The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services gave the Keck Hospital five out of five stars in its 2023 Overall Star Rating Hospital-Specific Report, an achievement accomplished by only 16% of participating institutions from across the country.
The new designation will allow nationwide programs like USC Street Medicine to be reimbursed for services provided to patients who are unhoused. The policy change is the result of a formal proposal by the … Read More »
A Keck School study has identified that the protein GRP78, implicated in both cancer and COVID-19, allows cancer to spread and resist treatment. The discovery, published in the Proceedings of the National Academy … Read More »
The Inflation Reduction Act’s $35 cap on out-of-pocket costs for insulin has already led to increases in the total number of insulin fills for Medicare beneficiaries, according to a study from the USC Schaeffer Center for Health Policy & Economics … Read More »
In his role as chief post-acute care officer and chief of staff at Keck Medicine of USC, Felipe Osorno provides executive oversight of the post-acute care (PAC) service line, working closely with hospital leaders across the system … Read More »
For the first time, the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) has awarded full accreditation with commendation to the Office of Continuing Medical Education of the Keck School of Medicine of USC.
Continuing medical education is one … Read More »
On July 10, Jamlik-Omari Johnson, MD, officially stepped into the role of chair of the Department of Radiology and inaugural holder of the Stewart Dale Fordham, MD, Chair in Radiology for the … Read More »
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has fully approved lecanemab (Leqembi) — a drug to slow the progression of early-stage Alzheimer’s disease —making it soon available to more than a million Medicare patients.
Experts from the USC Leonard … Read More »
Clinicians, educators, alumni and distinguished guests from across the country gathered at the annual symposium and banquet on Saturday, June 24 to celebrate USC Roski Eye Institute’s ongoing track record of excellence in ophthalmic care.
The event offered … Read More »
A new study from the USC Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center, part of Keck Medicine of USC, has identified a previously unrecognized disparity in survival in hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) patients across all major racial/ethnic groups. The results, published … Read More »
Keck Medicine of USC’s Center for Vascular Care is one of just four programs in the entire country to be verified by the new Vascular Verification Program (Vascular-VP) overseen by the … Read More »
A Keck School of Medicine study used advanced techniques to isolate and analyze individual immune cells to understand how they respond to the hepatitis C virus. Findings from the first-of-its-kind … Read More »
Kelsie Kaiser, DPT, had been treating a woman for hyper-mobility. One day the patient introduced Kaiser to her transgender son — he had just had chest masculinization surgery (top surgery) and hoped that the physical therapist could … Read More »
Saturday, July 1, marked one year since the U.S. Supreme Court ended federal protections for abortion when it issued its ruling on Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization. Today the national debate over abortion access and reproductive rights continues.
Experts at … Read More »
Krist Azizian, PharmD, MHA, has been named chief pharmacy officer for the Keck Medicine of USC health system. Azizian assumes this role immediately and will continue to serve as chief pharmacy officer for Keck Medical Center of USC.
He will also … Read More »
Research from the Keck School of Medicine of USC, funded by the National Institutes of Health and the EPA, has shown that levels of certain air pollutants deemed safe by the EPA are still linked to changes in brain function … Read More »
For the 33rd year in a row, USC Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center welcomed survivors and their loved ones to to be honored for their strength, resilience, and tenacity.
The annual event, held on the Pappas Quad, maintained cherished traditions such as … Read More »
In honor of the Juneteenth holiday, Keck Medicine of USC organized a number of events to commemorate the emancipation of enslaved Black people in the United States. Juneteenth is considered the longest-running African American holiday and has also been referred … Read More »
Vaughn Starnes, MD, the founding executive director of the USC Cardiac and Vascular Institute, joined Keck Medicine CEO Rod Hanners’s video series, “Conversations with Rod,” to discuss the future of heart care … Read More »
A new analysis from the USC Schaeffer Center for Health Policy and Economics warns that overpayments to Medicare Advantage plans now exceed 20% — or $75 billion — per year, underscoring the urgent need for … Read More »