Whistleblower Lawsuit: HMO Shunned Pregnant Women

NATASHA KORECKI - Federal Courts Reporter
Public money flowed to Chicago-based Amerigroup Illinois as the government gave it the job of signing up anyone in need of insurance who couldn't afford it. Read more...

Study Links Doctor Errors, Bad Diagnoses

By PATRICK WALTERS - Associated Press Writer
Basic errors made by doctors, including tests ordered too late or not at all and failure to create follow-up plans, played a role in nearly 60 percent of cases in which patients were allegedly hurt by missedor delayed diagnoses, a study found. Read more...

Hospital horror stories: How to avoid falling victim

Anne E. Stein - Chicago Tribune
Four Chicago-area filmmakers are doing their part to raise awareness about alarge-scale problem that's far from being solved: medical errors in hospitals that cause injuries and death. Read more...

Sick but Insured? Think Again

Lisa Girion - Los Angeles Times
When Steve and Leslie Shaeffer's daughter, Selah, was diagnosed at age 4 with a potentially fatal tumor in her jaw, they figured their health insurance would cover the bulk of her treatment costs. Read more...

'Wealth care' is shaking up medicine

By Linda Fantin The Salt Lake Tribune
The foyer at Evolutionary Healthcare has been used for book signings and art shows, and at least one couple has asked to exchange vows there. But it doesn't take a formal occasion to discover this is no ordinary medical office- just a hello, as in "Hello, Carol Osborn speaking." Read more...

Handful of docs behind most negligence cases

JIM RITTER - Health Reporter
The elderly man had a bad heart, so Dr. Joshua Salvador gave him a pacemaker. But Salvador put the device on the wrong side of the heart. Read more...

A Risky Practice? Not Having A Heart Surgeon On Site Can Be

By JOHN FAUBER
When her cardiologist recommended a heart catheterization and possible angioplasty, Patricia Stropes refused at first. Read more...

State's long disciplinary process doesn't protect patients, critics say

By Phil Galewitz - Palm Beach Post Staff Writer
Dianne Hedrick of Royal Palm Beach had to have her left leg amputated after a doctor accidentally removed part of her artery during a varicose veinsurgery. Read more...

Physicians increasingly depend on spas for income

By LAURA BEIL / The Dallas Morning News
When Dr. Bruce Katz scanned the list of attendees to the Medical Spa Expoand Conference in Miami last fall, his eyes stopped on one name. Aneurosurgeon. Read more...