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Caroline Carcerano underwent spinal surgery at Tufts Medical Center in Boston in hopes that the procedure would resolve pain from a back injury. During the procedure, her neurosurgeon requested a special dye to test the location of tubing threaded into her spine.
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Recent data from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) indicate that violations of the Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act (EMTALA) are on the rise. An EMTALA expert suggests there are several reasons:
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Complying with the Emergency Treatment and Labor Act (EMTALA) can be hard enough before court rulings give the rule a longer reach. Courts in Kentucky, Ohio, Michigan, and Tennessee have passed laws that make EMTALA applicable even after admission.
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All Childrens Hospital, Pediatric Physician Services (PPS), and All Childrens Health System in St. Petersburg, FL, have settled a whistleblower lawsuit brought under the False Claims Act for $7 million.
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There are some instances in which healthcare managers must protect themselves, even if means blowing the whistle on your employer, says Josh Hyatt, MHL, CPHRM, senior risk management specialist with NORCAL Mutual Insurance in San Diego.
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Boston Childrens Hospital was hit with a series of cyber attacks that tried but failed to take down its website, officials told the The Boston Globe.
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The Affordable Care Act (ACA) might prompt increases in medical malpractice liability insurance. Other types of insurance could become more expensive.
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In her lawsuit against Prime Health System (PHS), risk manager Karin Berntsen claims that she witnessed leaders at Alvarado Hospital in San Diego encouraging Medicare fraud.