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The Association of American Physicians & Surgeons (AAPS) has filed suit in federal court against the American Board of Medical Specialties (ABMS) for restraining trade ...

By Ankita Rao For the first time, the government will make information about financial relationships between doctors, teaching hospitals and drug manufacturers publicly available. To comply with ...

As medical students and residents made their rounds through the Pennsylvania state capitol one cool April morning, a central message echoed through the halls.  An ...

By Jordan Rau You may have found your doctor to be a great communicator, your hospital room clean and quiet and your pain well controlled. ...

The patent on original OxyContin expired yesterday.  That’s big news in the pharma world.  OxyContin had $2.8 billion in sales last year.  Generic drug manufacturers ...

By Brad Broker By now, you are well aware of the Boston Marathon bombings.  As of Tuesday morning, three people have been killed and 176 ...

By Jordan Rau Doctor-owned hospitals are earning many of the largest bonuses from the federal health law’s new quality programs, even as the law halts ...

  By Tony Jeffs According to a recent study performed by the Ponemon Institute, nine out of 10 hospitals in the United States have suffered ...

By Phil Galewitz When hospitals commit to stopping the delivery of babies before 39 weeks gestation unless there is medical cause to do so, they can dramatically lower rates ...

By Daniel M. Bernick, JD, MBA  For years and years, malpractice “tail” has been a thorn in the side of medical practices and their physician ...