Beth Jones Sanborn
Saint Michael's Medical Center in Newark, New Jersey will pay almost half a million dollars to resolve allegations they falsely billed Medicare and Medicaid for medically unnecessary cardiac procedures over the course of six years, the U.S. Attorney's office announced.
A recent study published in JAMA suggests the gap in quality between critical access hospitals and non-critical access hospitals may not be as wide as originally thought.
An analysis of more than 4,100 U.S. hospitals shows less than 40 percent have the recommended stewardship programs in place to guide the use of antibiotics for patient care.
The center is the largest of the 10 located in the Bay area that provide access to Stanford Children's Health clinicians. The hope is to bring follow-up and ongoing care closer to where pediatric patients live, as well as expand access to care for couples dealing with fertility issues.
Four well-known Wisconsin healthcare organizations, Affinity Health System, Columbia St. Mary's, Ministry Health Care and Wheaton Franciscan Healthcare, will integrate and form Ascension Wisconsin, the systems announced this week. The new system will be part of parent company Ascension, the largest nonprofit health system in the United States and the world's largest Catholic health system.
AmSurg Corp.'s Physician Services Division, known as Sheridan, on Wednesday said it has acquired Jandee Anesthesiology Partners and certain assets of Karadan Anesthesiology and Pain Management.
Five years after a devastating tornado ripped apart Joplin, MO, including its major hospital, a sapling from the 9/11 Survivor Tree was planted Sunday near the healing garden of Mercy Hospital Joplin's cancer center.
Northwell Health, New York State's largest healthcare provider and private employer, and DaVita Kidney Care have announced a joint venture that will expand healthcare service to thousands in Queens and Long Island.
A federal jury has convicted two California doctors of multiple counts of healthcare fraud after participating in a hospice care scheme that robbed Medicare and Medi-Cal of almost $7.5 million dollars, the Department of Justice announced earlier this month.
St. David's HealthCare, a major provider in Central Texas, will invest more than $275 million in the region's healthcare infrastructure, the system has announced.