–The long, strange 30-year journey of BiDil. It’s been buried in the avalanche of related news but there’s an interesting and somewhat bizarre cardiology angle to the debate over Trump’s nomination of Tom Price to be the next HHS Secretary. ProPublica reported on Friday that last summer Price went to bat for the makers of…
Long Unsuccessful Heart Failure Drug Once Again At Center Of Controversy
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Way Beyond Kickbacks: More Serious Misconduct Alleged Against Medical Testing Company
September 18, 2014 by Leave a Comment
The problems go way beyond kickbacks. As previously reported (here and in the Wall Street Journal) the US government is conducting an investigation into Health Diagnostic Laboratory, a medical laboratory testing company that has enjoyed explosive growth since its founding in 2008. Previous reports centered on kickbacks given to physicians by the company to encourage greater use of the company’s…
Beyond Kickbacks: More Questions About Unnecessary Cardiovascular Tests
September 8, 2014 by Leave a Comment
On the front page of the Wall Street Journal today is an important story about a fast-growing company accused of giving kickbacks to physicians who order the company’s tests measuring a wide variety of cardiovascular biomarker tests. But the article leaves one major question unasked: even if the company played fully by the rules, are most of the tests medically…
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