John E. Lawler, senior director of major capital projects at UMass Memorial Medical Center in Worcester, Mass., has been sentenced to two years in jail for embezzling more than $2.5 million from the Massachusetts health system, according to a Telegram…
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St. Joseph Medical Center in Towson, MD, is expected to soon be hit with more than 100 malpractice claims from patients who allegedly received unnecessary heart stents from Mark G. Midei, MD, a physician formerly practicing at the hospital, according…
Following a failed contract negotiation with Blue Cross Blue Shield of Louisiana, East Jefferson Hospital in Metairie, La., is encouraging its Blue Cross policy-holder patients to switch insurance carriers, according to a Times-Picayune report.
There is no credible evidence of recent widely publicized links between health systems' price increases and their market power, according to AHA-funded research examining two 2010 studies purporting to find such links.
The American Medical Association, along with medical societies representing 50 states and 65 national physician organizations, urged Congress last week to take immediate action to stop the 30 percent Medicare payment cuts expected at the end of 2010, according to…
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Here is a list of 10 hospitals and health systems that recently cut jobs as a result of varying financial difficulties, ordered by number of positions cut.
Driven by the need for high quality and low cost care, health plans are considering an alternative to overseas medical tourism or local treatment: sending members to high-volume, high-quality medical centers in another state or region. Known as "medical travel,"…
A 25-year-old employee at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore allegedly stole names, social security numbers and address from patients, giving the information to friends to buy more than $600,000 in merchandise, according to a release from the Maryland U.S. Attorney's…
Hospitals are on pace in 2010 to implement slightly more mass layoffs than the record year of 2009 and substantially more employees would be affected, according to a report by American Medical News.
Clarksburg, W.Va.-based United Hospital Center has moved to a new, larger facility, according to a WBOY report.