About 85 percent of U.S. surgeons are using telehealth in some capacity, according to the American Medical Association's "2021 Telehealth Survey Report," with 80 percent saying telehealth gives patients better access to care.
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Orlando, Fla.-based Aventus Health has filed a class action complaint against United Healthcare for allegedly failing to reimburse Aventus for 35,000 COVID-19 tests.
Gist Healthcare, a healthcare consulting firm, has joined Kaufman Hall, a healthcare and higher education management consulting firm.
On Dec. 24, the OhioHealth Balgreen medical office building was forced to close after experiencing water damage due to freezing temperatures, according to a Jan. 9 report from Mansfield News Journal.
Pennsylvania state senators Camera Bartolotta and Lisa Boscola plan to refile a bill that will allow nurse practitioners to care for patients without collaboration agreements with physicians, the Morning Call reported Jan. 9.
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Tehachapi, Calif.-based physician Susan Hall, MD, has been placed on a four-year probation following repeated negligent acts, Tehachapi News reported Jan. 7.
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From false Medicare claims to improper and reckless medical billing, here are 14 major False Claims Act settlements in 2022 and the first week of 2023.
Two organizations behind an $8.3 million healthcare facility in Jacksonville, Fla., have requested a $500,000 grant from the city, according to a Jan. 9 report from the Jacksonville Daily Record.
The annual number of ransomware attacks on healthcare delivery organizations has more than doubled since 2016, according to a Dec. 29 report published in the Journal of the American Medical Association.