A Virginia Commonwealth University doctor has filed a $15 million defamation suit against four colleagues and the VCU Health System’s physician group after his lawyers say he suffered retaliation when he raised concerns about insufficient heart care for chemotherapy patients.
At least eight doctors and other health care workers at Redding’s Shasta Regional Medical Centers lost their homes in the Carr fire, but they reported for work as scheduled. The situation is the same for personnel at Mercy Medical Center Redding and at the VA Redding Outpatient Clinic.
This past spring, 510 men and women throughout New Jersey received medical degrees, arguably one of the most coveted honors in academia and among the most needed in our society. These newly degreed physicians, New Jersey’s best and brightest students, will spend the next three to seven years completing residency training in their chosen field of medical specialty.
While federal prosecutors in Dallas prepare for upcoming health care fraud trials, the FBI and other investigators are continuing to raid more medical businesses, looking for evidence of illegal kickbacks. Last week, the FBI searched the Dallas offices of Next Health, which owned a network of testing labs and pharmacies.
Over the past 90-plus years, the city of Gary has seen its population rise and fall, jobs appear then vanish, businesses open and shutter. But the hospital at Grant Street and Sixth Avenue has been a mainstay. Will that always be the case?
Nearly 6 in 10 Hispanic adults have had a difficult time communicating with a health care provider because of a language or cultural barrier, and when they do they often turn to outside sources for help, according to a new study conducted by The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research.