James W. Marshall, MD, operator of walk-in clinic Immediate Medical Care in Monroe, Conn., has pleaded guilty to participating in a four-year conspiracy in which he admitted to illegally writing prescriptions for patients he never met, examined or consulted, according…
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After pleading guilty to a misdemeanor violation of illegally promoting Zonegran, an epilepsy drug, Elan Pharmaceutics will pay $97 million in criminal fines, according to a news release from the Federal Bureau of Investigations. Elan violated the Food Drug and…
The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality should focus its proposed set of 51 healthcare quality measures, which state Medicaid programs will be using for public reporting, according to a letter from the AHA.
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled 8-0 in favor of a former hospital lab technician who said he was fired due to his U.S. Army Reserve commitments, according to the Supreme Court decision. Vincent Staub said his supervisor at Proctor Hospital…
Costing-shifting has long been used by hospitals to recoup losses incurred by treating Medicaid and Medicare patients, but employers — armed with increasingly sophisticated data on employee health costs — are increasingly pressuring hospitals and insurers to end the practice.…
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Vicki Hess, RN, an employee engagement expert in Owings Mills, Md., and author of "The Nurse Manager’s Guide to Hiring, Firing & Inspiring," lists 10 ways managers can improve employee engagement.
The McHenry County Board has approved a recommendation to the Illinois Health Facilities and Services Review Board "commending" Janesville, Wis.-based Mercy Health System's certificate of need request to build a hospital in Crystal Lake, Ill., according to a Northwest Herald…
Methodist Health System, based in Dallas, has reported first quarter 2011 results, with total operating revenue surpassing last year by $22.2 million due to a new hospital joint venture and patient volume growth across all other hospitals, according to a…
A Connecticut Supreme Court judge has dismissed a lawsuit against Greenwich (Conn.) Hospital that accused the hospital of violating the Connecticut Unfair Trade Practice Act by promoting a hospital physician to become a top breast specialist while he struggled with…
This article outlines many of the key legal developments impacting acute-care hospitals and hospitals in general. Specifically, this memorandum sets forth nine issues applicable to most hospitals. Finally, this memorandum recommends the need for aggressive internal compliance efforts to strengthen…