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An Illinois legislative plan has approved a temporary health insurance plan intended to increase options for approximately 200,000 state employees and retirees, according to a Bloomberg Businessweek report.
North Dakota lawmakers have begun drafting legislation to broaden health insurance coverage by establishing a health insurance exchange, according to a Bloomberg Businessweek report.
One-third of employers will cut health insurance benefits for employees over the next few years, according to a survey of 1,300 employers conducted by McKinsey and Company.
Divine Providence Hospital in Williamsport, Pa., has agreed to pay the federal government $598,965 to resolve allegations of improper Medicare claims. Click here to read the full story in Becker’s Hospital Review on Divine Providence Hospital’s settlement.
Only half of Oregon's licensed surgery centers are participating in the state's voluntary quality reporting system, established in 2007, according to an Oregon Live report.
A largescale kickback scheme allegedly left employees from two hospitals within the Hollywood, Fla.-based Memorial Healthcare System installing swimming pools and making other improvements to their homes. Click here to read the full story in Becker’s Hospital Review on the…
The Food and Drug Administration has approved Maquet's FLOW-i anesthesia system for 510(k) marketing, according to a MedGadget report.
A Texas sheriff has been sentenced to 400 days in jail and four years of probation after he was convicted in a retaliation case involving two nurses and a physician at Winkler County Memorial Hospital in Kermit, Texas, according to…
Massachusetts' Board of Registration in Medicine has prohibited Ronald Nasif, MD, an orthopedic surgeon, from performing any surgeries for delivering "substandard care," according to a Boston Globe news report.