Texas physician, hospital administrator convicted in $20 million fraud scheme
A Texas physician and former hospital administrator could face decades in prison after a federal jury convicted them of running a $20 million healthcare fraud scheme involving unnecessary medical tests.
Not-For-Profit Hospitals
Woman's Hospital CEO Teri Fontenot to retire this summer
Her retirement will cap a 23-year tenure leading the Baton Rouge, La., hospital, which has grown to become the state's largest birthing hospital and neonatal ICU.
Investor-Owned Hospitals
Whistle-blower accuses HCA of fraudulent billing practices
In an unsealed False Claims Act case in California federal court, a former Regional Medical Center nurse alleges that administrators billed ICU, medical-surgical and telemetry services on an inpatient basis when the patient was still located in the emergency department.
Academic Hospitals
Jefferson Health may purchase Temple University Health System's cancer center
The Philadelphia-based academic health systems have an exclusive 90-day window to determine whether the acquisition will be a good fit. They will also evaluate the sale of Temple's interest in Health Partners Plans.
Specialty Hospitals
Children's National Health System and HSC Health Care System ink partnership
Children's National Health System and HSC Health Care System signed a letter of intent to partner. The Washington, D.C.-based pediatric providers aim to finalize the partnership next year.
Critical Access Hospitals
Provider with ties to lab scheme shutters Texas clinic
Little River Healthcare, the bankrupt company that's poised to shutter two hospitals, closed a primary- and specialty-care clinic in Temple, Texas.
Behavioral Health Hospitals
Emergency rooms fill up with psych patients — and then they wait
As dozens of patients wait in busy hospital ERs for psychiatric evaluations and inpatient bed placements, mental health experts search for solutions.
Safety Net Hospitals
California's drug-pricing plan could pare down 340B program
Former California Gov. Jerry Brown wanted to pare back the 340B program in his state during his tenure, but hospitals defeated his proposal in the Legislature. Now an executive order from new Gov. Gavin Newsom could overhaul the program.
