Beth Jones Sanborn
Aegerion failed to inform providers of drug's risks outside prescribed usage, conspired to violate HIPAA, improperly distributed drug, DOJ says.
Physician was previously director of the Los Angeles County Department of Health Services.
The unit staffs neuropsychologists, psychiatrists, neurosurgeons, physical, occupational and speech therapists among other specialists.
Roberto A. Fernandez ran a seven-year scheme, took kickbacks, sold prescriptions for addictive opioids and submitted false claims to Medicare, DOJ says.
Improvement is possible at any time and from any starting point, but shedding a few pre-conceived notions comes first.
Bad news for rural areas: Only 1 percent of respondents prefer to practice in communities of 10,000 people or fewer.
Bob Honeycutt previously served at Arizona General Hospital as president and CEO of Dignity Health's Arizona Market.
Proceeds used to buy a $3.6 million mansion formerly owned by Dwayne "the Rock" Johnson, a Ferrari, two Rolls Royces, other luxury autos, DOJ said.
For most hospitals and health systems, revamping cost structures will be a transformational undertaking, Kaufman Hall says.
From MGMA's online forum to SA Ignite's MACRA software, clinicians can set the groundwork, find success.