In this episode, Luis E. Taveras, PhD, Executive Vice President and Chief Digital and Information Officer at Jefferson Health, joins the podcast to discuss expanding access to care across the communities Jefferson Health serves. He also shares insights on the…
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Federal prosecutors filed a June 11 emergency motion to dismiss an indictment with prejudice against two co-defendants in the COVID-19 testing fraud case connected to Anosh Ahmed, MD, former CFO and COO of Chicago-based Loretto Hospital. The government’s emergency motion,…