In an unprecedented study of 2.2 million emergency room visits across the United States, Yale researchers found that 22% of patients who went to emergency departments within their health-insurance networks were treated by an out-of-network doctor and potentially incurred major, unexpected expenses.
Several children remain in the hospital after a deadly crash on Halloween night. The accident happened Monday, Oct. 31 about 7:45 p.m. and caused the northbound and southbound lanes of I-475 to close for several hours between Exit 2 and Exit 4.
A fire at a high-rise home for seniors in Los Angeles left three elderly residents with burns and smoke-inhalation injuries.<br />Fire officials say two of the injured are in critical condition and one is in fair condition after the Monday night blaze at the 15-story building.
The Euclid football player who died two days after Friday’s game against Solon died from an injury to his abdomen, the medical examiner said on Tuesday.
Thirty residents were taken to the hospital and up to seven more were unaccounted for early Thursday after an explosion ripped through an apartment building in Silver Spring, Maryland, officials said.
An elderly driver has been rescued after his car went into Lake St. Clair on Monday in Grosse Pointe Farms. According to authorities, the 65-year-old man was traveling westbound on Lake Shore Road, near Winthrop, when he lost control and drove over the median, then launching into the water.
It is a sight, no parent wants to witness.. on a day that was supposed to be filled with fun. We sat down with the family of the boy thrown from a ride at Lake Winnepesaukah. They are now sharing their heartbreak with you.
Authorities say a Greece man suffered third-degree burns over 30 percent of his body after a gas can in the trunk of his car ignited at a gas station early Wednesday morning. It happened near the intersection of Portland and Clifford Avenues shortly after midnight.
Doctors in states that track painkiller prescriptions were nearly one-third less likely to offer patients dangerously addicting opioids, a new study found. The launch of drug-monitoring programs in 24 states led to an immediate 30 percent drop in prescriptions for Schedule II opioids, the most addictive, in patients with pain complaints, the study showed.
As two criminal cases became public this week, the Justice Department today announced three cases in which additional defendants have pleaded guilty to federal charges for participating in a long-running health care fraud scheme that illegally referred thousands of patients for spinal surgeries and generated nearly $600 million in fraudulent billings over an eight-year period.
