Dr. Howard Smith Oncall

  Vidcast:  https://youtu.be/8raLJFL5YtE   Here is some notable healthcare-related business news for this 4th week of June, 2022   The Northside Hospital, headquartered in Sandy Springs metro Atlanta, has been fined $1 million by the federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid for violating hospital price transparency rules.  The feds dictate that every hospital must provide a consumer-friendly price list of 300 medical and surgical procedures.  Northside Hospital failed to fulfill this obligation for two of its sites.  Northside isn’t alone either since a national study showed that 51% of all US hospitals failed to do so.  Shame on the hospitals for hiding the truth and shame on the government for not enforcing the law.   https://www.dotmed.com/news/story/58122?s=newsreg     United Healthcare is offering the artificial intelligence-driven Kaia Health app to offer virtual physical therapy to its subscribers with musculoskeletal problems.  The app provides coaching with individualized feedback based on its analy