Fort Wayne (Ind.) Medical Oncology and Hematology is closing its Bluffton, Ind., clinic and consolidating services at a new Decatur, Ind., location to expand cancer care access in the region. According to a Sept. 21 news release, the Bluffton facility…
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South Island Medical closed its Freeland, Wash., clinic Sept. 9 and shifted operations to North Island Medical in Oak Harbor, its sister practice roughly 29 miles away, both owned by Palo Alto, Calif.-based Beyond Health, The South Whidbey Record reported…
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Jesse Selber, MD, has been named director of surgical services at Banner Health in the Phoenix Market and chair of the department of surgery at the University of Arizona College of Medicine – Phoenix. Dr. Selber is a pioneer of…
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A Bowie, Md., nurse has pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit healthcare fraud for her role in a $14 million scheme that billed D.C. Medicaid for mental health services that were never provided or were grossly inflated. Vera Nyiawung pleaded…