http://www.healthcaredive.com/news/beth-israel-of-nyc-to-undergo-extreme-downsizing/419863/
It also follows the closure of numerous other NYC facilities in recent years due to excess capacity. Those closures included St. Vincent’s in 2010, Cabrini Medical Center in 2008, and and Long Island College Hospital in 2014.
According to evidence presented at trial, Mr. Nerey referred Medicare beneficiaries to two home healthcare companies in return for kickbacks. Some of the patients he referred did not qualify for home healthcare services. Mr. Nerey was involved in the kickback scheme from October 2014 to September 2015, according to the DOJ.
In addition to his prison term, Mr. Nerey was ordered to pay more than $2.3 million in restitution.
http://www.sunherald.com/news/special-reports/singing-river-health-system/article81375622.html
More than 200 feisty retirees wanted to pursue lawsuits against Singing River Health System over its failed pension plan, but U.S. District Court Judge Louis Guirola Jr. has signed off on a settlement proposed by attorneys for other pension-plan members.
http://www.medpagetoday.com/PublicHealthPolicy/MilitaryMedicine/58259
Under the proposal, which was published last week in the Federal Register, “an APRN [advanced practice registered nurse] working within the scope of VA employment would be authorized to [practice at the top of his or her license] without the clinical oversight of a physician, regardless of State or local law restrictions on that authority.”
http://www.medpagetoday.com/Cardiology/CardioBrief/58258
The FDA wants to lower sodium consumption in the general population by targeting food manufacturers and restaurants. According to the FDA, most of the sodium in the U.S. diet comes from processed and prepared foods. The long-term goal is to gradually lower sodium intake from the average of about 3,400 mg/day to 2,300 mg/day. In the short-term, the FDA aims to reduce sodium intake to 3,000 mg/day.
Hillary Clinton last month dusted off a long-standing proposal of hers to expand health care coverage by allowing uninsured people 55 and older to qualify for Medicare – the government health care program for the elderly.
Her proposal potentially could help nearly 13 million Americans below the age of 65 who are currently without insurance. It also provided the former secretary of state with a rejoinder to rival Sen. Bernie Sanders’ call for supplanting Obamacare with a European-style national health insurance program he called “Medicare for All.”
https://leadershipfreak.wordpress.com/2016/05/30/how-to-forget-like-a-leader/
How might leaders remember things that propel teams/people into the future, not the past?
Stanford Children’s Health, located in the heart of Silicon Valley, is taking advantage of all the technology opportunities inherent in such a unique location and expanding its healthcare innovations and opportunities to pilot new tools, from apps to wearable devices. It also works with Stanford Biodesign, which is an incubator for innovators aiming to build and create new healthcare technologies for boosting patient care. SCH also is participating in a Google Glass study on autism.
