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Some experts say Medtronic's recent move to terminate five contracts with Novation could possibly indicate a trend in medical device companies turning away business agreements with group purchasing organizations, according to a MassDevice news report.

Straying from the “pay and chase” approach to fraud, healthcare programs are concentrating on preventing “bad actors” from fraudulently billing Medicare or Medicaid, according to a Reuters report. Peter Budetti of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services said fraudsters…

Five former executives of Tampa-based WellCare Health Plans have been indicted for allegedly defrauding the Florida Medicaid program by producing false documents to inflate the costs of behavior health services, according to an MSNBC report. The former executives indicted are…

Urologist Hossein Lahiji, MD, of McAllen, Texas, and his wife have been indicted for allegedly defrauding Medicare and Medicaid, according to a news release from the Federal Bureau of Investigations. Dr. Lahiji and his wife, Najmeh Vahid Lahiji, are accused…

Carnegie Hill Endoscopy, a new Endoscopy ASC under development in New York City (Manhattan), has an exciting opportunity available for an experienced Healthcare Administrator.  Potential start date planned in the June timeframe.  Excellent opportunity for an individual who wants to…

A CMS proposal to base future hospital payments partly on hospital-acquired conditions as part of its value-based purchasing program raises "serious concerns" because HACs are already measured for current hospital payments, according to an AHA letter to the agency.

Researchers from the University of Michigan Health System discovered patients are at higher risk of incurring a C. difficile infection if they are assigned to a patient room that was previously occupied by a patient with the infection.

Venu Madhipatla, MD, a physician board-certified in both anesthesiology and pain management, has joined the medical staff at Colquitt Regional Medical Center in Moultrie, Ga., according to a hospital news release.

Researchers suggest hand contamination by MRSA is equally likely to happen from coming in contact with commonly examined skin sites on patients and commonly touched environmental surfaces in patient rooms.

SourceMedical, a provider of clinical and management ambulatory surgery center software solutions, has announced that ASC management company APAC Partners has selected the company's Vision Enterprise and Vision Electronic Health Record products for its client base of ASCs and physician…