A patient received a $650,000 settlement from Good Samaritan Medical Center in West Palm Beach, Fla., to settle a lawsuit regarding a retained foreign object and medication error, according to a Sun-Sentinel report.
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Florida hospitals and surgery centers reported less patient mortalities due to medical errors compared to previous years, though cases of serious harm have not decreased, according to the South Florida Sun-Sentinel report.
A pain management physician from Clearwater, Fla., has been found not guilty of six counts of Medicare fraud, according to a St. Petersburg Times report. Authorities claimed Jayam Krishna Iyer, MD, submitted approximately $457,000 in claims for services performed by…
Marshall Maran, senior vice president of operations and physician services at Health Inventures in Broomfield, Colo., outlines three choices physician-owners of ambulatory surgery centers have when looking for a new strategic direction.
The following article is written by Nap Gary, COO; Robert Welti, senior vice president, operations; Matt Lau, corporate controller; and Michael Orseno, revenue cycle director for Regent Surgical Health.
The AAAHC Institute for Quality Improvement, a not-for-profit subsidiary of the Accreditation Association for Ambulatory Health Care, has announced the winners of the 2011 Bernard A. Kershner Innovations in Quality Improvement Awards.
First Surgical Partners, which operates two ambulatory surgery centers and an acute-care hospital, has announced a quarterly cash dividend of $0.0275 per share on its shares of common stock that will be paid on Aug. 12, 2011, according to a…
An Inglewood surgeon agreed Wednesday to surrender his medical license after being convicted of involuntary manslaughter in connection with the death of a 30-year-old patient, according to an LA Times report.
A survey of infection preventionists showed CMS’ nonpayment policy for infections is leading healthcare professionals to pay increased time and attention to coding, according to a Medscape Medical News report. Read the full report in Becker’s Hospital Review on the…
A former Ciena Healthcare employee has prevailed in a lawsuit she filed against Ciena Healthcare in Southfield, Mich., accusing the nursing and rehabilitation provider of firing her for cooperating in a state investigation over two patient deaths, according to a…