A former nurse has been sentenced for diverting opioids from a Boston-area hospital.
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Prema Thekkek, her Vacaville, Calif.-based management company and six skilled nursing facilities owned or operated by Ms. Thekkek will pay $45.6 million to resolve allegations they submitted false claims by paying kickbacks to physicians.
Here are six updates for physicians to know that Becker's has reported on since Oct. 27:
Michael Joyner, MD, has filed a lawsuit against Rochester, Minn.-based Mayo Clinic for allegedly violating his protected speech following his suspension after publicly criticizing the National Institutes of Health.
Shalini Modi, MD, service chief of cardiology at Henry Ford West Bloomfield (Mich.), joined Becker's to discuss four major threats physicians are currently facing.
Value-based care can lower costs and contribute to the health of Medicare Advantage members, according to the 10th annual "Value-Based Care Report" released Nov. 15 from Humana.
Seattle-based Virginia Mason Franciscan Health has formed a partnership with One Medical, an Amazon subsidiary providing virtual and in-person primary care.
Here are three acquisitions Becker's has reported on since Oct. 4:
As inflation has soared and accessing economies of scale becomes more difficult, physicians are flocking to employed models.
Delegates at the interim meeting of the American Medical Association's House of Delegates discussed a national ban on corporate control of practices by those outside of medicine.