Despite repeated incidents in which co-workers suspected radiology technician David Kwiatkowski of abusing addictive drugs intended for patients, he managed to get jobs as a temporary worker at 10 hospitals…
Beginning in October, more than 2,000 hospitals across the country will be required to forfeit $280 million in Medicare funds because too many patients were readmitted after discharge.
Children who live in states with strict laws that regulate snacks and sugary drinks offered in public schools gained less weight over a three-year period, according to a study published…
A resolution passed by the ABA House of Delegates on Tuesday urges federal agencies to pursue regulatory cooperation with relevant foreign authorities.
A former United States attorney for the District of Colorado has been retained by the University of Colorado to conduct an internal review concerning its handling of a former graduate…
There are unconfirmed reports that a University of Colorado psychiatrist warned in June she was concerned graduate student James Holmes potentially posed a threat. Now observers are wondering whether enough…
A federal appeals court has temporarily blocked enforcement of a controversial new Arizona law that would ban most abortions after 20 weeks of pregnancy.
A federal judge in Arizona has refused to grant an injunction to stop an Arizona late-term abortion ban from taking effect, saying lawmakers had a legitimate interest in limiting abortions…
Without admitting any wrongdoing, Accretive Health Inc. has agreed in a settlement with the Minnesota attorney general to pay $2.5 million and stop doing business in the state for two…
A hospital technician accused of transmitting his own hepatitis C to 30 patients in New Hampshire, by injecting himself with their medications and then leaving the syringes, filled with another…
A section of the U.S. Supreme Court ruling on Medicaid provisions of the health care law will save the federal government an estimated $84 billion, according to the Congressional Budget…
Two physicians who worked at South Florida pain clinics have been charged in a federal indictment with crimes related to the alleged oxycodone-caused deaths of nine patients.
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