Few Outcome Measures Meet Criteria for Assessing Accuracy and Validity, According to Two Joint Commission Executives I blog about deaths from negligence and medical error being under reported. I also blog about Joint Commission procedures and the secrecy of peer review proceedings. Maybe the authorities are beginning to come around to my way of thinking.
In light of recent events, its important to call a wrong thing by its name. Southern Poverty Law Center’s Hate Map
A near term view of health care’s future. Destabilizing the System
A report on clinical trials conducted by drug manufacturers and the amount of information not available.
I post about criminal prosecutions for health care fraud here. By way of background, this is the DOJ web page describing how those prosecutions work.
Palm Harbor, Florida Doctor’s Quality Fraud gets him six years in prison from DOJ #QualityFraud
On May 6, 1968, the 82nd Airborne gave my Dad a leadership award called the “Iron Duke”, even though he was JAG and the regulars should have disliked him. That ought to tell you as much as you need to know about him. I’ve still got the heavy trophy in my office. We lived in […]
From DOJ as reported in the Fort Myers News Press (A Gannet paper) “Today’s settlement demonstrates our unwavering commitment to protect the Medicare trust fund against unscrupulous providers,” said Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Benjamin C. Mizer, head of the Justice Department’s Civil Division. “Providers who waste taxpayer dollars by billing for unnecessary services will […]
We are litigating a class action case against 21st Century Oncology, a local healthcare conglomerate who just filed for bankruptcy protection after settling a case with DOJ for almost $20M in fraudulent charges. #QualityFraud
I pulled into Nazareth, was feeling ’bout half past dead I just need some place where I can lay my head Hey, mister, can you tell me, where a man might find a bed? He just grinned and shook my hand, “No” was all he said. The Band, The Weight In June of this year, […]
