A medical billing code guide to holiday injuries | STAT News
If tidings of comfort and joy don't fill your holiday season, take heart in knowing that the new national medical billing system has a code to account for whatever comes your way.
Looking For Bargains, Many Americans Buy Medicines Abroad | NPR
As drug prices have spiraled upward, tens of millions of generally law-abiding Americans have committed an illegal act in response: They have bought prescriptions medicines outside the U.S. and imported them.
Good news: Hospital-acquired conditions are declining overall | Healthcare Business & Technology
Hospitals are slowly but surely making progress with preventing various hospital-acquired conditions. A new report from the Department of Health and Human Services and the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality shows there's been a decrease in several conditions over the past five years.
Harnessing the U.S. Taxpayer to Fight Cancer and Make Profits | The New York Times
Dr. Belldegrun, a physician, co-founded Kite Pharma, a company that could be the first to market next year with a highly anticipated new immunotherapy treatment. But even without a product, Dr. Belldegrun has struck gold.
