From: Scott Becker <scott@beckersasc.com>
Subject: [Becker's Hospital Review E-Weekly] 5 Recent Medicare Fraud Cases Involving Kickbacks | CFO at Hoboken University Medical Center Resigns After Audit Shows Accounting Irregularities | Texas Legislators Speak Out in Favor of Physician-Owned Hospitals |
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1. 5 Recent Medicare Fraud Cases Involving Kickbacks. Click Here

2. CFO at Hoboken University Medical Center Resigns After Audit Shows Accounting Irregularities. Click Here

3. Texas Legislators Speak Out in Favor of Physician-Owned Hospitals. Click Here

4. The Jan./Feb. issue of Becker's Hospital Review will highlight 20 of the Best Physician-Owned Hospitals in the Country. To nominate a hospital, e-mail Scott Becker (sbecker@mcguirewoods.com), Rob Kurtz (rob@beckersasc.com) or reply to this e-mail. One nominated hospital is Foundation Surgical Hospital in Bellaire, Texas, which has received commendations such as being ranked in the top 5 percent of hospitals in the nation for patient experience and in the top 5 percent of hospitals in the nation for joint replacement by HealthGrades.

5. CEO of Illinois' Ferrell Hospital, H. William Hartley, Resigns. Click Here 

6. Health Management Associates to Buy 476-Bed Arkansas Sparks Regional Medical Center. Click Here

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8. Longest Presently-Serving Iowa Hospital CEO, Rob Cooper, Announces Retirement. Click Here

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