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Johns Hopkins files $2M suit against Maryland health plan

June 3, 2008 — 6:59am ET
Johns Hopkins Healthcare has sued regional Blue plan CareFirst of Maryland for $2 million, claiming that it owes that sum for claims made since October 2004. Johns Hopkins says that CareFirst, the... Read more...

ALSO NOTED: Provider groups ask CMS to delay NPI enforcement, again; Zyrtec marketers try something new; and much more...

April 23, 2008 — 6:59am ET
> Several groups have asked CMS to delay the implementation of the National Provider Identification number, arguing that no one involved is really ready to move ahead. Read more...

ALSO NOTED: VA continues to struggle with recruitment, retention; PA releases HAI report; and much more...

April 10, 2008 — 6:59am ET
> Despite offering bonuses, training and other incentives, the VA is struggling to recruit and keep medical personnel. Read more...

SPOTLIGHT: Game trains hospital managers on issues

January 29, 2008 — 7:59am ET
A new board game developed by Johns Hopkins professor is giving hospital managers and board members a crash course in key administrative issues--and more importantly, how to resolve them. By playing... Read more...

HHS shuts down MI infection-control program

January 4, 2008 — 7:59am ET
Generally speaking, one would think that HHS would be in favor of having hospitals roll out simple, effective infection control programs--particularly given that CMS will soon stop paying to treat... Read more...

ALSO NOTED: Whites more likely to get narcotics from ED; Female neurosurgeons sue Brigham & Women's chair over discrimination c

January 2, 2008 — 7:59am ET
> A new study concludes that while ED physicians are prescribing narcotics more often, minorities are less likely to get them than whites. Read more...

ALSO NOTED: Case draws attention to organ donation system; Questions over Lipitor; and much more...

September 14, 2007 — 6:59am ET
> A case alleging that a physician hastened a patient's death to harvest his organs has thrown a spotlight on the organ donor system. Read more...

ALSO NOTED: Johns Hopkins studies infections; U.S. News & World Report rates pediatric hospitals; and much more...

July 25, 2007 — 6:59am ET
> Johns Hopkins has partnered with a Texas medical center to study ICU and central line infections. Read more...

U of Pittsburgh exposes donor ID information

May 22, 2007 — 8:01pm ET

The University of Pittsburgh Medical Center is facing a public controversy after a donor pitch letter inadvertently exposed the former patients' Social Security numbers. The letter, which went out to about 6,000 former patients earlier this month, included a tracking code that integrated the SSN. The code was visible through the envelope window. Critics call the inclusion of the SSN a serious mishap, arguing that it could expose the 6,000 recipients to identity theft. UPMC denies that …

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Study: Teen boys see MD visits as weakness

April 18, 2007 — 8:01pm ET

Healthcare researchers already know that as boys become men, they visit the doctor less often, sometimes because of costs or lack of health insurance. Now, a new study suggests that problem is deeper than that. The study, by the Johns Hopkins Children's Center, suggests that 15- to 19-year-olds see visits to doctors as a sign of weakness. Researchers, who looked at data from 1,700 young men, also noted that the young men's parents may not be encouraging them to get annual exams either, …

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