Madison, N.J.-based Quest Diagnostics has agreed to pay $241 million to settle allegations that the company overbilled the California’s Medi-Cal program for more than 15 years, according to a Sacramento Bee report. The settlement — the largest recovery in the…
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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has a series of free educational resources on MRSA and other bacterial skin infections now available for download.
Jewish & St. Mary's HealthCare recently signed a deal to bring Premier Surgery Center of Louisville to the health system's Old Henry campus, according to a Courier-Journal report.
A Canadian study found many labor and delivery health professionals do not fully understand the anesthesiologist's role in managing pregnant patients, which could affect the quality of care mothers and babies receive, according to a Medical News Today report.
Tamir Ben-Menachem, MD, an interventional gastroenterologist, has recently joined Summit Medical Group in Berkeley Heights, N.J., according to a medical group news release.
Results from focus groups and questionnaires showed healthcare workers from Chicago-area hospitals generally exhibited positive perceptions toward legislation requiring MRSA screening, according to research published in Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology.
Establishing financial incentives and deploying an educational campaign on patient safety may help increase adverse outcomes reporting among medical residents, according to research published in Academic Medicine.
Blue Chip Surgical Center Partners has announced a new partnership with Greenspring Surgery Center in Baltimore.
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