Compounding creams to treat pain are the target of a new big Justice Department investigation after allegations emerged that companies sent out more product than was ordered, overbilled and automatically refilled prescriptions without being asked. And, to some of the…
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Global healthcare cognitive computing market is expected to reach nearly $5T by 2022.
The following factors will have the biggest impact on health plans in 2016, according to the 2016 Health Plans Industry Outlook from Deloitte.
A majority of physicians practiced in small medical practices comprised of two to 10 physicians in 2014, according to Statistica report.
Of physicians surveyed, 61 percent said their overhead costs increased with the implementation of the Affordable Care Act, according to a Jackson Healthcare survey.
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A judge sentenced Lisa Tseng, MD, to 30 years to life for the murder of three people after prescribing the patients painkillers including Percocet and Vicodin, according to CNN.
University of California in Santa Barbara and UCLA researchers found many Americans who are labeled overweight or obese based on their body mass index are healthy, leading many in the medical community to question the BMI's validity, according to GEN.
Northwest Michigan Surgery Center in Transverse City implemented a new app allowing patients' friends and family to follow their journey through the surgery center, according to a Health Data Management report.
The FDA plans to make stark changes to its opioid policies in response to the opioid abuse epidemic, according to Medscape.
As healthcare trends toward value-based payment models, payers will have to create new tools to allow customers to choose the most cost-effective and quality healthcare services, according to HealthPayer Intelligence.