About 250 Good Samaritan Hospital workers and community members picketed near the Puyallup hospital on Friday for a new contract. [–> Workers picketed along South Meridian near the hospital from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. MultiCare, which owns Good Samaritan Hospital, also saw simultaneous protests at two of its other hospitals: Navos Behavioral Health in … Read more
Blue Shield of California this week accused Community Medical Centers of denying Blue Shield members’ out-of-network benefits two months after an ongoing insurance network dispute revoked in-network access for thousands of Fresno-area residents. [–> The accusations from Blue Shield, which Community Medical Centers called misleading, came in a public statement Wednesday in which the health … Read more
April 2, 2026 This article is sponsored by Avera Health. As oncology research and medicine advance, Avera specializes in cancer care to ensure patients receive the most cutting-edge and personalized care possible. Specialization in cancer treatment involves oncologists becoming experts by focusing on specific types of cancer. Oncologists can specialize through a special interest in … Read more
The FBI arrested a couple on Thursday for allegedly fraudulently billing Medicare $7.45 million while running a hospice that reported a five-year survival rate of more than 97 percent. Federal officials told CBS News they were the first in a series of arrests planned for Thursday. Because most people enter hospice care in the final … Read more
Hawaii’s health care executive said government reimbursement problems have left the state’s entire health care system in an “unviable state.” A doctor in expensive San Francisco has a distinct economic advantage when it comes to treating elderly patients insured by Medicare over a doctor in similarly expensive Honolulu. Federal authorities pay San Francisco doctors large … Read more
My patient Claire and I were at odds. She is 44 years old and came to my clinic for a second opinion. The diagnosis was stage 3 rectal cancer. Symptoms started with blood in the stool and quickly turned into weight loss and abdominal pain. I agreed with my previous doctor’s recommendations for surgery, radiation, … Read more
It was proposed to amend the law to prevent courts from referring state patients to correctional services. Skeptical MPs asked a number of questions on Tuesday after the Corrective Services Portfolio Committee revealed that 437 people deemed mentally unfit to face criminal charges were being held in prisons rather than psychiatric hospitals. The number of … Read more
Ayala Ben Harosh, 57, a resident of Nahariya, said of the anxiety attacks she faced: “I would start crying and shaking and feel like I was going to have a heart attack and I wouldn’t stop crying.” Over the past two and a half years. “It has changed my life and made it unbearable. Everything … Read more
Depression costs the public tens of billions of pounds a year and nine million people are on medication. Now, a trial inspired by the adage that laughter is the best medicine has hired professional comedians to teach patients how to perform stand-up routines. This month, seven women performed live at the Royal Albert Hall in … Read more
According to the German Society of Psychiatry, Psychotherapy, Psychosomatic Medicine and Neurology (DGPPN), approximately 17.8 million adults in Germany, or approximately one in three, suffer from a mental illness each year. Of these, only 18.9% receive treatment each year. Nia* is one of them. “It’s not that easy to ask for help. It’s not that … Read more