Hospital CEOs came under fire at a House hearing Tuesday, with Republicans accusing them of overcharging patients and exploiting the system. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited access to ad-free articles and exclusive content. Executives from HCA Healthcare, CommonSpirit Health, New York-Presbyterian and ECU Health testified before the House Ways and Means Committee, … Read more
The idea is straightforward: Take a blood test now, even without symptoms, and learn if you could some day develop Alzheimer’s disease. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited access to ad-free articles and exclusive content. Whether you should get this test is a more complicated matter. Most Alzheimer’s blood tests work by measuring … Read more
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A Florida doctor is facing charges of second-degree manslaughter following a fatal surgery where he allegedly removed a patient’s liver instead of the spleen. Dr. Thomas Shaknovsky, 44, was arrested Monday after a two-year investigation into the August 2024 death of a 70-year-old Alabama man conducted by local and state law enforcement in collaboration with … Read more
A Florida doctor has been indicted in connection with the death of a 70-year-old man after allegedly removing the wrong organ during surgery. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited access to ad-free articles and exclusive content. Dr. Thomas Shaknovsky, 44, was indicted by a grand jury with second-degree manslaughter in the August 2024 … Read more
WASHINGTON — Three former employees of a privately operated psychiatric hospital in the nation’s capital have been charged with criminal negligence in the death of a patient, the city’s top federal prosecutor said Wednesday. The three former employees of the Psychiatric Institute of Washington failed to provide adequate medical care to the patient before he … Read more
RAM’s free clinics full of needy patients, but slowed by red tape – CBS News Watch CBS News A patchwork of state licensing rules prevents medical volunteers from reaching more patients in need through RAM. Source link
Each weekend across the United States, thousands line up before dawn for free medical care at pop-up clinics, but a patchwork of state laws is preventing volunteer doctors from helping as many people as they could. Despite those constraints, Remote Area Medical (RAM) makes life-changing differences each week. At a recent clinic, Dave Burge raised … Read more
“CBS Saturday Morning” looks at an experimental treatment for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, or Lou Gehrig’s disease, that is bringing hope to some patients suffering from the neurodegenerative disease. To inquire about possible participation in Silence ALS, an initiative to develop individualized gene-based therapies for patients with other rare genetic forms of ALS, please write to … Read more
The FBI arrested a married couple Thursday accused of fraudulently billing Medicare for $7.45 million while running a hospice with a survival rate reported to be more than 97% after five years. They were the first in a series of arrests planned Thursday, federal officials told CBS News. A high survival rate at a hospice … Read more