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Former owner of medical testing lab sentenced to prison for kickback scheme

Richard Reid of Astoria, Ore., has been sentenced to two years in prison for five federal felonies related to illegal kickbacks involving a medical testing lab where he was vice president of sales and co-owner, the U.S. Justice Department said Jan. 10….

Lawsuit filed against state of Iowa for alleged medical negligence

Tiffany Lunsford of Le Claire, Iowa, has filed a lawsuit against the state following complications from a surgical procedure she received at University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics in Iowa City, The Gazette reported Jan. 10. 

Scripps hospital taps chief of staff

Scripps Mercy Hospital has named James Grisolia, MD, chief of staff for its campuses in San Diego and Chula Vista, Calif. 

Remembering 6 ASC, medical leaders who died in 2022

Becker’s reported on six ASC leaders, cardiologists, ophthalmologists and anesthesiologists who died in 2022: 

Catholic Health hospital in New York names new COO

Dominick Pernice was appointed COO of Rockville Centre, N.Y.-based Catholic Health’s St. Charles Hospital in Port Jefferson, N.Y.

Driver may have intentionally crashed car into Emory Hillandale ED, police say

The driver who crashed his car into Lithonia, Ga.-based Emory Hillandale Hospital’s emergency department may have done so on purpose, according to a Feb. 11 FOX5 report. 

Providence divisional CEO leaves for City of Hope

Kevin Manemann, CEO of Renton, Wash.-based Providence’s South Division, is leaving for a new role with City of Hope in Duarte, Calif. 

Unio Health partners with InSite Digestive Health Care to double in size

InSite Digestive Health Care is set to join Unio Health as the platform’s fourth major division, Unio Health announced in a Jan. 9 release. 

Mayo Clinic Laboratories, Helix collaborate on drug discovery

Mayo Clinic Laboratories, a reference lab at the Rochester, Minn.-based health system, is partnering with genomics company Helix to assist the biopharma industry with drug discovery.

Florida city to rename street in honor of hospital CEO killed last year

The city commission in Coral Gables, Fla., voted Jan. 10 to rename a portion of Santander Avenue in honor of Coral Gables Hospital CEO Cristina Jimenez, who police said was killed by her husband in a murder-suicide last November, a city spokesperson co…