In early 2020, as they tried to fight covid-19 across two rural counties in North Carolina, the staff of Granville Vance Public...
Healthcare Facepalm Articles
Nursing Home Owners Drained Cash During Pandemic While Residents Deteriorated
After the nursing home where Leann Sample worked was bought by private investors, it started falling apart. Literally. Part of a ceiling collapsed...
Haven’t Seen Your Doctor in a Few Years? You May Need to Find a New One
When Claudia Siegel got a stomach bug earlier this year, she reached out to her primary care doctor to prescribe something to relieve her...
Healthcare Facepalm: Failing to Make Public Virgins
Well there is a first time for everything. This week marked a big one. On 6/8, CMS issued its first fines under federal price...
At a Tennessee Crossroads, Two Pharmacies, a Monkey, and Millions of Pills
CELINA, Tenn. — It was about 1 a.m. on April 19, 2016, when a burglary alarm sounded at Dale Hollow Pharmacy in Celina, a tiny town in the...
Inefficacy is a 10 Letter Word for Nonsense
I recently needed to get a CT scan done as part of a full physical examination. The ordering doctor and the imaging center are associated...
An $80,000 Tab for Newborns Lays Out a Loophole in the New Law to Curb Surprise Bills
When Greg and Sugar Bull were ready to start a family, health challenges necessitated that they work with a gestational surrogate. The woman who...
Faxes & Snail Mail: Will Pandemic-Era Flaws Unleash Improved Health Technology?
Jamie Taylor received two letters from the Missouri Department of Social Services Family Support Division that began, “Good news,” before stating...
A Covid Test Costing More Than a Tesla? It Happened in Texas.
When covid-19 struck last year, Travis Warner’s company became busier than ever. He installs internet and video systems, and with people suddenly...
Jaw Surgery Takes a $27,119 Bite out of One Man’s Budget
For years, Ely Bair dealt with migraine headaches, jaw pain and high blood pressure, until a dentist recommended surgery to realign his jaw to get...
Olympic Dream Dashed After Bike Crash and Nightmare Medical Bill Over $200K
It was a race in Pennsylvania that could have sent cyclist Phil Gaimon to the Tokyo Olympics; instead, a serious crash landed the Californian in...
Effort to Decipher Hospital Prices Yields Key Finding: Don’t Try It at Home
A federal price transparency rule that took effect this year was supposed to give patients, employers and insurers a clearer picture of...
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