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A physician from Gainesville, Fla., has been convicted of 162 counts of healthcare fraud for allegedly engaging in a series of false billing schemes, according to the Department of Justice.

E-cigarettes, which previously had practically no federal oversight, will soon be regulated similarly to tobacco cigarettes, as outlined in a Food and Drug Administration rule published Thursday.

Munich, Germany-based Siemens, an electronics and industrial company, has rebranded its healthcare business following the unit's splitting off into a separate legal entity, which may be a precursor to an independent stock market listing, according to Reuters.

Here are six healthcare industry CFOs who made news in the past week.

Boca Raton, Fla.-based Cancer Treatment Centers of America has laid off 81 employees at its Zion, Ill., medical center, according to the Chicago Tribune.

Ten healthcare organizations in Michigan are receiving $1 million each in federal grant money to support facility renovation, expansion or construction, according to an mlive.com report.

Leaders of La Cross, Wis.-based Gundersen Health System have come out against a study recently published in Health Affairs that reported seven of the 10 most profitable hospitals in the U.S. in 2013 were nonprofits, calling the study's findings "misleading"…

Springfield, Ga.-based Effingham Health System plans to reorganize as a nonprofit entity and expand its services beyond Effingham County, according to a report from Savannah Now.

The following hospitals announced plans to expand, upgrade or renovate their facilities in the last two weeks.

U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy, MD, on Wednesday said training needs to be ramped up for physicians who prescribe opioids, according to The Hill.