Regulatory and administrative burdens on physician practices have increased, and practices are spending more for the resources needed to perform this work. In a study released last week, the Medical Group Management Association (MGMA) reported a 4.6% increase in spending on total business...
MSB editorial advisory board members Jack L. Cox, MD, MMM, senior vice president and chief quality officer at Hoag in Newport Beach, California; and William K. Cors, MD, MMM, FACPE, vice president and chief medical quality officer at Pocono Medical Center in...
The U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California (the "Court") granted a hospital's motions to dismiss and strike a cardiologist's lawsuit alleging whistleblower retaliation, interference with economic interests, unfair trade practices, and violations of 42 U.S.C...
The North Carolina Court of Appeals (the “Court”), in an unpublished opinion, reversed a county Superior Court order for a hospital to produce peer review information. The Court ruled in a matter related to an orthopedic surgeon’s lawsuit alleging unfair and deceptive trade...
Medical sales representatives have long had a close relationship with physicians, providing services as surgical consultants as well as medtech dealers. However, that dynamic may be about to change in a big way. For example, Loma Linda University Medical Center in California is getting deep...
Fraud made house calls, according to the FBI’s Chicago Division. A physician and the CEO of Chicago-based Mobile Doctors, which manages physicians who make house calls in six states, were arrested late last month on federal healthcare fraud charges. At the same time, federal agents executed...