A Glendale, Calif., internist's medical license has been revoked by the Medical Board of California for helping another physician commit fraud and lacking remorse for her actions, according to a Glendale News Press report.
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The assets of an ophthalmologist from South Bend, Ind., who was accused of healthcare fraud, have been distributed after a murder-suicide following his indictment, according to a news report from the Greenfield Reporter.
A Jackson, N.J., psychiatrist and medical director of the now-defunct Chambers Mental Health Clinic was sentenced to three years in prison and ordered to pay almost $50,000 in restitution for his role in a scheme to defraud the Medicaid and…
A study published in Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology suggests the risk of death and lengths of stay are increased among hospitalized inflammatory bowel disease patients who develop healthcare-associated infections, according to a news release by the American Gastroenterological Association.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved Cymbalta for chronic back pain and osteoarthritis pain, according to a FDA news release.
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St. Francis Medical Center of Trenton (N.J.) plans to build a new outpatient treatment center in Bordentown Township, N.J., which may include ambulatory surgery, according to a Register-News report.
Community Health Center has received a $453,000 grant to support a new pain management study that would equip providers to manage chronic, long-term pain, according to a Hartford Business report.
A Grand Rapids, Mich., dermatologist, who was found guilty of healthcare fraud by performing medically unnecessary procedures on patients and re-using medical equipment, had six months removed from his 126-month prison sentence in federal court, according to a local FOX…
The Certification Board of Infection Control and Epidemiology has revised recertification and grant extensions for recertification candidates who did not pass the computer-based test or the self-achievement recertification exam, according to a news release.