Doctors

Health care providers have to have permission from the federal government to provide medication-assisted treatment for opioid addiction.

Doctors Who Treat Opioid Addiction Often See Very Few Patients

11:59am September 20, 2016

by Nancy Shute

It can be very hard to find medication-assisted treatment for opioid addiction, but most doctors who provide it do so for just a small number of patients, a study finds.

Cassie Ray (seen with her husband, Gerry) got a surprise bill from an out-of-network anesthesiologist after an operation.

California Aims To Limit Surprise Medical Bills

5:11am September 11, 2016

by Stephanie O'Neill

California Gov. Jerry Brown has on his desk a bill that aims to protect patients' pocketbooks when they're billed for treatment by an out-of-network provider at an in-network facility.

California Now Requires Timely Updates For Insurers' Doctor Directories

11:32am September 06, 2016

by Emily Bazar

Finding a provider of health care in your network is often a challenge because the insurer's directory isn't up to date. A California law aims to improve directory accuracy.

Jacquelyn Clark, co-owner of Bristlecone Shooting, Training and Retail Center in Lakewood, Colo., holds a list of gun safety rules. One recommendation: Consider "off-site storage if a family member may be suicidal."

Colorado Gun Shops Work Together To Prevent Suicides

6:40pm September 02, 2016

by John Daley

Gun shop owners and public health workers in Colorado are finding common ground amid rancor over guns and politics. They are collaborating to reduce suicides involving firearms.

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A project now under construction in Cleveland will eventually house the Case Western Reserve University's medical, dental and nursing schools, as well as the Cleveland Clinic's in-house medical school.

Teaching Medical Teamwork Right From The Start

12:12pm August 26, 2016

by Julie Rovner

Case Western Reserve University and the Cleveland Clinic are collaborating to better integrate the training of student doctors, dentists, nurses and social workers. One goal: Reduce medical errors.

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Doctors Get Disciplined For Misconduct; Drug Firms Keep Paying Them

1:37pm August 23, 2016

by Jessica Huseman

Hundreds of pharmaceutical and medical device firms have paid doctors for their services even after the doctors were disciplined for serious misconduct by state medical boards, an analysis finds.

Express Scripts assures patients it has a policy of not putting cancer medicine or mental health drugs on the list of products it excludes from its formulary.

Will Your Prescription Meds Be Covered Next Year? Better Check!

7:24am August 15, 2016

by Alison Kodjak

Insurers have released the latest lists of prescription drugs they won't cover in 2017. Express Scripts is excluding 85 drugs and CVS Caremark, 131. Some drugs for diabetes and asthma are out.

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A poll of psychiatrists about the mental fitness of Barry Goldwater, Republican nominee for president in 1964, led to the creation of a rule that discourages doctors from public diagnoses.

Health & Safety

Psychiatrists Reminded To Refrain From Armchair Analysis Of Public Figures

6:00am August 13, 2016

by Bret Stetka

After a 1964 poll of psychiatrists found almost half considered Barry Goldwater psychologically unfit to be president, the doctors' professional society said they should stay mum on mental fitness.

Who has the upper hand in health care prices?

In Battle Of Health Care Titans, Should Insurers Act Like Wal-Mart?

5:10pm August 11, 2016

by Jay Hancock

Evidence shows dominant insurers hold down hospital prices. Big insurers seeking to get bigger want to take that idea to the extreme. Hospitals and doctors object.

Nurse specialist Annelie Nilsson checks on patient Janet Prochazka during her stay at the Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital, after Prochazka took a bad fall in March.

Hospital Units Tailored To Older Patients Can Help Prevent Decline

8:05pm August 09, 2016

by Anna Gorman

Elderly hospital patients often arrive sick and leave worse off. But some hospitals are preventing these sharp declines by treating the elderly in units that minimize bedrest and spur mobility.

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