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Hospitals Discarding Organs & Denying Transplants to Meet Federal Standards

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Hospitals across the United States are throwing away less-than-perfect organs and denying the sickest people lifesaving transplants out of fear that poor surgical outcomes will result in a federal crackdown…

…As a result, thousands of patients are losing the chance at surgeries that could significantly prolong their lives, and the altruism of organ donation is being wasted.

“It’s gut-wrenching and mind-boggling,” said Dr. Adel Bozorgzadeh, a transplant surgeon at UMass Memorial Medical Center in Worcester, Mass.

Continue reading: Hospitals refusing to perform transplants to keep ratings high

Now There’s Proof: Docs Who Take Company Cash Tend to Prescribe More Brand-Name Drugs

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“The more money doctors receive from drug and medical device companies, the more brand-name drugs they tend to prescribe, a new ProPublica analysis shows…”

“ProPublica has compiled the disclosed payments from pharmaceutical companies to doctors and other health care providers.  Pharmaceutical companies have paid out 3.49 billion dollars in disclosed payments: 681,020 to doctors, 81,135 to hospitals, and 21,565 to companies.”

Continue reading: Now There’s Proof: Docs Who Take Company Cash Tend to Prescribe More Brand-Name Drugs

Search for your doctor in their interactive database at: http://projects.propublica.org/docdollars/

Apps Are Doing What Government Can’t to Help Low-Income Americans Stay Healthy

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“Not only do Medicaid and Medicare provide inadequate care, but they have also set up perverse incentives which further diminish quality of care and increase costs for all patients…”

“So while the US government dithers and then makes the problem worse, here are six ways apps are helping low-income Americans stay healthy…”

Continue reading: Apps Are Doing What Government Can’t to Help Low-Income Americans Stay Healthy

See also: 10 apps increasing health care access for low-income patients

Bidding For Your Medical Procedures

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A Houston company claims to save patients money on their medical procedures by allowing doctors to bid for their business.

Story: Bidding For Your Medical Procedures

“Our mission is to give better quality healthcare at a better price with more choice and more access….Let’s say you need a gallbladder removal. Go online to http://medibid.com/ and you enter the procedure that you need. We will tell you how much is covered under your health plan and then you can create the bid.”