A 71-year-old Downey, Calif., physician faces charges he conspired to prescribe painkillers to patients without examining them, according to a report by the Mercury News.
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An appellate court judge has overruled a Superior Court judge’s decision to forgo a lawsuit against Sunnyside (Wash.) Community Hospital alleging negligent care in the death of one of its physicians, according to a Yakima-Herald news report. Read the full…
The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation is investigating whether lawmakers and the Tennessee Department of Health had a hand in the state board of nursing's decision to reverse three nurses' suspension, according to a Tennessean news report.
Anesthesia bills in Medicare claims provide an excellent source of information on surgery times throughout the United States, according to a study published in the July 2011 issue of Anesthesiology.
Payors unable to pay providers for services rendered to Medicare beneficiaries within a certain time will pay slightly less in interest penalties for the remainder of 2011, according to an AAPC report.
Several physicians have responded to a New York Times op-ed in which anesthesiologist Karen Sibert, MD, said female physicians should work longer hours to offset the growing shortage of physicians.
The following article is written by Jeff Terry, general manager and managing principal of clinical operations at GE Healthcare Performance Solutions; Patricia Daughenbaugh RN, MSN, MBA, who leads GE Healthcare Performance Solutions Clinical Excellence consulting practice; and Kathy Martin, MBA,…
Access MediQuip, a provider of comprehensive surgical implant management solutions, has announced the appointment of Steve DaRe as the company's chief financial officer.
A former physician from Fairfield, Conn., was the second person convicted in a fraud scheme after he pleaded guilty to making a false statement related to healthcare yesterday, according to Connecticut Post report. Francisco R. Carbone, MD, pleaded guilty to…
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services recently announced a plan to make it easier for physicians to comply with the agency's e-prescribing imperative, which will penalize physicians starting in 2012 for not electronically transmitting their Medicare patients' prescriptions to…