Practice Management
Feature
FTC Interim Report on Pharmacy Middlemen Is First Step of Many Needed in Addressing Drug Costs, Access
Madelaine Feldman, MD, has been a vocal PBM critic for years. She sees a recent FTC interim report as evidence of the need for congressional...
Commentary
What Would ‘Project 2025’ Mean for Health and Healthcare?
Conservative group–backed plan intends to alter the processes and/or funding of CDC, NIH, Medicaid, and other agencies.
Feature
Immunotherapy May Be Overused in Dying Patients With Cancer
“There are patients who are getting immunotherapy who shouldn’t,” according to a surgical oncologist from Yale.
Latest News
Government Accuses Health System of Paying Docs Outrageous Salaries for Patient Referrals
Tennessee-based Erlanger Health System changed its compensation model to entice revenue-generating doctors.
Latest News
SUNY Downstate Emergency Medicine Doc Charged With $1.5M Fraud
EM doc accused of tax fraud, larceny, and falsifying records in case of using business credit card for personal expenses.
News from the FDA/CDC
FDA Approves First Engineered Cell Therapy for a Solid Tumor
This T-cell receptor therapy modifies existing receptors to recognize an array of antigens on the surface of cancer cells.
From the Journals
The Last 30 Days: How Oncologists’ Choices Affect End-of-Life Cancer Care
Researchers analyze data from more than 17,000 patients who died of cancer between 2012 and 2017.
Commentary
Insurers’ Rules and AI for Preauthorization: ‘Ethically Nuts,’ Says Ethicist
I don’t think I’ve seen anything screwier, from a moral point of view, than the system we have that allows for preauthorization by third-party...
Feature
Greater Transparency of Oncologists’ Pharma Relationships Needed
Reducing industry payments to hematologists and oncologists could benefit patients, say experts.
Latest News
Push, Fail, Push Harder: Olympic Athletes Who Became MDs
The consensus is that, yes, there are specific characteristics elite athletes develop that physicians — regardless of their athletic background —...
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Healthcare Workers Face Gender-Based Violence
About 64% of studies reported a higher prevalence of all forms of workplace violence for women, while 17% reported a higher prevalence for men.