Under HIPAA, patients have the right to obtain a copy of their medical records. However, hospitals are making it difficult for them.
Dr. Christopher Rao jumped out of his office chair. He'd just learned an elderly patient at high risk of falling was resisting his advice to go to an inpatient rehabilitation facility following a hip fracture.
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Administrator Seema Verma took another swipe at calls for a “Medicare for All” healthcare system this week, saying expanding those benefits to every American would “dilute” the program.
Cardiac implant device prices are up to six times higher in the United States than in Germany, Italy, France and the UK, according to a new study from Health Affairs.
This year, California dialysis clinics — and their profits — are in a powerful union’s crosshairs.
Small Business Owners say that the most important issue affecting them is the cost of health care, according to the National Small Business Association’s annual Politics of Small Business Survey.