Here are six moves by CVS Health and its subsidiaries that Becker's has reported on since May 15:
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The American College of Radiology has partnered with the American Medical Association to create advocacy resources on "scope creep."
Around 9 in 10 practices have "fired" a patient before, according to a study published in JAMA Internal Medicine and updated March 18.
Missouri state lawmakers have introduced legislation that seeks to address the physician shortage in the state by funding residencies, according to a June 22 report from the St. Louis Post-Dispatch.
David Copeland, part owner and sales manager of a pharmacy in Florida selling compounded prescription drugs, was convicted in a $54 million physician bribery and kickback scheme, according to a Justice Department news release.
There are more than 305,000 physicians in the U.S., excluding anesthesiologists, cardiologists, dermatologists, emergency medicine physicians, family medicine physicians, general internal medicine physicians, neurologists, obstetricians and gynecologists, and pathologists, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Healthcare workers saw a collective forfeit of $927 million in wages last year from taking time off work due to injuries, according to research from legal funding provider High Rise Financial based on data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor…
Riverside, Calif.-based nursing facility Alta Vista Healthcare & Wellness Centre and its management company have agreed to pay $3.8 million to settle allegations they paid physicians kickbacks for referrals.
Atlanta-based CRH Healthcare and Peachtree Immediate Care have agreed to pay $1.6 million to resolve allegations that they violated the False Claims Act by submitting upcoded evaluation and management claims to Medicare.
The Senate has reintroduced a bill that would expand coverage of telehealth services through Medicare and make COVID-19 telehealth flexibilities more permanent.