Regular readers of this blog may recall prior blog posts regarding pricing transparency rules. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services developed a rule to
We speak to folks every day who have had a bad experience with medical care. Sometimes the care leads to injury, and sometimes this injury
The Leapfrog Group’s 2022 Hospital safety grades reflect a decline in patient safety over the course of the pandemic. There are many factors that contribute
Recently, the American Academy of Pediatrics announced a new policy to remove antiquated “race-based” medicine from its clinical guidelines. Prior to these recent efforts, AAP
In a bid to save thousands of dollars, a private equity group that runs an emergency physician practice group instead found itself at the wrong
The Washington state Attorney general’s office recently filed suit against fourteen Providence Health & Services hospitals across the state for failing to provide charity care
If you live in Seattle, you may recall a major news story several years ago regarding Swedish Hospital’s neurosciences department where, among other things, it
Imagine two twins, Jane and John. Jane is stopped at a right light when an inattentive driver collided with her car from behind. The crash
I read two interesting, and somewhat related, articles in medical journals this week. One of them was a review of primary care physicians’ incomes. The other was
A 2017 Johns Hopkins study claims more than 250,000 people in the U.S. die every year from medical errors. Other reports claim the numbers are even