An emergency medicine physician has been charged with grand larceny, among other crimes, for allegedly stealing roughly $1.45 million by using a business credit card for personal purchases.
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Midland-based MyMichigan Health has finalized the acquisition of several Michigan-based Ascension facilities, including a Saginaw-based ASC and a Tawas-based surgery center, according to an Aug. 1 report from the Detroit Free Press.
The highest-paid cardiologist in Charlotte, N.C., earns $947,300, according to Medscape's salary reporter tool, which is much higher than the mean annual wage of $423,250 cardiologists make according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
University Hospitals in Cleveland added Bernardo Cortese, MD, as co-director of the UH Harrington Heart & Vascular Institute's Coronary Center.
A Florida physician and her granddaughter were sentenced to federal prison for charges of conspiracy to distribute drugs.
The national average annual salary earned by registered nurses, nurse practitioners and physician assistants varies by $50,480 depending on credentials, according to the most recent Bureau of Labor Statistics employment survey.
Joint-venture developments are becoming increasingly common through the ASC industry as health systems and hospitals recognize the growth potential of opening ASCs.
From CFOs to ASCs, the pressure to meet margins as costs soar and reimbursements decline affects all of healthcare.
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Charleen Tacket, administrator of Vital Heart & Vein in Houston, joined Becker's to discuss how patient experience is often missed in conversations with insurance companies.