Stent sales representatives, who disobeyed a Baltimore hospital's ban on salespeople occupying cardiac treatment rooms while procedures are being performed, are being linked to a cardiologist sued for unnecessarily implanting the stents, according to a report by The Baltimore Sun.
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CMS and RAC consultants make the following points on the difference between automated and complex reviews by recovery audit contractors.
Reacting to their findings that most young physicians surveyed in France have a Facebook profile, U.S. medical ethics researchers said social networking may compromise physicians' relationships with patients, according to a study on the Journal of Medical Ethics.
More hospitals have announced layoffs, salary freezes and wage cuts, following reports that hospital visits have dropped by 8 percent in the last year, according to various sources.
Carolinas HealthCare System, the second-largest public healthcare system in the nation, earned more than $241 million in the first nine months of 2010 compared to $387.8 million during the same time span last year, according to a Charlotte Business Journal…
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Mediation is a useful tool for hospitals to resolve medical malpractice cases, but physicians rarely attend mediation sessions, making it more difficult to piece together the mistakes made and how they might be prevented, according to a report by the…
Executives from group purchasing organization VHA shared the following three predictions for hospitals in 2011.
Detroit-based Henry Ford Health System and Wayne State University School of Medicine have signed a five-year partnership to expand their relationship by training more students at Henry Ford facilities, according to a report by the Detroit Free Press.
The American Hospital Association is offering a free webinar on Jan. 5 to review the results from its latest RACTrac survey, according to an AHANewsNow report.
Physicians married or partnered to other physicians are more likely to have depressive symptoms, low mental quality of life and work-home conflict than physicians whose domestic partners were working non-physicians or stayed at home, according to a study by the…