The practice of doctor shopping creates a cycle of redundant tests, medication risks and rising healthcare costs.

Overweight and obese patients are significantly more likely than their normal-weight counterparts to repeatedly switch primary care doctors, a practice that disrupts continuity of care and leads to ...

ER doctor: “I don’t know. She probably doesn’t need admission to the hospital today, but she does need follow-up with a doctor very soon. I am worried, though, that Mrs. Jones isn’t plugged in.” This ...

In Washington, D.C., a Medicare beneficiary filled prescriptions for 2,330 pills of oxycodone, hydromorphone and morphine in a single month last year – written by just one of the 42 health providers ...

A law aimed at reducing "doctor shopping," when patients seek prescriptions from different doctors to avoid detection, takes effect Saturday in Wisconsin. In an effort to keep opioids out of the hands ...