
Med Schools Are Now Denying Biological Sex
Common Sense with Bari Weiss
Rising COVID-19 cases force AdventHealth in Florida to delay some surgeries
Healthcare Dive
Why is Delta such a big deal? And other burning questions about the next phase of the Covid-19 pandemic
STAT
In Shift, GOP Ramps up Vaccine Push as Resistance Hardens
AP
Report: Only 5% of hospitals fully compliant with price transparency rule
Fierce Healthcare
A brief history of PBMs
The Incidental Economist
As telehealth waivers expire, now what?
Law Offices of Anthony C. Vitale
‘Surprising amount of death’ will soon occur in these US regions from increased Covid-19 cases, expert says
CNN
Biogen, FDA walk back controversial Aduhelm label after weeks of fierce criticism
Fierce Healthcare
Nearly half of physician practices owned by hospitals, corporate entities, report finds
Healthcare Dive
Surfside condo demolished ahead of storm
Reuters
The Covid delta variant has ‘exploded’ in the UK — and it could be a blueprint for the U.S.
CNBC
Biden administration ‘absolutely supportive’ of efforts to expand virtual care, HHS official says
The Washington Post via Fierce Healthcare
Pfizer Pauses Distribution of Stop-Smoking Pill Chantix
Reuters via CNBC
Examining the short sleep gene
CNN
OSHA Issues COVID-19 Standards for Healthcare Workers
Vitale Health Law
23andMe Rises in Stock Market Debut
Fierce Healthcare
Study: Exercise now, save big later
FOXBusiness
The FDA’s hasty approval of an unproven Alzheimer’s drug is bad news for everyone
LA Times
3 experts quit FDA committee over the approval of new Alzheimer’s drug
NPR
What is a positive that has come from the pandemic?
KevinMD
AstraZeneca’s Lynparza reduces relapse, death in breast cancer patients
Reuters
UnitedHealthcare to crack down on ER visits, potentially exposing patients to bigger bills
Healthcare Dive
Despite vaccines, nursing homes struggle with outbreaks
AP
Millions hit the road for Memorial Day weekend
Face the Nation
Explosive study claims to prove Chinese scientists created COVID
New York Post
Laser Spine Institute founder sues former attorneys, says they caused $400M in losses
Becker’s ASC Review
FBI warns on Conti ransomware
Fierce Healthcare
Half of US states have fully vaccinated at least 50% of adults
CNN
HHS asks Supreme Court to keep site-neutral payments in place
Healthcare Dive
The Legend of the “Oatmeal Law”
KevinMD
Is this the end?
The Atlantic
Billions of dollars remain in the provider relief fund. Hospital execs are left in the lurch waiting for relief.
Healthcare Dive
CMS: Mental Health Services Plummet During Pandemic
Fierce Healthcare
AI and nanotechnology could make cancer cell therapy affordable for all
World Economic Forum
ACA special enrollment period sign-ups surge
Healthcare Dive
Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine effective against coronavirus variants, study finds
Fox News
Prospect of COVID-19 vaccine for kids excites some U.S. parents
AP via Fox News
A medical ethicist asks questions about CPAP
KevinMD
Moody’s Predicts Ramp up in Healthcare M&A Activity
Fierce Healthcare
MIT researchers say you’re no safer from Covid indoors at 6 feet or 60 feet in new study challenging social distancing policies
CNBC
Steve Kornacki Breaks Down U.S. Vaccination Rate Compared to Rest of World
MSNBC
Addiction Treatment Center Faces Class Action Lawsuit Over Data Breach
The Health Law Offices of Anthony C. Vitale
Covid-19 vaccine demand is slowing in parts of the US. Now an uphill battle starts to get more shots into arms
CNN
Did the CDC, FDA pour more doubt into vaccines after Johnson & Johnson pause?
The Hill
Microsoft to Buy Nuance
Fierce Healthcare
Orthopaedic Surgeons See Slow Volume Recovery
Healthcare Dive
States Ranked by Percentage of Population Vaccinated as of April 12
Becker’s Hospital Review
Vaccination, testing and prevention keys to returning employees to the workplace
Willis Towers Watson
Digital Health’s Red-Hot Quarter
Fierce Healthcare
DeSantis outlaws vaccine passports
NBC News
CDC Director is Wrong; COVID Doom Is Not Nigh
The Hill
Diagnostic tests and medical necessity
The Health Law Offices of Anthony C. Vitale
Former CDC chief believes coronavirus ‘escaped’ from a Chinese lab
Politico
From COVID-19 Vaccine to Cancer Cure
ABC News
Hospitals Hide Pricing Data from Search Results
Becker’s Health IT
When will it be over? 3 numbers the experts are watching
NBC News
Here are the payment models CMS has either pulled for review or delayed
Fierce Healthcare
Insider alleges Eli Lilly blocked her efforts to sound alarms about U.S. drug factory
Reuters
Fauci Weighs in on Biden Prediction of ‘Normalcy by the 4th of July’
Fox News
Hospitals Lift Curtain
Healthcare Dive
What happens to leftover doses at mass vaccinations sites
ABC News
Telemedicine in OIG’s Crosshairs as Fraud Mounts
The Health Law Offices of Anthony C. Vitale
COVID Vaccine: Why give two if one will do?
KevinMD
Support for telehealth Medicare reimbursement gains steam in Congress
Healthcare Dive
RAND: Bundled payment models that waived cost sharing led to major savings
Fierce Healthcare
J&J’s vaccine gets the nod
CNN
Nursing homes at risk of closure
FOXBusiness
Why we can’t make vaccine doses any faster
Pro Publica
Pfizer vaccine highly effective after first dose
Becker’s Hospital Review
Cuomo-gate: Nixonian scandal envelopes NY
The Guardian
I’m the best anesthesiologist there is
KevinMD
What’s been driving down COVID cases?
CNN
Pandemic habits could cause U.S. health spending to decelerate
Healthcare Dive
EHR Companies Increasingly the Focus of DOJ Fraud Investigators
Vitale Health Law
Super Bowl Super Spreaders?
ABC News
FAQs: COVID vaccine and employers
Willis Towers Watson
Hormones Are Key in Brain Health Differences Between Men and Women
Medical Xpress
The Power Sexuality Has Over Our Happiness
KevinMD
J&J’s COVID Vaccine: How it works
CNN
Moderna works on booster shot to protect against variant
MSNBC
British PM Says New Variant May Carry Higher Risk of Death
Reuters
How Biden might shore up the ACA
Healthcare Dive
This Is Not Healthcare
A Country Doctor Writes
CMS finalizes rule aimed at cutting lag time of Medicare coverage for breakthrough devices
Fierce Healthcare
Elizabeth Holmes’ $4.5B fortune, luxury lifestyle ‘created powerful motive’ for fraud, prosecutors say
Fox Business
3 healthcare policy predictions now that Democrats have won control of the Senate
Vox
Healthcare Cyber Attacks Spike
Healthcare Dive
Court Ruling in Favor of Hospital Price Transparency
Real Clear Politics
Newly Recorded COVID Cases and Deaths Are Declining
Reason
Inflated COVID-19 death counts could cause vaccine trepidation
The Hill
The Mysterious Link Between COVID-19 and Sleep
The Atlantic
Reaching Compliance: CMS Price Transparency Rule
BDO
Bipartisan agreement on provider-friendly surprise billing deal ups chance of passage
Healthcare Dive
Are Americans insufficiently alarmed by COVID?
Reason
How this surgeon beat a medical staff disciplinary action
KevinMD
Operation Warp Speed pushing to vaccinate 100M against COVID-19 by end of February
Fierce Healthcare
Discovery shines light on how cancer cells could protect themselves
Medical Xpress
Hospitals adopt new round of elective surgery restrictions, brace for post-Thanksgiving COVID-19 surge
Healthcare Dive
The Carb Wars Continue
WSJ
Operation Warp Speed projects 70% herd immunity, potential return to normalcy May 2021
Fox News
The art of listening
A Country Doctor Writes
Is there actually an underinsurance crisis?
Medical Economics
Kavanaugh, Roberts signal support for ACA without mandate in pivotal case
Healthcare Dive
Biden Wins Presidency, Ending Four Tumultuous Years Under Trump
NY Times
Balance of Power in Senate Remains Undetermined
NY Post
Biden faces a divided Congress, stifling chance for more progressive health policies
Healthcare Dive
Londoners Enjoy Final Night Out Before New Lockdown
Reuters via YouTube
Is there a role for vitamin D in the treatment of COVID?
KevinMD
CMS requires government, most private plans to cover COVID-19 vaccines
Fierce Healthcare
As Telehealth Use Skyrockets CMS Expands Payment List
Vitale Health Law
OxyContin maker to plead guilty to federal criminal charges, pay $8 billion, and will close the company
CNN
The Great Barrington Declaration is an ethical nightmare
Vox
Is there life after medicine?
KevinMD
COVID-19 frequently causes neurological injuries
ScienceDaily
Our Loss: The Greatest Generation Is Dying Out
KevinMD
Lyft Integrates with Epic
Healthcare Dive
2020 Breaks Record in Digital Health Investment with $9.4B in Funding
Fierce Healthcare
President and First Lady Test Positive for COVID
Fox News
Deadly Spread of Some Cancers May Be Driven by a Common Mouth Microbe
Scientific American
A Certainty of Medicine Is that Caregivers Will Forever Wrestle with Uncertainty
Real Clear Health
Medicare to save $73.4B with surgery in ASCs through 2028: 5 things to know
Becker’s ASC Review
What Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s death means for the Supreme Court’s Obamacare case
Vox
Caring for other physicians as patients
KevinMD
Tiny Antibody Component Highly Effective Against COVID-19
UPMC.com
Capitalizing on Telehealth’s Potential
BDO
How Price Transparency Can Improve the American Healthcare System
Inside Sources
Here’s How Non-Profit Hospitals Weathered the First Half of 2020
Healthcare Dive
Hospital Could Be Facing Lower Volumes for Awhile
Fierce Healthcare
Doctors Find Possible Case of COVID-19 Reinfection in U.S.
CNN
Physician Compensation Models in a Post COVID-19 Landscape
BDO
OIG Offers Advisory Opinions on COVID-19-Related Arrangements, But …
Vitale Health Law
Trump Announces Plasma Treatment Authorized for COVID-19
ABC News
Task Force Eyes Quick Action on Nursing Home Visits
News Service of Florida via Health News Florida
Employers must take bold action to address the current mental health crisis
WillisTowersWatson.com
FDA Issues Emergency Use Authorization to Yale School of Public Health for SalivaDirect
FDA.gov
Fauci Says Voting In-Person Is as Safe as Going to the Grocery Store
Business Insider
Upcoding: How Common Is It?
The Incidental Economist
Rare Heart Condition Threatens College Football Season
ESPN
Moderna’s clinical trial numbers show there’s ‘no way’ Trump can have a vaccine by Election Day
CNN
Common cold viruses can spark response against the coronavirus, San Diego scientists report
San Diego Union Tribune
Teladoc-Livongo: Is the first digital health megadeal ‘outrageous’ or a starter gun for virtual care M&A?
Healthcare Dive
Eli Lilly starts late-stage study of coronavirus drug in nursing homes
Reuters via U.S. News & World Report
What Seniors Can Expect as Their New Normal in a Post-Vaccine World
KHN
Weeks where decades happen: Telehealth 6 months into COVID-19
Healthcare Dive
CMS: Audits to Return in August
Vitale Health Law
The first Phase 3 coronavirus vaccine trial in the US is expected to begin next week. Here’s how the vaccine works
CNN
Italy’s Giglio Island sees zero residents with coronavirus: ‘Nobody is sick’
Fox Business
Six Months in: What Will the New Normal Look Like in Hospitals?
Healthcare Dive
Florida Healthcare Workers Feeling Strain of Coronavirus Surge
Health News Florida
Oxford’s Covid-19 vaccine appears safe and induces immune response, early results suggest, but more research is needed
CNN
Coronavirus death rate: what it is, what it isn’t and why US can expect it to rise
The Guardian
Moderna Fires Up Covid Vaccine Race with Promising Early Results
Bloomberg
Pharma giant Novartis settles FCA claims
Vitale Health Law
Judge Vacates CMS Rule Forcing ACA Insurers to Bill Separately for Abortions
Fierce Healthcare
The Great Reopening Derailed
CNN
Scientists Hoped Summer Temperatures Would Tamp Down COVID Cased. What Happened?
WSJ via Fox News
Walgreens all in on primary care
CNBC
Miami-Dade to shut down restaurants again as Florida’s Covid-19 hospitalizations surge
CNN
Regeneron COVID-19 treatment enters final stage trials
Yahoo! News
Healthcare sector added 358K jobs, hospitals had first gains in 2 months
Healthcare Dive
Among Those Disrupted By COVID-19: The Nation’s Newest Doctors
KHN
At least 21 states pause reopening or take new steps to limit the spread of COVID-19
USA Today
Gilead Sets Price for COVID Drug
Healthcare Dive
Florida, Texas and Arizona Are New COVID Epicenters
Washington Post
