Good Health and The Haunting of CVS - by the Ghosts of Its, Caremark's, MedPartners' and HealthSouth's Past. Elvonda

In our brave new neoliberal world of commercialized health care, many US health care organizations are products of numerous mergers, acquis...

Good Health and A Tenet of Impunity - Tenet Settles Kickback Allegations for $514 Million, No Individual Suffers Any Negative Consequences. Elvonda

Tramp, tramp, tramp.  The march of legal settlements continues.  The latest entry is a corporation that has had a 20 plus year history of l...

Good Health and The Wages of Sin - a Small Illustration of How Executives Can Personally Profit from Bad Corporate Behavior in Health Care. Elvonda

The resolution of two related cases involving drug/ biotechnology/ device giant Johnson and Johnson opened a small window on the perverse i...

Good Health and Law and Order? - Bristol-Myers-Squibb Settles Case Alleging Fraud and Kickbacks, No Admissions of Guilt, No Individuals Charged. Elvonda

Introduction  Donald Trump, Republican candidate for the US presidency last week announced he is the "law and order" candidate, ac...

Good Health and Their Cheating Hearts - Latest Allergan Settlement Is a Reminder of Merger Participants' Sketchy Pasts. Elvonda

A Huge, but Sketchy Merger The announced merger and "tax inversion" of Pfizer and Allergan would be one of the largest corporate ...

Good Health and The Corporate Physicians' Dilemma - Three Hospital Systems Settle Cases Alleging Pressure on Employed Physicians to Refer Patients Within the System. Elvonda

Physicians are sworn to provide the best possible care to each individual patient.  Yet in the US, physicians increasingly practice as emplo...

Good Health and Phooled Again - More Settlements Suggesting Bad Behavior by Big Pharma/ Biotech. Elvonda

Once again, here is a roundup of cases showing big multi-national pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies are up to their usual tricks. P...