Adena Medical Center in Chillicothe, Ohio, will not be penalized by CMS for performing wrong-site surgery on a woman earlier this year, according to a Chillicothe Gazette report. Arthroscopic surgery was performed on both of a woman’s knees when only…
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Wheeling, W.Va.-based Ohio Valley Health Services has filed a lawsuit accusing its former CEO of making illegal payment arrangements with physicians and draining a $38 million endowment fund to hide operating losses, according to a report from The Republic. OVHS…
"Ultrasound promotes efficiency, it's safe, it saves time and money and it can be used as an ancillary revenue stream for the practice," says Ben DuBois, MD, an orthopedic surgeon with Grossmont Orthopaedic Medical Group in La Mesa, Calif. He…
St. Louis-based Ascension Health has achieved significant patient safety improvements through a comprehensive quality improvement strategy implemented in 2003. The health system's success is detailed in a study, "The Quality 'Journey' at Ascension Health: How We've Prevented at Least 1,500…
New research shows that nutritional supplements could decrease the risk of spine or joint fractures from vitamin D deficiency, according to a release from Top Doctors Labs.
Johnson & Johnson has set aside a reserve related to the federal investigation of its sales and marketing practices for Risperdal, an antipsychotic drug that is one of the healthcare giant’s largest sellers, according to a Bloomberg Businessweek report. The…
Anesthesiologist on the Move: Dr. Lon J. Merin Joins New York's Orange Regional Medical Center Board
Anesthesiologist Lon J. Merin, MD, has joined the board of directors at Orange Regional Medical Center in Middletown, N.Y., according to a Times Herald-Record report.
Florida's Sarasota County Commission is rethinking legislation to manage painkiller abuse, suggesting the recently passed state legislation may be sufficient, according to a Herald-Tribune report.
A Maine bill to manage painkiller prescriptions went before the legislature's Health and Human Services Committee on Monday, but faces opposition, according to a Bangor Daily News report.
The Plastic and Cosmetic Center of South Texas has been SurgiCenter certified by The Joint Commission, according to a San Antonio Business Journal report.