Practice Management News

Recent study findings showed that extremely preterm infants enrolled in randomized clinical trials are not impacted negatively or positively, when compared to infants who are not enrolled.

The Medicare Fraud Strike Force brought charges against 243 individuals across 17 districts, including 46 health care providers, nurses and others, for their supposed involvement in Medicare fraud schemes, which resulted in nearly $712 million in false billings, according to a press release from the HHS.

Researchers found that maternal smoking greatly disrupted the protein expression and pathways of human fetal livers in the second trimester, according to data published in The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism.

The FDA has taken action against more than 1,050 websites that sell unapproved prescription medications and medical devices to U.S. consumers, according to a press release.  

Data from a recent study suggest that state policies regarding the enrollment and application process for the Affordable Care Act have a significant impact on how low-income adults perceive their experience with the process.

Since 1990, high-income countries distributed nearly $458 million in funding for the maintenance and improvement of heath care services in developing countries, according to recently published data in JAMA.

People treated for rheumatoid arthritis had less protection from hepatitis B virus infection even after receiving the vaccine compared with the general population, according to new data presented at the European League Against Rheumatism Annual European Congress of Rheumatology.

Urinary volatile organic compounds could potentially be used as an alternate, noninvasive test to measure the various stages of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease, according to recently published study data.

Although female authorship of original research in major journals has increased during the past 2 decades in the United States, the proportion of women in senior author positions remains “lower than expected,” according to new research data.

Hospitals in the United States with the highest charge-to-cost ratios billed uninsured consumers and out-of-network patients more than 10 times the cost allowed by Medicare, according to recent study data.