Business/Technology

A Doctor Went to His Own Employer for a COVID-19 Antibody Test. It Cost $10,984

Sep 09, 2020 at 11:14 pm by pj

By Marshall Allen, ProPublica This story was originally published by ProPublica. ProPublica is a Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative newsroom. Sign up for The Big.... Read More

Dozens of U.S. Hospitals Poised to Defy FDA’s Directive on COVID Plasma

Sep 03, 2020 at 02:27 pm by pj

By JoNel Aleccia , Kaiser Health News  Dozens of major hospitals across the U.S. are grappling with whether to ignore a federal decision allowing broader emerg.... Read More

Watch: Florida Gutted Its Public Health System Ahead of Pandemic

Sep 03, 2020 at 02:12 pm by pj

   KHN Midwest editor and correspondent Laura Ungar appeared on Spectrum News Bay News 9 to discuss her recent investigation with The Associated Press on how Florid.... Read More

Ponte Health's PHirst App has Deployed

Sep 03, 2020 at 11:01 am by pj

  The technology team at Ponte Health has deployed their first application into the market, available for download on iOS at the Apple App Store. https://apps.apple.com.... Read More

Tax Saving Professionals: Why Physicians Need a Tax Team and 3 Steps to Ensure You Choose the Right One

Sep 03, 2020 at 10:29 am by pj

  Too many high-income earners ($500K+) continue to overpay their income taxes. Unsurprisingly, when these individuals are asked if they would want to pay less in taxes,.... Read More

Pinnacle Adds CovID Rapid Antigen Detection Test

Sep 02, 2020 at 11:55 am by pj

Pinnacle IVD (Pinnacle) is pleased to announce the addition of the CovID Rapid Antigen Detection (RAD) test to its existing diagnostic test product line which includes the Pin.... Read More

DeSantis Cancels COVID Lab Contract for Breach of Contract

Sep 01, 2020 at 01:07 pm by pj

Florida Department of Health and Florida Division of Emergency Management Sever Ties with Quest Diagnostics After Quest Failed to Follow Florida Law...Testing Company Attemp.... Read More

Tourists Tote Dollars, and COVID, to Caribbean Islands

Sep 01, 2020 at 11:22 am by pj

  By Chaseedaw Giles and Carmen Heredia Rodriguez, Kaiser Health News  “What activities are open to do next week? Zip-lining? Jet ski? Anyone.... Read More

AMA Releases 2021 CPT Code Set

Sep 01, 2020 at 10:10 am by pj

New updates to medicine’s common language reflect burden relief, COVID-19 testing and tech-enabled medical servicesThe first major overhaul in more than 25 years to the.... Read More

Publisher's note: Science & the Practice of Medicine…Politics should NEVER Impact

Aug 27, 2020 at 04:54 pm by pj

  COVID-19 continues to challenge this Great Nation but there is significant hope, thanks to the extraordinary COURAGE of Physicians, PA’s, APRN’s, RN’.... Read More

Sifting Through Misinformation about Solar Energy

Aug 27, 2020 at 10:15 am by pj

  By DIEGO GARCIA   Being part of the Solar Energy industry for the past four years and sick of the misleading information about the real benefits of solar panels.... Read More

AMA Urges FDA to Ensure Transparency in COVID-19 Vaccine Development to Promote Vaccine Confidence Among Physicians, Public  

Aug 26, 2020 at 08:15 pm by pj

    With COVID-19 vaccine development moving at a rapid pace, the American Medical Association (AMA) is urging the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to work.... Read More

Rather Than Give Away Its COVID Vaccine, Oxford Makes a Deal With Drugmaker

Aug 25, 2020 at 01:36 pm by pj

  By Jay Hancock, Kaiser Health News  In a business driven by profit, vaccines have a problem. They’re not very profitable — at least not wit.... Read More

Inside the Race to Build a Better $500 Emergency Ventilator

Aug 25, 2020 at 01:01 pm by pj

  By Erin Schulte, Kaiser Health News As the coronavirus crisis lit up this spring, headlines about how the U.S. could innovate its way out of a pending ventilator.... Read More

Trump Is Sending Fast, Cheap COVID Tests to Nursing Homes

Aug 25, 2020 at 12:50 pm by pj

  By Rachana Pradhan, Kaiser Health News   The Trump administration’s latest effort to use COVID-19 rapid tests — touted by one senior offic.... Read More

Swab, Spit, Stay Home? College Coronavirus Testing Plans Are All Over the Map

Aug 25, 2020 at 12:44 pm by pj

  By Michael McAuliff and Sebastián Martínez Valdivia, KBIA and Christine Herman, Side Effects Public Media and Stephani.... Read More

Deadly Mix: How Bars Are Fueling COVID-19 Outbreaks

Aug 25, 2020 at 12:39 pm by pj

  By Will Stone, Kaiser Health News From the early days of the U.S. coronavirus outbreak, states have wrestled with the best course of action for bars and nightclu.... Read More

Administration Launches Training Program for Nursing Home Infection Control Practices

Aug 25, 2020 at 11:56 am by pj

  New training provides education on critical safety measures to keep residents safe The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is implementing an unprecede.... Read More

Scam Alert: Things a COVID Contact Tracer Wouldn’t Say

Aug 20, 2020 at 12:15 pm by pj

  By Julie Appleby, Kaiser Health News State officials and federal agencies warn there’s a new phone scam circulating: Some callers posing as COVID-19 contac.... Read More

The Explosion of US Cannabis Sales and its Effect on American Healthcare

Aug 20, 2020 at 05:55 am by pj

  By MICHAEL C. PATTERSON   The Marijuana Business Factbook, provided by Marijuana Business Daily, has recently projected that the U.S. Cannabis market (medical a.... Read More