The FDA is recommending healthcare professionals not use any products by the New England Compounding Center in Framingham, Mass., due to potentially contaminated medication causing a fungal meningitis outbreak, according to the American Society of Anesthesiologists.
Legal & Regulatory Issues
A member of the advisory board of The Children's Hospital of Southwest Florida in Fort Myers, part of Fort Myers-based Lee Memorial Health System, has resigned due to a possible conflict of interest with a construction contract, according to a…
A physician has sued Houston-based Memorial Hermann Hospital System, claiming it placed him on the National Practitioners Data Bank's adverse action report after he tried to address violations of the federal Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act at one…
Several states may partner with HHS to establish and run their health insurance exchanges due to political or timing reasons, which have hindered their ability to get plans ready by Jan. 1, 2014, according to a GovHealthIT report.
The commissioners for the public hospital district that owns Valley Medical Center in Renton, Wash., have voted to authorize litigation to determine the validity of a strategic alliance between VMC and Seattle-based University of Washington Medicine, according to a report…
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A controller at Rush Oak Park (Ill.) Hospital has been charged with felony theft for allegedly stealing roughly $300,000 from the hospital from February 2006 through September, according to a Chicago Tribune report.
A new study has found that 73 percent of health systems plan to self insure for their combined hospital-physician malpractice risk.
A Connecticut Supreme Court has ruled that physicians cannot be held liable for injuries to third parties caused by their patients, according to an American Medical News report.
North Carolina Attorney General Roy Cooper has said he will examine the use of antitrust law or new legislation to curb the state's artificially high healthcare costs, according to a Charlotte News & Observer report.
A former employee from Boulder City (Nev.) Hospital claims she was fired after voicing concern about the hospital's billing, according to a report from The Center for Public Integrity.