The federal government has filed a suit against Kernan Hospital, an orthopedic and rehabilitation hospital in Baltimore, over allegations that it improperly billed Medicare and Medicaid for a severe form of malnutrition, according to a Baltimore Sun report. The suit…
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The following is written by Marion K. Jenkins, PhD, FHIMSS, founder and CEO of QSE Technologies. Are you like millions of businesses still using workstations and laptops and servers with Windows XP and Server 2003? Well, you might think…
The Guidance Center, an inpatient and outpatient facility in Flagstaff, Ariz., has repaid the state $148,000 after a state investigation claimed it double-billed Medicaid and Medicare, according to an Arizona Daily Sun report. Investigators said the Guidance Center had billed…
SourceMedical, a provider of ambulatory surgery center and specialty hospital business and clinical software solutions, has announced the release of the Vision HOPD clinical and business management solution, according to a SourceMedical news release.
Note: The following interview was arranged by Future Path Medical. Sue Powers, RN, of University Hospitals Geneva (Ohio) Medical Center, identifies five of the top urine management issues facing nurses today and suggests solutions that can currently or may…
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Pikeville (Ky.) Medical Center has settled a whistleblower lawsuit with the federal government alleging that it improperly billed Medicare for work done in its pain management clinic, according to an Associated Press report featured in The Republic. Whistleblower Michael Fletcher,…
RF Surgical Systems, a developer of solutions for the detection and prevention of retained surgical sponges, has announced researchers from UNC Health Care, based in Chapel Hill, N.C., have reported positive, interim results from an ongoing study examining the use…
Kim Woodruff, VP of corporate finance and compliance for Pinnacle III, an operator, manager and developer of ambulatory surgery centers, addresses five questions pertaining to the topic of ambulatory surgery centers and their use of social media.
The Tennessee Academy of Ophthalmology has launched a pre-emptive attack on possible legislation that would allow optometrists to do surgical procedures, including some using lasers, according to a report by The Tennessean.
The FDA said that shortages of cytarabine, a cancer drug, has been resolved, but other critical drug shortages still remain, according to a Fox Business report.