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CMO
After Outpatient Cosmetic Surgery, They Wound Up in the Hospital or Alone at a Recovery House
Dozens of medical malpractice cases filed over the past three years accuse cosmetic surgery chains of failing to provide adequate...
CMO
Pam Bondi Dismissed Charges Against a Surgeon Who Falsified Vaccine Cards. It Emboldened Others with Similar Cases.
The Utah plastic surgeon faced up to 35 years in prison if the jury found him guilty on charges that...
Innovation
It's a Bird! It's a Plane! It's a Chemtrail? New Conspiracy Theory Takes Wing at Kennedy's HHS
A fringe concept has spread among adherents of the MAHA movement and is gaining traction at the highest levels of...
CMO
Cosmetic Surgeries Led to Disfiguring Injuries, Patients Allege
Cosmetic surgery chains have been the target of scores of medical malpractice and negligence lawsuits alleging disfiguring injuries ? including...
Technology
FDA Repeatedly Rejected Safety Claims Made by Philips After the CPAP Recall but Waited to Alert the Public, Emails Show
As Philips reassured patients that millions of recalled machines were safe, internal emails show federal regulators privately told the company...
Revenue Cycle
MultiCare Faces Fraud Allegations in DOJ, Washington State Complaint
The allegations stem from a whistleblower lawsuit filed against a former neurosurgeon at Deaconness Hospital in Spokane.
CMO
Women and Minorities Bear the Brunt of Medical Misdiagnosis
Women and racial and ethnic minorities are 20% to 30% more likely than white men to experience a misdiagnosis.
Payer
Rising Malpractice Premiums Price Small Clinics Out of Gender-Affirming Care for Minors
Nearly half the states have banned medication or surgical treatment for transgender youth.
Payer
Doctors With Histories of Big Malpractice Settlements Have Found a New Home in the Insurance Industry
Doctors working for health insurers can rule on 10,000 or more requests for care a year. At least a dozen...
CMO
Columbia University to Set Up $100M Fund for Patients of Predator OB-GYN
After ProPublica and New York Magazine revealed how the school ignored warnings about Robert Hadden, Columbia announced a number of...
CMO
Unstoppable: This Doctor Has Been Investigated at Every Level of Government. How Is He Still Practicing?
Medical boards, a health department and even federal investigators have scrutinized Dr. James McGuckin's vascular clinics. Today he still practices,...
CMO
Inside the Preventable Deaths That Happened Within a Prominent Transplant Center
James Eason, MD, who earned acclaim by operating on Steve Jobs, led the transplant center named in his honor at...