Did a Yakuza Boss Pay "A Million Dollars for One Liver?"

One of the more bizarre stories to appear on Health Care Renewal just resurfaced.  To summarize, in June, 2008, we posted  about the strange...

Did a Yakuza Boss Pay "A Million Dollars for One Liver?" 2015-05-18T01:53:00-07:00 Rating: 4.5 Diposkan Oleh: Unknown

Spun Silly: Academic Medical Center Cancer Treatment Advertising in the Era of Hype and Flim-Flam

Over the weekend, the New York Times reported on how prestigious academic medical centers advertise cancer care.  Here are some examples, ...

Spun Silly: Academic Medical Center Cancer Treatment Advertising in the Era of Hype and Flim-Flam 2015-05-15T04:31:00-07:00 Rating: 4.5 Diposkan Oleh: Unknown

One Small Step Towards Reducing Conflicts of Interest Affecting Academic Medical Leaders

Two articles, one in the New York Times by Duff Wilson, the other in the Boston Globe by Liz Kowalczyk, brought the issue of the conflict...

One Small Step Towards Reducing Conflicts of Interest Affecting Academic Medical Leaders 2015-05-15T03:27:00-07:00 Rating: 4.5 Diposkan Oleh: Unknown

Members of the Board of Now Bankrupt Lehman Brothers as Leaders of Health Care?

In our own Providence Journal, Michael Hiltzik  commented about the Valukas report on the fall of the once proud Lehman Brothers.  He asser...

Members of the Board of Now Bankrupt Lehman Brothers as Leaders of Health Care? 2015-05-12T19:46:00-07:00 Rating: 4.5 Diposkan Oleh: Unknown

WaMu Worry? - More Overlaps Between "Stewards" of Failed Financial Firms and the Leadership of Health Care Organizations

Investigations of the failures of major US financial corporations during the global financial meltdown continue to paint a picture of bad le...

WaMu Worry? - More Overlaps Between "Stewards" of Failed Financial Firms and the Leadership of Health Care Organizations 2015-05-12T04:28:00-07:00 Rating: 4.5 Diposkan Oleh: Unknown

Failed Leaders of Citigroup as Leaders of Health Care

When we began this blog, I never dreamed I would do so much writing about finance and the financial services sector of the economy, but,... ...

Failed Leaders of Citigroup as Leaders of Health Care 2015-05-12T03:41:00-07:00 Rating: 4.5 Diposkan Oleh: Unknown

Investigations, Indictments and Guilty Pleas at Famous US Teaching Hospitals

Some of the US most prestigious academic medical centers have been receiving unusual scrutiny lately. Mount Sinai Medical Center and New Y...

Investigations, Indictments and Guilty Pleas at Famous US Teaching Hospitals 2015-05-12T02:59:00-07:00 Rating: 4.5 Diposkan Oleh: Unknown

The Hospital CEO as Debt Collector

Last year we noted that the US Internal Revenue Service (IRS) required more detailed reporting starting in 2009 by US not-for-profit organi...

The Hospital CEO as Debt Collector 2015-05-06T21:38:00-07:00 Rating: 4.5 Diposkan Oleh: Unknown

The Lexapro Marketing Plan Was Meant to Promote Marketing (Surprise?)

Last week, Gardiner Harris writing for the NY Times noted that the US Senate Special Committee on Aging had made public part of Forest Labo...

The Lexapro Marketing Plan Was Meant to Promote Marketing (Surprise?) 2009-09-08T13:29:00-07:00 Rating: 4.5 Diposkan Oleh: Unknown

Senate Investigates Hospital Group Purchasing Organizations

Almost four years ago, we posted about the strange world of hospital group purchasing organizations (GPOs). These organization purchase lar...

Senate Investigates Hospital Group Purchasing Organizations 2009-08-14T12:18:00-07:00 Rating: 4.5 Diposkan Oleh: Unknown

NY State Legislator Pleads Guilty to Selling His Services to Medical Center

We have posted about cases in which hospitals or academic medical centers hired legislators to promote their political agendas. In one case ...

NY State Legislator Pleads Guilty to Selling His Services to Medical Center 2009-07-07T14:11:00-07:00 Rating: 4.5 Diposkan Oleh: Unknown

The Color of Money: What Sort of School Doesn't Pay Its Faculty to Teach?

A letter to the NY Times by Dr Daniel Becker in response to the recent controversy at Harvard Medical School over financial relationships am...

The Color of Money: What Sort of School Doesn't Pay Its Faculty to Teach? 2009-03-09T13:52:00-07:00 Rating: 4.5 Diposkan Oleh: Unknown