Dewey C. MacKay, MD, a Utah orthopedic surgeon, has been granted a hearing to contest his recent conviction for distributing painkillers to patients without a legitimate medical purpose, according to a Salt Lake Tribune report.
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The Dean Clinic, based in Madison, Wis., has contacted 2,345 patients who may have been exposed to bloodborne diseases from a former nurse's improper use of medical devices during patient training, according to a news release.
The Children's Medical Center of Dayton (Ohio) is requiring all employees and volunteers to receive the flu vaccine this fall in order to work at the hospital, according to a hospital news release.
Oakland Regional Hospital in Southfield, Mich., has opened a new foot and ankle surgery center in the hospital, according to a Crain's Detroit Business report and an Oakland Regional Hospital news release (pdf).
Approximately 1.4 million healthcare providers, including roughly 750,000 physicians, will be required to revalidate their Medicare enrollment records as part of an anti-fraud initiative called for in the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, according to an amednews report.
Mary LeGrand, RN, MA, CCS-P, CPC, addresses challenges associated with coding for hand treatment and procedures in an article published in AAOS Now.
Given the number of federal healthcare fraud prosecutions from the past eight months, the total is expected to expand by 85 percent over last year due to the Obama administration’s intense focus on fraud-fighting, according to a USA Today report.…
In June, Reps. Pete Sessions (R-TX) and John Larson (D-CT) and Sens. Ron Wyden (D-OR) and Mike Crapo (R-ID) introduced the Ambulatory Surgery Center Quality and Access Act of 2011 into the U.S. Congress. It has since been endorsed by…
Bernard McDonnell, DO, a retired physician and current surveyor for Healthcare Facilities Accreditation Program, identifies 15 questions surgery centers and other providers need to ask themselves to help ensure an effective and compliant quality program.
In early August, a story was published stating the Illinois Department of Public Health had issued citations for infection control problems to two-thirds of same-day surgery centers in Illinois inspected during the past year. The story documented many of the…