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Health Quality Group Rethinks Drug Endorsement
by Marshall AllenModifying its previous stance, the National Quality Forum is considering whether to drop its endorsement of a surgical antiseptic that was at the center of kickback allegations in...
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One Third of Skilled Nursing Patients Harmed in Treatment
by Marshall AllenOne-in-three patients in skilled nursing facilities suffered a medication error, infection or some other type of harm related to their treatment, according to a government report...
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Freed of Disclosure Requirement, Drug Maker Pulls Doctor Payments Offline
by Charles OrnsteinOne of the first pharmaceutical companies to disclose its payments to doctors has pulled all of the data offline. Cephalon, now a subsidiary of Teva Pharmaceutical Industries, had...
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As Full Disclosure Nears, Doctors’ Pay for Drug Talks Plummets
by Charles Ornstein , Eric Sagara and Ryann Grochowski JonesSome of the nation’s largest pharmaceutical companies have slashed payments to health professionals for promotional speeches amid heightened...
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Medicare’s Drug Program Needs Stronger Protections Against Fraud, Watchdog Says
by Charles OrnsteinMedicare has failed to adequately track fraud in its massive prescription drug program, according to a new report today from the agency’s watchdog.In particular, the inspector...
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Why Hospitals Are Failing Civilians Who Get PTSD
by Lois BeckettUndiagnosed post-traumatic stress disorder is having a major impact on injured civilians, particularly those with violent injuries, as we detailed last month. One national study of...
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Drilling for Certainty: The Latest in Fracking Health Studies
by Naveena SadasivamFor years, environmentalists and the gas drilling industry have been in a pitched battle over the possible health implications of hydro fracking. But to a great extent, the debate...
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The Military is Leaving the Missing Behind
by Megan McCloskey Failing the FallenBud's Story, From the Records Twitter FacebookCommentEmailPrintThe Military is Leaving the Missing BehindBy Megan McCloskey, ProPublica, March 6, 2014, 7...
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Time Since Eakin Gave Military Evidence on Bud
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Bud’s Story, from the Records
by Megan McCloskey and Sisi WeiPrivate Arthur ‘Bud’ Kelder died as a POW in the Philippines during World War II. His parents always hoped that his body would eventually be sent home. But despite...
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Podcast: The Winners (and Losers) of College Financial Aid
by Minhee ChoUniversities have become increasingly strategic about how they use their financial aid – often taking comprehensive data that goes well beyond test scores into account – but who they’re...
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Chart: Trauma Hospitals Fail to Screen for Civilian PTSD
by Lois Beckett and Brian JacobsA growing body of research shows injured civilians, particularly those injured as a result of violence, are developing PTSD at rates comparable to veterans of war. But...
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Interview: How You Can Help Find an MIA
by Megan McCloskey There are 45,000 service members missing in action from World War II and other wars who experts say are recoverable. But the Pentagon’s $100 million per year effort to identify them...
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The Perils of Problematic Prescribing: A Double Dose of Warnings
by Charles OrnsteinTwice this week, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has pointed to the harm caused by aberrant and inappropriate prescribing by physicians.First, the CDC reported Monday...
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A Modern Day ‘Harvest of Shame’
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Doctor Payments on the Decline
by Eric SagaraPharmaceutical company payments to health care professionals dropped between 2011 and 2012 among most of the companies and categories ProPublica tracks, driven in part by increased...
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Podcast: The Military’s Slow and Backward Approach to Identifying MIAs
by Minhee Cho .player_box { display: none; }The Pentagon spends roughly $100 million a year to identify service members “missing in action” from World War II, Korea and Vietnam – a noble effort to try...
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Sex, Gender, and the Familiar Fight Over Religious Exemptions
by Nina MartinAs conservatives grapple with the reality of gay marriage and the Supreme Court weighs whether companies should be forced to offer birth control to employees, it's very clear: The...
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Drug Company Agrees to Pay $27.6 Million to Settle Allegations Involving...
by Kara BrandeiskyTeva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. has agreed to pay more than $27.6 million to settle state and federal allegations that it induced Chicago psychiatrist Michael Reinstein to...
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Chesapeake Energy’s $5 Billion Shuffle
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