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By Sara Heath

A recent study shows how online provider reviews can help identify discrimination in... Read More »

Using Online Provider Reviews to Tackle Discrimination, Patient Safety

By Andrew Marquardt

Rules for getting medications to treat opioid dependency were relaxed during the COVID-19... Read More »

Doctors, Companies Push to Keep Looser, Pandemic-Era Rules for Prescribing Opioid Addiction Treatment via Telemedicine

By Blake Farmer

A survey conducted by the Federation of State Medical Boards late last year found that... Read More »

Medical Boards Pressured to Let It Slide When Doctors Spread COVID Misinformation

By Rachel Cohrs

A federal court has rejected the Biden administration's interpretation of key language in... Read More »

Federal Court Strikes Down Part of HHS Surprise Billing Rule

By Joseph Choi

The White House announced it will issue new measures to improve the "quality and... Read More »

Biden Administration Announces New Nursing Home Reform Efforts

By HHS Office of Inspector General

The Office of Inspector General (OIG) of the U.S. Health and Human Services Department is... Read More »

Fraud Alert: COVID-19 Scams

By Fred Schulte

A search warrant recently unsealed in a Massachusetts federal court focuses on a Texas... Read More »

Federal Investigation Into Spine Surgeries Uses Mob Laws to Target Health Care Fraud

By Kimberly Marselas

As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to spread, a new analysis reveals that the number of nursing... Read More »

Surveyors Citing More Nursing Homes for Limiting Visitors

By Darius Tahir

Medical boards around the country have sanctioned eight physicians in the past year for... Read More »

Medical Boards Get Pushback as They Try to Punish Doctors for COVID Misinformation