OFFICE OF HEALTH CARE ASSURANCE ISSUES $2,190,000 PENALTY AGAINST HAWAIʻI ISLAND CARE CENTERS
OFFICE OF HEALTH CARE ASSURANCE ISSUES $2,190,000 PENALTY AGAINST HAWAIʻI ISLAND CARE CENTERS Posted on Jun 12, 2025 in Newsroom HILO, Hawai’i – The Hawai’i Department of Health (DOH) Office of Health Care Assurance (OHCA) has issued an Order to Cease and Desist Clinical Laboratory Operations against Hilo Urgent Care Center, LLC and Hilo Urgent […]
KAUAʻI DISTRICT HEALTH OFFICE TO CONDUCT CASPER SURVEY TO ASSESS EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS
KAUAʻI DISTRICT HEALTH OFFICE TO CONDUCT CASPER SURVEY TO ASSESS EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS Posted on Jun 5, 2025 in Newsroom LĪHUʻE, Hawaiʻi — The Hawaiʻi Department of Health’s (DOH) Kaua‘i District Health Office will conduct a Community Assessment for Public Health Emergency Response (CASPER) survey in June to assess the emergency preparedness level of Kauaʻi households. […]
Raoul announces $45 million settlement with CVS Caremark in pharmacy benefit rebates
Illinois Attorney General Kwane Raoul said on Wednesday that his office has reached a $45 million settlement to recover $45 million from CVS Caremark in pharmacy benefit rebates.
Three Medical Facilities, Three Different Prices For a Typhoid Shot
After receiving a typhoid shot at his primary care doctor’s office, Jeff Blatt was caught off guard when his insurance didn’t cover it, and he was left with a bill double what other facilities charge. Blatt got the shot at Scarsdale Medical Group in Westchester, New York, back in February to prepare for a vacation […]
Opinion | ‘Band-Aid on a Gaping Wound’: What We Heard This Week
“Those are like a Band-Aid on a gaping wound.” — L. Casey Chosewood, MD, MPH, director of the Office for Total Worker Health at NIOSH, discussing resiliency training and assistance programs for healthcare workers. “Since then, we’re the Saturn rocket going through the stratosphere.” — James Howard Jr., MD, of the University of North Carolina […]
Many Medicare Patients Travel 50-Plus Miles for Neurology Visits
Nearly one in five Medicare beneficiaries who saw a neurologist traveled long distances for their office visit, 2018 cross-sectional data suggested. Out of over 563,000 Medicare beneficiaries with a neurologist visit that year, 17% traveled 50 miles or more one way for care, reported Chun Chieh Lin, PhD, MBA, of Ohio State University in Columbus, […]
Opinion | ‘We Cannot Treat Dead People’: What We Heard This Week
“We cannot treat dead people.” — White House Office of National Drug Control Policy Director Rahul Gupta, MD, MPH, discussing whether to focus on opioid treatment or trafficking. “Thank you for reminding me why I do this.” — Stuart Bloom, MD, regarding feedback he hears from physicians who see his musical show “How to Avoid […]
Opinion: What Does John Fetterman’s Mental Health Say About America
On Monday, the office of Sen. John Fetterman (D-Pa.) released a statement saying that he was “doing well,” was working with doctors and “remains on the path to recovery.” Fetterman checked himself in to Walter Reed National Military Medical Center on Feb. 16 to be treated for clinical depression. Months earlier, the 53-year-old had suffered […]
John Fetterman On ‘Path To Recovery’ After Checking Into Hospital For Depression
Sen. John Fetterman’s office released an update on his health Monday, about two weeks after the Pennsylvania Democrat checked himself into a hospital to treat his clinical depression. Fetterman spokesperson Joe Calvello said the senator “remains on a path to recovery,” though healing “will be a weeks-long process.” Advertisement “John is doing well, working with […]
President Biden ‘Remains Fit for Duty,’ His Doctor Says
WASHINGTON — President Biden has a stiffened gait but is otherwise in good health and is fit to continue in office, his personal physician said Thursday. “The president remains fit for duty, and fully executes all of his responsibilities without any exemptions or accommodations,” wrote Kevin O’Connor, DO, in a memo to White House Press […]