Mitigating psychiatric disorder relapse in pregnancy during pandemic

Dr. Lee S. Cohen, Director of the Ammon-Pinizzotto Center for Women’s Mental Health at Massachusetts General Hospital, recently shared his insights on mitigating psychiatric relapse during pregnancy amidst the COVID-19 pandemic with Ob.Gyn News on August 28th, 2020 In a previous column, I addressed some of the issues that quickly arose in the context of the… Read More »

West Virginia hospital to pay $50M to settle False Claims Act violations

Dive Brief: West Virginia’s oldest hospital has agreed to pay $ 50 million to settle allegations it systematically violated laws against physician kickbacks and improper referrals, and billed the government for the claims. The U.S. Department of Justice alleges that Wheeling Hospital, under the direction of its old management R&V Associates Ltd. and Ronald Violi,… Read More »

Limiting COVID chaos during the school year

Child: “Will I go back to school this fall?Parent: “I’m not sure yet.”Child: “Do you know when we’ll find out?”Parent: “I also don’t know that yet.”Child: “Will school be the same for the whole year?”Parent: “I don’t know that either.” Sound familiar? If the only thing you do know is that plans are in flux,… Read More »