Health Informatics Partnership Is Launched To Expand Informatics Work Force, Improve Health Globally

September 6th, 2010

AMIA, the U.S.-based association for informatics professionals, has launched a non-profit, wholly owned subsidiary organization called the Global Health Informatics Partnership (GHIP) to serve as an international center for collaborative initiatives on health informatics…
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New Singapore Medical School To Be Created By Imperial College London And Nanyang Technological University

September 6th, 2010

A new medical school training undergraduate doctors in Singapore and awarding joint Imperial College London and Nanyang Technological University (NTU) degrees is to be established by 2013, it was confirmed…
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OSHA Should Regulate Work Hours For Doctors-in-Training, Groups Tell Labor Department

September 6th, 2010

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), which is tasked with enforcing safety and health legislation, should take doctors-in-training under its purview, consumer and health advocacy groups said today in a petition sent to the agency. Resident physicians work shifts as long as 30 hours as often as three times a week, which can lead to physician fatigue and medical errors…
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Legacy Education Acquires High Desert Medical College, Inc. As Part Of Its Growing Family Of Career Training Schools

September 6th, 2010

Career educational institution Legacy Education welcomed the newest member of its family of career training schools, High Desert Medical College, Inc. The medical training school prepares aspiring medical professionals for careers that include ultrasound technician, massage therapist, medical assistant and full and part time vocational nurse…
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Hospitals in Seven States to Pay more than $9.4 Million for Unnecessary Inpatient Kyphoplasties

September 6th, 2010

Nine hospitals in seven states will pay the U.S. more than $9.4 Million to settle allegations that the health care facilities submitted false claims to Medicare, the U.S. Department of Justice announced May 17, 2010.
The hospitals are alleged to have overcharged Medicare between 2000 and 2008 when performing kyphoplasty, a minimally-invasive procedure used to treat [...]
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GAO Identifies Five Strategies to Fight Medicare Fraud, Waste, Abuse

September 6th, 2010

On June 15, 2010, the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) released a report identifying five important areas for preventing Medicare fraud, waste and abuse. The strategies in this new report, “Medicare Fraud, Waste, and Abuse: Challenges and Strategies for Preventing Improper Payments,” are: (1) Strengthening the provider enrollment process and standards; (2) Improving the pre-payment [...]
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Medicare Fraud Strike Force Announces Major Activity Last Week

September 6th, 2010

The U.S. Department of Justice issued a news release last week announcing that ninety-four people have been charged for their alleged participation in schemes to collectively submit more than $251 million in false claims to the Medicare program in the continuing operation of the Medicare Fraud Strike Force in Miami; Baton Rouge, La.; Brooklyn, N.Y.; [...]
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GOVERNMENT INTERVENES IN SUIT AGAINST ST. JUDE MEDICAL ALLEGING KICKBACKS

September 6th, 2010

The United States Department of Justice announced that it was seeking to intervene in a whistleblower suit alleging that St. Jude Medical, Inc. violated the False Claims Act.
The suit, originally filed under the qui tam provisions of the FCA, alleges that St. Jude made illegal payments to physicians, hospitals, and other health care providers to [...]
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Health Informatics Partnership Is Launched To Expand Informatics Work Force, Improve Health Globally

September 4th, 2010

AMIA, the U.S.-based association for informatics professionals, has launched a non-profit, wholly owned subsidiary organization called the Global Health Informatics Partnership (GHIP) to serve as an international center for collaborative initiatives on health informatics…
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New Singapore Medical School To Be Created By Imperial College London And Nanyang Technological University

September 4th, 2010

A new medical school training undergraduate doctors in Singapore and awarding joint Imperial College London and Nanyang Technological University (NTU) degrees is to be established by 2013, it was confirmed…
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