A Louisiana hospital did not have a duty to disclose an anesthesiologist's drug problem in a reference to a prospective hospital employer, and therefore cannot be held liable for patient injuries the impaired physician subsequently caused at the new hospital,…
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Fospropofol disodium injection, an intravenous sedative-hypnotic agent for sedation in adults undergoing diagnostic or therapeutic procedures, is closer to an FDA OK after the agency's Advisory Committee on Anesthetic and Life Support Drugs voted 6 to 3 (with one abstention)…
New requirements of initial self-disclosure of Medicare or Medicaid fraud have been issued by the Department of Health and Human Services Inspector General Daniel Levinson in an open letter. The fuller disclosure to the Office of Inspector General will be…
Ambulatory Surgery Center Transactions: Successful Strategies for Mergers, Acquisitions, Divestitures and Restructuring On Thursday, July 24, 2008, ASC Communications hosted Ambulatory Surgery Center Transactions: Successful Strategies for Mergers, Acquisitions, Divestitures and Restructuring (for more information about this show, click here…
Healthcare providers can begin signing up today for a new free service that will begin sending patient safety alerts, including medication and device recalls, via e-mail in June.
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Heartland Spine & Specialty Hospital has reached a settlement with a group of insurers that were the defendant's in the Overland Park, Kan., physician-owned hospital's landmark antitrust suit (Heartland Surgical Specialty Hosp. LLC v. Midwest Division Inc., No. 05-2164). No…
Yale-New Haven (Conn.) Hospital became yet another hospital to agree to a multi-million dollar fine to settle allegations by CMS that it billed Medicare for inflated charges, the U.S. Attorney's Office, District of Connecticut announced on Friday. The case is…
June Orthopedics, Pain Management and Spine Driven ASC Conference October Improving Profits and Business and Legal Issues for ASCs Conference June Orthopedics, Pain Management and Spine Driven ASC Conference Senior Leadership — VMG Health VMG Health is recognized by leading…
Healthcare regulatory diligence can be critical where a real estate investment trust (REIT) or other buyer acquires a portfolio of properties such as a medical office building from a hospital or other provider. Leases between a hospital and tenants can…
Ambulatory surgery centers and physician owned hospitals each offer similar advantages to consumers and to payors. For example, each, if managed well, can deliver services at lower cost and each, if managed well, can have outstanding clinical results. Thus, it…