As addiction and overdose deaths command headlines across the nation, the Medical Board of California is developing a new program to treat and monitor doctors.
Most patients favor in-person appointments for everything but mental health
Christine Rogers of Wake Forest, North Carolina, didn’t hesitate when she was asked to fill out a routine mental health questionnaire during a checkup last November. Then the bill came.
California’s medical board can’t pay its bills, but doctors resist proposed fixes
California doctors and state lawmakers are squaring off once again over the future of the Medical Board of California, which is responsible for licensing and disciplining doctors and has been criticized by patient advocates for years for being too lax.
Why doctors spend millions on fees that could be spent on providing care
The shift to electronic medical reimbursements gave rise to payment processing companies demanding a 1.5% to 5% fee every time a doctor gets paid by insurers. The government banned such fees — until a company lobbyist got involved.
The hidden fee costing doctors millions every year
A powerful lobbyist convinced a federal agency that doctors can be forced to pay fees on money that health insurers owe them. Big companies rake in profits while doctors are saddled with yet another cost in a burdensome health care system.
Unstoppable: This doctor has been investigated at every level of government. How is he still practicing?
Medical boards, a health department and even federal investigators have scrutinized Dr. James McGuckin’s vascular clinics. Today he still practices, despite a decadelong string of sanctions, fines and lawsuits.
Doctors, followed by nurses, are most popular professions on TikTok: study
