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En California, médicos acusados de conducta sexual inapropiada a menudo tienen una segunda oportunidad

By Barbara Feder Ostrov and Harriet Blair Rowan December 13, 2018

Muy pocos casos de médicos sospechados de conducta sexual inapropiada en el estado terminan en acusaciones formales o en revocación de licencias.

In California, Doctors Accused Of Sexual Misconduct Often Get Second Chances

By Barbara Feder Ostrov and Harriet Blair Rowan December 13, 2018

The state medical board grants probation in more than a third of cases, a California Healthline analysis found. Even as other institutions adapt to lessons of the #MeToo movement, the board plans no major changes, saying it has always prioritized discipline for sexual misconduct.

Key California Lawmaker Calls Eli Lilly’s Behavior ‘Disingenuous And Offensive’

By Barbara Feder Ostrov August 9, 2018

Sen. Ed Hernandez is in a public spat with the Indianapolis drugmaker over the company’s refusal to heed a state law requiring advance notice — and justification — of large drug price hikes. The company says it is awaiting a court decision on the law’s constitutionality.

Stanford’s Chief Wellness Officer Aims To Prevent Physician Burnout

By Barbara Feder Ostrov August 3, 2018

Tait Shanafelt focuses on helping doctors cope with such problems as long hours and copious record-keeping, seeking to prevent burnout and reduce the rate of physician suicide. As doctors’ well-being improves, he says, so does patient care.

Community Frets As Buyer For Cherished Rural Hospital Slips From View

By Barbara Feder Ostrov July 25, 2018

Some residents of remote Surprise Valley in Northern California fear their hospital will close like so many others around the country, as hope wanes for financial support from a Denver entrepreneur. The businessman, Beau Gertz, had planned to raise money through lab billing for faraway patients.

Novel Measures Test Cities’ Power — And Will — To Tame Health Care Costs

By Rob Waters October 26, 2018

Union-backed initiatives in Palo Alto and Livermore, Calif., aim to cap charges by hospitals and doctors, seeking to build on national furor over rising medical bills. The measures arise in health care markets that are among the most expensive in the nation.

Vulnerable Rural Hospitals Face Quandaries Over Questionable Billing Schemes

July 3, 2018

Two Missouri hospitals handed over their operations to a private company that has vastly increased the money the hospitals bring in through their laboratories, even though the lab tests are not done on-site.

Remote Rural Hospital Puts Its Fate In Hands of Denver Entrepreneur

By Barbara Feder Ostrov June 7, 2018

Residents of Surprise Valley, in the state’s northeastern corner, voted to sell its hospital to a businessman with a controversial plan to bring in revenue. Its dismal financial plight exemplifies the woes of rural hospitals around the country.

Calif. Exchange Chief Sees No Rate Impact From Latest Trump Challenge To ACA

By Barbara Feder Ostrov June 14, 2018

Peter Lee says the court challenge will take time and California will have a chance to pass its own protections in the interim. However, the decision by Congress to eliminate the tax penalty on people who choose not to buy insurance will weigh on 2019 premiums, Lee said. Recent projections by the exchange show an average 11 percent rate hike in 2019, along with a 12 percent drop in enrollment.

Primero fue la marihuana… ¿y ahora los hongos alucinógenos?

By Barbara Feder Ostrov May 14, 2018

Siguiendo los pasos de la marihuana, Oregon y Colorado impulsan la legalización de hongos alucinógenos cuya sustancia activa, la psilocibina, podría ayudar a superar la depresión y la ansiedad.

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