Workforce

Criminally indicted or convicted providers and physicians filed an estimated $600 million in liens against injured employees' claims for workers' compensation benefits between 2011 and 2015, according to the California Department of Industrial Relations and its Division of Workers' Compensation.

Nurses said health plan would have put too much burden for cost increases on nurses.

State officials claim that hiring new nurses is a crucial workforce concern for California, yet at least 2,000 recent nursing graduates like Russo remain in licensing limbo, with their applications taking as long as 24 weeks for the Board of Registered Nursing to process.

Karen DeSalvo, MD, revealed on Thursday that she is resigning as head of the National Coordinator for Health IT.

For the first time, most employers consider specialty pharmacy as the highest driver of healthcare costs.

Only medical and diagnostic laboratories, which lost 300 jobs, and residential mental health facilities, which lost 200 jobs, saw employment shrink in the month.

Comprehensive board orientation, planned retreats and an annual self-assessment are important to fostering a good relationship, execs say.

MemorialCare Health System, a Southern California integrated delivery system, has named Aaron Coley chief financial officer for Saddleback Memorial Medical Center in Laguna Hills and Orange Coast Memorial Medical Center in Fountain Valley.

Cerner President Zane Burke announced on Tuesday that the company has hired Jeff Hurst to be its President of Cerner RevWorks and Senior Vice President of Cerner Revenue Cycle Management.

Hospital employment increased by 1.7 percent from May 2010 to May 2014, with physicians and surgeons leading the charge, their employment growing 25.5 percent over that time, according to a MedPAC analysis of Bureau of Labor statistics.