Alicia Ault

On March 31, soon after the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) authorized emergency use of antibody-packed plasma from recovered patients with COVID-19, Marisa Leuzzi became the first donor at an American Red Cross center. She hoped it could help her aunt, Renee Bannister, who was failing after 3 weeks on a ventilator at Virtua Hospital in Voorhees, New Jersey.

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has notified compounding pharmacies that the agency — at least temporarily — won't take action against

Physician anger at the data analytics firm MultiPlan is intensifying, with the American Medical Association (AMA) being the latest to sue the data analytics company over inadequate payments.

The medical association, along with the Illinois State Medical Society, called the data analytics company a “cartel” that colludes with insurers to depress payments to out-of-network doctors.

August 27, 2014 | Dermatology Author and Disclosure Information

August 28, 2014 | Dermatology Dr. Karen DeSalvo is the fifth person to serve as National Coordinator for Health Information

February 18, 2011 | Dermatology Author and Disclosure Information

February 25, 2011 | Dermatology Author and Disclosure Information FROM A MEETING OF THE MEDICARE PAYMENT ADVISORY COMMISSION

"This is the first time a major physician membership society has called for a national consensus on conserving and allocating health care resources and proposed a framework on how to make such decisions."

January 31, 2011 | Dermatology Author and Disclosure Information A federal judge in Florida ruled on Jan. 31 that the Affordable Care Act is unconstitutional.