Auditor "shocked" by massive billing schemes at rural hospitals

Auditor "shocked" by massive billing schemes at rural hospitals - CBS News:

Rural hospitals across the country are closing at the highest rates in decades. Since 2010, 83 have shuttered. Desperate to stay open, some hospitals got caught up in dubious billing schemes. In March, CBS News investigated questionable billing at rural hospitals in Georgia and Florida.

Unnatural Death-How hospitals profit from euthanasia

Unnatural Death:

Hospitals are known to kill patients whose prolonged stay in its intensive care unit (ICU) is penalized by insurance companies.

Doctor David McKalip, M.D., a neurosurgeon and practicing Catholic from Florida, told Church Militant last year that health care regulations from insurance companies are financially penalizing hospitals for keeping patients in ICU too long. These financial incentives are passed on by hospitals to doctors, McKalip said, by paying doctors "bonuses if they meet certain budget goals; in other words, if they ration care."

Is Big Pharma Bribing Medical Journals?

Is Big Pharma Bribing Medical Journals?:

Has Big Pharma been greasing a few palms? Recently, many top medical journals have been accused of publishing articles based on money over merit. In an article in Medium, published on April 10, 2018, Dr. Jason Fung, nephrologist and founder of Intensive Dietary Management Program, claims some of even the most highly regarded medical journals are taking money to make medications appear more effective or safer than they actually are. Even worse, could Big Pharma be the ones bribing them?

5 questions on antibiotic susceptibility testing with Accelerate Diagnostics

5 questions on antibiotic susceptibility testing with Accelerate Diagnostics:

Preliminary data indicate the rate of sepsis mortality related to overall patient deaths is dropping at University Health Care System in Augusta, Ga. So what are they doing differently?

Accelerate Diagnostics recently published a white paper with Becker's Hospital Review detailing the implementation of their Accelerate Pheno system at University Health Care System. Becker's caught up with Levi Kirwin, the Director of Commercial Marketing for Accelerate Diagnostics, to learn more about the use case.

BioEdge: American Medical Association stands firm on assisted suicide

BioEdge: American Medical Association stands firm on assisted suicide:

“Death with dignity” or “aid in dying” seem to be gathering pace in the United States, now that Hawaii has joined the list of states which permit it. But how does the American Medical Association stand?

According to a recent decision by its Council on Ethical and Judicial Affairs, squarely against it.

Judge Overturns California Law Legalizing Assisted Suicide, Rules It Unconstitutional

Judge Overturns California Law Legalizing Assisted Suicide, Rules It Unconstitutional | LifeNews.com:

A California judge has overturned the state’s law legalizing assisted suicide, ruling it unconstitutional.

The judge indicated the legislature improperly passed the state law during a special session that was supposed to be specifically devoted to Medicare funding. The judge ruled that the state legislature should not have approved the assisted-suicide law during that special session because the subject of the law fell outside the grounds of the special session.

‘The wound was the size of your fist’

‘The wound was the size of your fist’ | The Chronicle Herald:

Woman’s deadly bedsore sparks complaint to province

EDITOR’S NOTE: Descriptions included in this story and an image published with it may offend some readers. Chrissy Dunnington’s foster family wanted readers to see the powerful image of the pressure ulcer that led to her death.

“What happened to Chrissy shouldn’t happen to anyone,” says Dorothy Dunnington. “Somebody is responsible for Chrissy’s death and we want accountability.”

It happens at a Nashua, NH Hospital as well, but nobody, including the Media even cares.