A Minnesota neurologist is suing a patient's relative for defamation after he published a negative review online, and the case is now pending before the Minnesota Supreme Court, according to a Star Tribune report.
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King of Prussia, Pa.-based Universal Health Services has agreed to pay $6.85 million to settle charges that it provided substandard psychiatric services to adolescent patients in Virginia, according to a Wall Street Journal report.
The Supreme Court is expected to vote on the constitutionality of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act today, following a historic three days of healthcare reform hearings, according to a Washington Post report.
Kenneth Melani, MD, CEO of Pittsburgh-based Highmark, is taking an unpaid leave of absence after being charged with assault and trespassing related to an incident that occurred last Sunday, according to a Wall Street Journal report.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services' anesthesia conversion factor previously announced by the American Society of Anesthesiologists were erroneous, ASA announced this week. The mistake resulted from an error in the original calculations of the CY 2012 Anesthesia Conversion…
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The U.S. House of Representatives passed a 2013 budget proposal by Rep. Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) that would overhaul Medicare, according to a Washington Times report.
The private operator of Bergen Regional Medical Center in Paramus, N.J., allegedly defrauded a county agency through a scheme with two elevator repair companies, according to a Record report.
U.S. District Judge Arthur J. Schwab has been removed from a case involving Pittsburgh-based West Penn Allegheny Health System and University of Pittsburgh Medical Center after West Penn attorneys accused the federal judge of exhibiting bias, according to a Pittsburgh…
Good Samaritan Hospital in Baltimore has agreed to pay roughly $800,000 to settle allegations that it submitted false claims to federal health programs for four years, according to a Baltimore Sun report.
The Federal Trade Commission is requiring Toledo, Ohio-based ProMedica Health System to divest St. Luke's Hospital in Maumee, Ohio, citing anticompetitive effects of the systems' merger.