Michigan Attorney General Bill Schuette has filed a lawsuit accusing prescription drug wholesaler McKesson of illegally inflating prices of medicine purchased by the state’s Medicaid program, according to a Bloomberg BusinessWeek report. Atty. Gen. Schuette is seeking to recover millions…
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The Institute for Healthcare Improvement, in collaboration with the CDC, the Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology and the Society of Healthcare Epidemiology of America, prepared the "How-to Guide: Improving Hand Hygiene — A Guide for Improving Practices…
South Carolina's Medicaid agency announced Monday it plans to cut reimbursement rates paid to physicians, dentists and other medical providers, according to a Bloomberg Businessweek report.
Joel B. Singer, MD, a physician with the Center of Ambulatory Surgery in Westport, Conn., says he expects the center to rectify 23 violations that state health department investigators cited during a visit in May, according to a Westport Now…
Anesthesiologists looking to take advantage of ACOs may find their opportunity in surgical homes, according to an editorial written by Robert E. Johnstone, MD, professor of anesthesiologist at West Virginia University in Morgantown, for Anesthesiology News.
The American Society of Anesthesiologists has invited practice managers and billing services to participate in its ninth survey of commercial payment rates.
The city of Dallas has agreed to pay $2.47 million to the state of Texas and the U.S. government to settle allegations of healthcare fraud, according to a news release from the U.S. Attorney’s Office. The state and U.S. government…
Although many healthcare experts agree reporting adverse events and medical errors can help improve healthcare quality in the long run, study findings show healthcare employees may not be as quick to self-report their own errors, according to an HR Solutions…
Eric Pifer, MD, chief medical officer for El Camino Hospital in Mountain View, Calif., has deployed a three-pronged strategy for reducing the incidence of C. diff infections at the hospital, according to a Mountain View Voice news report.
Maggie Summerfelt, administrator of Advanced Surgery Center in Omaha, Neb., discusses seven ways she creates clear goals and objectives for her surgery center and motivates employees to meet them.