Roper first joined the university as dean of its School for Public Health in 1997. He was then promoted to CEO of the healthcare system, dean of the medical school and vice chancellor for medical affairs in 2004.

Johnson said if FDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb intends to limit the reach of the law through new FDA rules, that would go against his intent in writing the legislation.

Community Health Systems’ selling spree continues, this time in its home state in Tennessee, as the for-profit hospital giant finalized the sale of three hospitals to West Tennessee Healthcare, a public, not-for-profit system.

This shouldn't be too surprising, but you can't always believe what you read on the internet. The online consumer ratings of healthcare providers are highly skewed, differ by specialty and fall within narrow margins, according to a study published May 9 in the Journal of Medical Internet Research.

Sen. Bill Cassidy, MD, R-Louisiana, released a series of new healthcare proposals that would expand insurance which doesn’t comply with the Affordable Care Act, along with new ideas on requiring price transparency and incentivizing care settings that are less expensive than hospitals.

False-positive breast biopsies cost the U.S. healthcare system approximately $2.18 billion each year, according to a study published in ClinicoEconomics and Outcomes Research.

When it comes to transgender patients, radiologists can be confused due to unfamiliarity with specific preferences or needs, a pair of researchers with the Southern Alberta Institute of Technology in Canada said this month in Radiography. Taking those patients’ unique considerations to heart and educating radiology staff about transgender realities can make a big difference in how the population receives medical care.

The American Medical Association (AMA) released a report on May 31 detailing how “physician leadership” has led to progress fighting the epidemic of opioid abuse and addiction. Just two days earlier, however, a story published by the Daily Beast labeled the AMA as a main roadblock to Congress addressing the prescription of opioids.