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DOJ Goes After PA for Amniotic Fluid Injections
The Department of Justice (DOJ) has turned its attention to birth tissue products, charging a Texas-based physician assistant with healthcare fraud for allegedly injecting patients with amniotic fluid in a “dubious attempt at pain management,” announced the U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Texas. Ray Anthony Shoulders, PA, allegedly submitted $788,000 in fraudulent claims […]
Journal Shows Its Commitment to Exploring AI in Medicine
The New England Journal of Medicine is charging ahead with its coverage of the impact of artificial intelligence (AI) in medicine, publishing a special report, a review, and an editorial in this week’s issue, and announcing the creation of a journal dedicated to AI. The special report, written by researchers from Microsoft, outlined potential medical […]
Opinion | Shouldn’t Doctors Be Paid for Responding to Health Portal Messages?
The Cleveland Clinic recently announced they will begin charging patients a fee for online correspondence with physicians through their online portal. Such fees are perhaps a necessary response to the ever-growing volume of portal messages, through which patients seek advice outside of the traditional structure of a billable visit. As a busy clinical cardiologist, my […]
Health Insurance Claims for Sex Services Leads to Conspiracy Charges
The Department of Justice (DOJ) is charging a woman for a long-running healthcare fraud scheme: from 2017 to 2021, she billed a health insurer for sexual services offered to dockworkers at her California “wellness centers.” Sara Victoria, the “ringleader” of the scheme, hired women through Long Beach strip clubs and referrals to provide the services […]
Scientists discover how oxygen loss saps a lithium-ion battery’s voltage: Measuring the process in unprecedented detail gives them clues to how to minimize the problem and protect battery performance
When lithium ions flow in and out of a battery electrode during charging and discharging, a tiny bit of oxygen seeps out and the battery’s voltage — a measure of how much energy it delivers — fades an equally tiny bit. The losses mount over time, and can eventually sap the battery’s energy storage capacity […]