A new value-analysis approach, using data-driven decisions for product selection, was able to identify supply chain savings of about 40 percent in a pediatric perioperative department, according to an AORN Journal report.
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Billing service company Janzen, Johnston & Rockwell Emergency Medicine Management Services has agreed to pay $4.6 million to settle federal allegations that it submitted false claims to government health programs, according to a news release from the Department of Justice.…
Five more patients have been blinded after being injected with the drug Avastin for macular degeneration at a West Los Angeles Medical Center, a VA facility, according to a New York Times report.
Eighteen people have been charged for their participation in a chain of separate Medicare fraud schemes in Detroit, according to a Federal Bureau of Investigation news release. The schemes allegedly involved a total of more than $28 million in fraudulent…
UT Southwestern Medical center in Dallas has agreed to pay $1.4 million to settle allegations the hospital submitted false claims to Medicaid and Medicare regarding the supervision of resident physicians between 2004 and 2007, according to a UT Southwestern news…
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A federal judge has dismissed a whistleblower suit against Sayre, Pa.-based Guthrie Clinic and its Robert Packer Hospital that alleged the organization submitted false claims to federal health programs resulting from improper financial arrangements, according to a Times-Tribune report.
A new article published by the New York Times discusses the need for physicians and nurses to think about their patients rather than themselves when it comes to handwashing.
Many of today's ambulatory surgery center management and development company leaders made a name for themselves as administrators before moving into the role of executive. The following four executives discuss their transition from administrator to executive: Sandi Baber, RN, MHA,…
Amerinet, a national healthcare group purchasing organization, has announced it has signed three new ambulatory care distribution agreements with Cardinal Health for a variety of healthcare products and services, according to an Amerinet news release.
Minimally invasive surgery for a burst appendix could be more successful and less costly than the traditional operation, according to a new study reported in Reuters Health.