Pikeville (Ky.) Medical Center has settled a whistleblower lawsuit with the federal government alleging that it improperly billed Medicare for work done in its pain management clinic, according to an Associated Press report featured in The Republic. Whistleblower Michael Fletcher,…
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RF Surgical Systems, a developer of solutions for the detection and prevention of retained surgical sponges, has announced researchers from UNC Health Care, based in Chapel Hill, N.C., have reported positive, interim results from an ongoing study examining the use…
A new outpatient surgery center could be coming to Tahlequah, Okla., in 2012, according to a Tahlequah Daily Press report.
Voluntary turnover trends indicate that turnover for nurses with less than three years of experience is reaching double-digits, according to a PricewaterhouseCoopers report.
The defense team for Michael Jackson's physician Conrad Murray, MD, has replaced its most knowledgeable lawyer on propofol for today's testimony, according to a CNN report.
Whistle-blowing incidents can significantly affect the long-term emotional well-being of the nurses involved, according to a National Nursing News report.
A tool to identify violent patients in medical and surgical wards was introduced in the Nov. 2011 issue of the Journal of Advanced Nursing.
A North Dakota lawmaker says the state should run its own health insurance exchange instead of letting the federal government step in, according to a Bloomsberg Businessweek report.
Kim Woodruff, VP of corporate finance and compliance for Pinnacle III, an operator, manager and developer of ambulatory surgery centers, addresses five questions pertaining to the topic of ambulatory surgery centers and their use of social media.
The Tennessee Academy of Ophthalmology has launched a pre-emptive attack on possible legislation that would allow optometrists to do surgical procedures, including some using lasers, according to a report by The Tennessean.