Beth Jones Sanborn
Industry association says the trauma of separating children from their parents have can lifelong negative impacts on their health.
AMA President Barbara McAneny says antitrust regulators have powerful reasons to block the deal.
Surgeons allegedly were paid millions in exchange for referring spinal surgeries to the California hospitals; nine defendants including hospital owner already convicted.
Doing a full financial assessment is key to forecasting financial distress but there's more to it than looking at cash flow ratios and profitability.
Alleged scheme preyed on Medicare beneficiaries, some of whom were addicted to opioids, creating shell companies and getting millions in kickbacks, DOJ says.
One new policy deems drug shortages an urgent public health crisis and seeks to have manufacturing sites deemed critical infrastructure.
Barbara McAneny was sworn in as the first oncologist to lead the AMA; Patrice Harris will take the helm in 2019 as the first African-American female president.
The lack of proper PPE can lead to hospital-acquired infections, poor safety scores, low public rankings and government penalties.
The Kentucky-based skilled nursing provider also allegedly forged pre-admission certifications of patient need for skilled nursing to Tennessee's Medicaid program, DOJ said.
Results show 74 percent of recruiting assignments in the last year were for specialists, up 7 percent from three years ago, report says.