A federal appeals court has ruled that physicians who allow patients to pay after care is delivered don’t have to track and prevent identity theft under the federal Red Flags Rule, according to a release from the AMA. In other…
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The 2006 Massachusetts law requiring near-universal health coverage for its residents has not stopped the problem of medical bankruptcies, according to a Boston Globe report.
Some medical practices are charging patients a moderate membership fee each month rather than relying on reimbursement from payors for individual procedures and tests, according to a Washington Post report.
Tri-City Healthcare District in Oceanside, Calif., has filed a temporary restraining order and lawsuit against board member Kathleen Sterling after she allegedly pushed five people before a governing board meeting and injured at least one, according to a San Diego…
LSU Health Sciences Center in Shreveport, La., has settled a lawsuit brought forward by a nurse and orthopedic surgeon who blew the whistle on the medical center and were allegedly fired in retaliation, according to a KTBS Shreveport report. William…
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The Fulton-DeKalb Hospital Authority, which leases Grady Memorial Hospital to a corporation that operates it, is calling upon to hospital's board to justify its planned closure of two community health clinics, according to an Atlanta Journal-Constitution report.
Hospital employment in the United States increased more than 0.5 percent from 4.708 million in January to 4.711 in February, on a seasonally adjusted basis, according to a news release from the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Texas Children's Hospital in Houston has opened Texas Children's Hospital West Campus in suburban Houston, according to a release by the hospital.
A leading House Republicans is targeting five provisions of the healthcare reform law for defunding, according to a report by the Hill.