A long Island man, Richard Batista, is demanding his kidney back after  donating it to his wife Dawnell in 2001 after two previous failed transplants.
Despite telling the New York Daily News that there is “no value you can put on an organ when it saves someone’s life. There is no greater feeling on this planet,”  he is suing Dawnell [...]

Massachusetts Attorney General Martha Coakley and US Attorney Michael Sullivan have reached a settlement with Boston Medical Centerand its affiliate, East Boston Neighborhood Health Center, after the health centers were found to have overbilled what’s called the Free Care Pool. The Health Safety Net Trust Fund, commonly referred to as the Free Care Pool, provides [...]

[AMA] The long-simmering concern about how physicians’ financial relationships with industry could compromise medical research and education has led two prominent academic medical centers to declare they will shine a light on these ties. But some doctors wonder whether access to this kind of information is something that matters to patients.
Physicians and biomedical researchers affiliated [...]

June 17-19, 2009

Bioethics International partners with the World Health Care Congress for:  The World Health Care Congress Leadership Summit on Emergency Medicine Business Management and Planning – Disaster Preparation & Surge Planning Ÿ Reimbursement & Regulatory Requirements 
June 17-19, 2009 * Westin City Center Hotel * Dallas, TX
Hear from Jennifer E. Miller, Executive Director, Bioethics [...]