Two co-owners and operators of pharmacies in Brooklyn, N.Y., have been arrested on healthcare fraud charges for their alleged participation in a $3 million Medicare fraud scheme, according to a news release from the U.S. Department of Justice. Luba Balyasny…
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CMS has issued updates to ICD-9-CM codes, which includes the addition of new codes and revision of existing codes.
A former worker from New York’s Memorial-Sloan Kettering Cancer Center has admitted to embezzling more than $1.5 million by ordering, stealing and reselling printer toner. Read more at Becker’s Hospital Review.
The American Society of Interventional Pain Physicians has announced the appointment of Standiford Helm II, MD, as president.
The Commonwealth Fund has updated its hospital compare website, WhyNotTheBest.org, with information on central line-associated bloodstream infections and county-level data on hospital quality. Read the full report in Becker’s Hospital Review on WhyNotTheBest.org.
The VA National Center for Patient Safety has developed a free, downloadable moderate sedation study aid poster based upon work done at the Durham VAMC Patient Safety Center of Inquiry.
The National Quality Forum, with support from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, has identified 30 safe practices that can reduce or prevent adverse events and medical errors.
Here are the median hourly wages of the largest occupations in ambulatory healthcare services, according to May 2008 occupational employment statistics from the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
The Joint Commission has published a new fact sheet about its accreditation standards.
Iowa City Ambulatory Surgical Center is one of a growing number of facilities investing in automated prescription dispense machines for purposes of patient convenience and improving medication treatment plan compliance, according to a report from KCRG-TV9.