washingtonpost.com - Health Care IssuesHealth Care IssuesRed Flags About Md. Man Ignored- May 8, 2005 Obstetrician-gynecologist Jeffrey M. Levitt needed a job, and Stuttgart, Ark., needed an OB-GYN. So the country town about an hour southeast of Little Rock was prepared to overlook the warning signs.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A44901-2005Apr11.html?nav=rss_health/healthc... D.C. Calls for Doctor Oversight Hearing- May 8, 2005 Council member David A. Catania said the hearing is in response to a series of Washington Post articles that reported the medical board rarely disciplines troubled doctors.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A51179-2005Apr13.html?nav=rss_health/healthc... Multiple State Licenses Helped Conceal History- May 8, 2005 After physician Joseph S. Hayes was charged in 1999 with fondling female patients -- but before he was convicted -- he simply pulled out a different state license and moved. He left Tennessee and got a job at a wellness center in South Carolina, where he had held a license since 1973.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A44900-2005Apr11.html?nav=rss_health/healthc... Establishing Proof- May 8, 2005 It took 15 years to discover the link between oxygen and blindness -- 15 years in which a mysterious disease haunted America's best hospitals.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A64052-2005Apr18.html?nav=rss_health/healthc... A Track Record of Lies And of Job Dismissals- May 8, 2005 Physician Mahmoud Nemazee has had career problems over the past 18 years, but he has always resurrected himself by moving on -- to a new job in a new place.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A44902-2005Apr11.html?nav=rss_health/healthc... Disparities Cited for Medicare Drug Benefit- May 8, 2005 The prescription drug benefit available next year will cost senior citizens an average of $722 annually, but retirees with chronic conditions such as diabetes and heart disease can expect to pay about double that amount and face gaps in their coverage, a new study finds.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A64015-2005Apr18.html?nav=rss_health/healthc... Physicians Outrun Poor Records, Pasts- May 8, 2005 Facing problems in one state, hundreds of doctors simply moved and restarted their careers despite a system designed to prevent just that.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A44899-2005Apr11.html?nav=rss_health/healthc... Doctors Are Warned on Fetus Care- May 8, 2005 The Bush administration issues guidelines advising physicians and hospitals that they are obligated to care for fetuses "born alive" naturally or in the process of an abortion.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A10411-2005Apr22.html?nav=rss_health/healthc... Experts Dispute Remark That Living Wills Save Money- May 8, 2005 Health and Human Services Secretary Mike Leavitt said this week that encouraging senior citizens to write living wills could dramatically reduce Medicare's skyrocketing health care costs.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A41414-2005May6.html?nav=rss_health/healthca... Despite Deaths, Doctor Kept License- May 8, 2005 The District board ignored an administrative law judge's recommendation to revoke OB-GYN Gideon M. Kioko's license, despite public pleas and a history of incidents in Maryland.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A42457-2005Apr10.html?nav=rss_health/healthc... |