The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services is seeking comment on seven proposed medication-related quality measures, according to an American Hospital Association news release.
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The Commission to End Health Care Disparities urges ambulatory practices to collect demographic data to improve quality of care, according to a white paper by the Commission.
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Physician Hospitals of America has named John Richardson, former director of Government Relations Healthcare Practice Group for SmithBucklin, executive director, according to a news release.
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Jacinta Gillis, MD, an internist who operated medical clinics in Lee and Pinellas counties in Florida, has been arrested and charged with allegedly running pill mills and illegally distributing pain prescriptions, according to a local NBC news report.
Law enforcement officials across the state of Florida are volunteering to pay for a proposed drug database that lawmakers have refused so far to pay for, according to a Sun-Sentinel news report.
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A March 30 follow-up inspection of University Hospital in Columbia, Mo., showed the hospital is now in full compliance with Medicare standards after coming under fire for noncompliance in infection control and other requirements, according to a Columbia Tribune news…
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