> After Jerry Douthett of Rockford, Ill. passed out drunk and his dog chewed part of his big toe off, he learned he had diabetes. The dog, Kiko, was probably drawn to the sweet smell of decaying flesh, ABC News reports. Article

> A Queens, N.Y. man died after receiving a diseased heart transplant, Fox News reports. Article

>Late last week, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services released the fiscal year (FY) 2011 final rule for the inpatient prospective payment systems (IPPS) for acute-care hospitals and long-term acute-care hospitals, and the American Hospital Association (AHA) wasn't impressed, because CMS did not heed industry studies that recommended doing away with or reducing a 2.9 percent coding offset to general acute-care hospital payments. FierceHealthFinance

> Medical school faculty are the University of Michigan are so good at getting grants that the UM has added 184 faculty since May, bringing the total to 2,254, the highest ever, Medical News Today reports. In FY 2009, the faculty earned more than $366 million in research funding from NIH alone, putting UM in the top 10 medical schools in terms of NIH grants awarded. Article
 
> Citing regional gaps in oversight and in the data states collect to ensure the rates insurance companies charge are accurate, a Government Accountability Office report released Wednesday finds the agency that oversees Medicaid approved managed care contracts that might not have met federal requirements, The Hill reports. Article

And finally ... Did someone forget to mention his marital status? Article