Emergency room doctors have increasingly found themselves in a bind. A patient presents with potentially serious symptoms and the doctor recommends admission to the hospital for
Medicare Advantage plans are private options for Medicare eligible Americans. The Centers for Medicare and Medicare Services pay per diagnosis, so in effect they pay
Emergency department staff at Kitsap County’s lone hospital recently called 911 for urgent help to put out a fire. The “fire”, though, was overwhelmed staff
In late 2018, a private medical group called Optum bought a controlling interest in The Polyclinic. The latter was a 100-year old Seattle group of
We see it more and more – patients have to fail multiple therapies before they may finally begin the one actually recommended by their physician.
A recent poll Associated Press poll found that the majority of Americans give our health care system a failing grade. This includes flaws in the
A recent article related the story of an orthopedic surgeon who is being sued for causing hundreds of serious injuries. Over a period of time,
The term “ghost surgeries” refers to a practice in which the designated surgeon attends a small portion of a surgery but the cost of the
Preterm infants may be born with underdeveloped lungs that need a significant amount of support. This need may continue for the baby’s first months of
In the middle of the COVID-19 pandemic, the well-funded healthcare startup Noble Health looked like exactly like the lifeline two rural Missouri hospitals needed. Instead,