A growing number of hospitals are outsourcing often-unprofitable outpatient services for their poorest patients by setting up independent, nonprofit organizations to provide primary care. Medicare and Medicaid pay these clinics, known as federally qualified health center look-alikes, significantly more than they…
A new study suggests that patients treated by burned-out doctors may face additional risks in their care. A new review published in The BMJ found that physicians experiencing burnout are twice as likely to be involved in patient safety incidents…
In what appears to be a first, a Texas jury awarded Baylor College of Medicine a $48.5 million award for losses incurred during the COVID pandemic that its property insurance should have covered. The verdict comes as all types of…
