The Mississippi attorney general’s office has recovered $6 million from three pharmaceutical companies that misreported prescription drug prices to Medicaid, according to an AG news release. Attorney General Jim Hood said two settlement agreements were reached: one with Par Pharmaceutical;…
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Biotech company Amgen, based in Thousand Oaks, Calif., has set aside $780 million to cover the costs of settling federal and state probes into its sales and marketing practices, according to a Bloomberg report. The company is under civil and…
The CDC has released a guide for basic infection control and prevention to be applied in outpatient oncology settings.
Insight Pharmaceuticals in Langhorne, Pa., is recalling one lot (34,092 bottles) of Nostrilla Nasal Decongestant nasal spray from the consumer level because it may contain the bacteria Burkholderia cepacia.
Three physicians from Carolina Bone & Joint in Charlotte, N.C., have been fined $85,000 each by the state medical board for allegedly ordering unnecessary procedures, according to a Charlotte Observer report. The fine is the largest amount issued since the…
Boise (Idaho) State University researchers have created a new vaccine that shows high promise in preventing Staphylococcus aureus, a bacterium that can cause a range of illnesses such as skin infections and pneumonia.
Marsha Wallander, RN, is assistant director, accreditation services, for the Accreditation Association for Ambulatory Health Care. Q: Is it acceptable for healthcare workers to use non-alcohol hand sanitizer for routine (non-surgical/operating room) hand hygiene? Marsha Wallander: There are…
The National Quality Forum Board of Directors has endorsed a quality measurement framework for preventing and managing pressure ulcers across clinical care settings.
The new Advanced Primary Care Practice demonstration will provide payments to 500 health centers to improve coordination and quality of care, according to an HHS news release. Read the full report in Becker’s Hospital Review on the Advanced Primary Care…
Adam Lynch of Principle Valuation discusses the smartest thing he's seen an ambulatory surgery center do in 2011.