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Prior authorization is another barrier to cost-effective care

The Affordable Care Act, aka “Obamacare,” has improved patient’s access to health care since its passing in 2010. The increase in coverage, however, does not address the restriction of prior authorization (PA), where a physician is required by a patien…

Judge sides with Aetna in nurse lawsuit

Patients more likely to share health data via smartphones than wearables: Penn Medicine study

How ASCs can handle surgical smoke

Epic named ‘Best in KLAS’ overall software suite for the past decade

Patients sue Oklahoma hospital over potential exposure to HIV, hepatitis

UPMC innovation arm allots $1B for life sciences drugs, devices

US alcohol-related deaths doubled in last 20 years

4 orthopedic ASCs opened or announced in December

Fewer than half of California pharmacies provide correct drug disposal info

The accuracy of drug disposal information was all over the map, depending largely on whether the call was fielded on a weekday or a weekend.