Stephanie Bouchard
Earlier this month, an office manager at a family practice in North Carolina pled guilty to embezzling more than $1 million from her employer. A 20-year employee, she stole the money over an 11-year period.
If you're a fan of basketball, you already know of Mike "Coach K" Krzyzewski. Attendees of Healthcare Financial Management Association's 2011 ANI: Healthcare Finance Conference in Orlando at the end of June will be treated to a keynote address by the famed coach.
The outcry following a New York Times story in May about the nursing home industry trying to get an exemption from the Affordable Care Act's requirement that employers offer their employees health insurance continued last week when a number of nursing home advocacy groups sent a letter of protest to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
A Texas sheriff was found guilty this week of retaliating against two registered nurses who had reported patient care concerns about a physician at Winkler County Memorial Hospital in Kermit, Texas.
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services issued a proposed rule this week that would establish conditions of participation for community mental health centers (CMHCs).
Nashville-based hospital operator, HCA, has signed a non-binding memorandum of understanding with the Colorado Health Foundation to purchase for $1.45 billion the foundation's 40 percent stake in HCA-HealthONE in Denver.
From 2009 to 2010, many physicians saw increases, even if small ones, in their compensation, according to Medical Group Management Association's (MGMA) Physician Compensation and Production Survey: 2011 Report Based on 2010 Data.
The American Academy of Family Physicians has long argued for more equity in payments for primary care services, but last week it became more outspoken.
Recently, studies and news reports have focused on the acceleration of for-profit hospices and questioned those facilities' marketing practices. In response to these questions, and those raised by its members, the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization (NHPCO), a nonprofit member group, released marketing ethics guidelines for hospice and palliative care organizations yesterday.
A bipartisan group of senators is questioning the legality of physician-owned distributors (PODs). The group, lead by Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-Utah), sent letters late last week to CMS and HHS asking for an investigation into the legality of PODs.