A federal grand jury in Houston returned a superseding indictment charging Arun Sharma, MD, and Kiran Sharma, MD, with 35 additional counts of illegally distributing controlled substances, healthcare fraud, mail fraud and money laundering, in addition to charges brought against…
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Ten years ago, Israel Green's wife was incorrectly diagnosed with cancer. After many attempts to find a cure, the physicians treating Mrs. Green realized that she had been misdiagnosed. As a result of this experience, Mr. Green sought to create…
TriMedx, a leader in medical equipment management, recently celebrated 10 years serving healthcare providers, according to a TriMedx news release.
Here are eight statistics about a surgery center's operating expenses per case performed, from VMG Health's 2009 Intellimarker.
Fred Harder, CEO of Hemet, Calif.-based Valley Health System, has resigned, just days before the hospital was due to report its financial status in bankruptcy court, according to a report by the Riverside Press-Enterprise.
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North Shore University Hospital in Manhasset, N.Y., received the highest payment from CMS's nationwide pay-for-performance (P4P) demonstration project, according a release from North Shore-LIJ Health System, the hospital's parent corporation.
Here is the average payor mix for surgery centers as a percentage of gross charges, based on average net revenue, from VMG Health's 2009 Intellimarker.
More than 135 area physicians will become part-owners of 290-bed Lancaster (Pa.) Regional Medical Center in an unusual arrangement to be finalized this month, according to the Lancaster Intelligencer Journal.
Reinaldo Guerra of Miami, Fla., pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to commit Medicare fraud and one count of Medicare fraud, according to a news release from the United States Attorney General's Office of the Southern District of Florida.
A fourth executive from West Chester, Pa.-based Synthes pleaded guilty to charges originating with illegal clinical trials the company performed on Norian XR, a bone cement, in which three patients died, according to a report from the Philadelphia Inquirer.