Beth Jones Sanborn
Almost 30 percent of the 11,990 practicing urologists in the United States are holding off on retirement until at least age 71. That's compared to 22.7 percent a year ago according to the American Urological Association's 2015 Annual Census.
Sharon Iglehart, a former attending psychiatrist at Riverside General Hospital in Houston, has been sentenced to 12 years in prison for her role in a $158 million Medicare fraud scheme involving false claims for mental health treatment.
United Health Foundation has awarded the University of Las Vegas School of Medicine a $3 million grant as part of a partnership that will create a new integrated training program for medical students, the two announced Wednesday.
Physicians Realty Trust, a healthcare properties REIT, will buy 52 medical office facilities in a deal worth $724.9 million, the Trust said.
These hospitals rank in the top 10 percent of all hospitals evaluated for their excellent performance in safeguarding patients from serious, potentially preventable complications.
Healthgrades has named 448 hospitals with its 2016 Outstanding Patient Experience Award based on patient survey responses to the Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems surveys.
The sale of Tenet Healthcare Corporation's five Atlanta-area hospitals and related operations to WellStar Health System in exchange for $575 million in cash is complete, the company announced Friday. The sale is effective as of March 31, 2016.
A Community Health Systems subsidiary has gained 80 percent ownership interest in Physicians' Specialty Hospital, a 20-bed facility in Fayetteville, Arkansas, CHS announced Friday.
The Barnabas Health and Robert Wood Johnson Health Systems merger is complete, with the new combined system having been named RWJBarnabas Health. The announcement was made late Thursday afternoon in a statement issued by the newly combined system.
The Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research and the Parkinson's Action Network have announced plans to integrate. MJFF made the announcement in a statement, saying that PAN will cease to operate as an independent organization, and will merge into the Foundation.