A House Committee opens inquiry saying "the company's repeated recalls 'point to a major problem' with production," Reuter reports.
(Daily Report) May 07, 2010
Meanwhile, some Wisconsin health care workers vote to join the Service Employees International Union and Illnois lawmakers advance legislation to increase the state's nursing home standards.
(Daily Report) May 07, 2010
ProPublica reports that in a key ruling "a federal judge has given plaintiffs' lawyers wide latitude to present evidence and expert testimony that GE's Omniscan imaging drug caused a crippling disease in MRI patients."
(Daily Report) May 06, 2010
In health care, the group visit trend allows doctors to reach more patients and patients to get more face time with their physician, The Denver Post reports.
(Daily Report) May 06, 2010
President Barack Obama signed a bill that expands access to health care for veterans and gives caregivers of severely injured American soldiers from wounds received in Afghanistan or Iraq a monthly stipend and health care.
(Daily Report) May 06, 2010
Officials announce project in which caregivers will have to call from patients' homes to verify that they are working. In other news, a Miami clinic owner is convicted in $5.8 million health fraud scheme.
(Daily Report) May 06, 2010
The incidence of health insurance scams is on the rise amidst the continuing recession.
(Daily Report) May 05, 2010
The Minnesota House passed a bill on health care Tuesday that readies it for implementing the federal health care overhaul and makes $170 million in cuts to mental health and other social program, The (St. Paul, Minn.) Pioneer Press reports.
(Daily Report) May 05, 2010
Injuries at a small New Hampshire hospital that uses a surgical robot have some questioning the use of the machines to operate, The Wall Street Journal reports.
(Daily Report) May 05, 2010
As part of a Health Affairs issue that explores primary care in America, another study released Tuesday found that primary care doctors will on average earn $2.7 million less than a specialist.
(Daily Report) May 05, 2010