By Berger Montague PC. Earlier this year, Florida-based health services company Halifax Health paid $85 million to settle allegations that it was engaged in a years-long kickback scheme in violation of the federal Stark Law. The settlement… Read More
By Bill Hethcock, Staff Writer, Dallas Business Journal. Baylor Regional Medical Center at Plano is accused in a series of lawsuits of allowing an allegedly dangerous surgeon to continue operating, putting patients at risk. A… Read More
By REED ABELSON and JULIE CRESWELL, The New York Times. In the summer of 2010, a troubling letter reached the chief ethics officer of the hospital giant HCA, written by a former nurse at one… Read More
By Health News Florida Staff. The federal government has joined a whistleblower lawsuit against a company that provides doctors and other health professionals to work in hospitals in Florida and many other states. IPC The… Read More
As reported in the Orlando Sentinel. The Adventist Health System, one of the largest health-care systems in the country, which includes Florida Hospital Medical Group, settled a fraud case with the U.S. government and four states… Read More
Massachusetts Nurses Association, CANTON, Mass. 78% of RNs agree that the quality of patient care in Massachusetts hospitals is suffering due to unsafe patient assignments including 59% of RNs who are aware of patient complications… Read More
By The Associated Press. Where a woman delivers her baby can make a major difference to her own health — a quality gap that remains largely hidden from mothers-to-be. A new study comparing hospitals nationwide… Read More
By Scott Powers, Orlando Sentinel. By the end of the year, a new emergency-care center in Winter Park will open, offering treatment for broken bones, heart palpitations and even more serious medical issues such… Read More