Boston physician Pankaj Merchia, MD, has been convicted on charges of healthcare fraud, money laundering, conspiracy to defraud the IRS and tax evasion, according to a Jan. 23 release from the Justice Department. What happened?
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Boston Medical Center faced the same challenge many systems are grappling with: beds staying full longer than necessary because getting patients home safely took too long. BMC turned to AI to transform how teams identify patients ready for home and…
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