Payers are increasingly issuing policies that push patients outside of hospital settings, according to Laren Tan, MD, chair of Loma Linda (Calif.) University Health’s department of medicine.
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Florida physician pleads guilty to receiving kickbacks in $2.7M fraud scheme
Tampa, Fla.-based physician Sean Patrick O’Rourke, MD, has pleaded guilty to soliciting and receiving kickbacks and bribes, the U.S. Justice Department said Nov. 18.
Nearly 9,000 flu patients hospitalized last week: 8 FluView notes
Flu activity metrics are quickly ramping up in the US, with 8,707 lab-confirmed flu patients admitted to hospitals for the week ending Nov. 12, according to the CDC’s latest FluView report.
Catfishing CMS: 10 charged in $11.1M fraud
A group of 10 people are being charged with crimes related to wire fraud and money laundering schemes that drained $11.1 million from Medicare, state Medicaid programs, private health insurers and other victims, the Justice Department said Nov. 18.
Private equity & ASCs: 6 updates to know
Here are six private equity updates since Oct. 6 ASC leaders need to know:
Amazon to lay off around 10,000 employees and 4 more updates
Here are five Amazon updates since Oct. 31:
FDA greenlights 1st drug to delay onset of Type 1 diabetes
In a win for Red Bank, N.J.-based ProventionBio, the FDA approved its drug Tzield Nov. 17, marking the first approved therapy to delay the onset of Type 1 diabetes.
Melting batteries, 3 fires prompt recall of 248K insulin devices
Insulet recalled 248,288 insulin deployment devices after receiving three reports of fires and more than 400 complaints about the product’s batteries swelling, leaking and overheating.
Pennsylvania hospital association CEO to retire
Andy Carter, president and CEO of the Hospital and Healthsystem Association of Pennsylvania, is retiring.
UnityPoint rolls out 2 new telehealth programs
Des Moines, Iowa-based UnityPoint Health has rolled out two new telehealth programs for patients seeking treatments for common ailments.
