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J.&J. Fined $1.2 Billion in Drug Case
April 12, 2012By KATIE THOMAS Published: April 11, 2012 New York Times – A judge in Arkansas ordered Johnson & Johnson and a subsidiary to pay more than $1.2 billion in fines
Troubling Flaws in a Heart Device Shake Implant Makers
April 11, 2012By BARRY MEIER and KATIE THOMAS Published: April 6, 2012 The New York Times – Last October, a high school football coach named Greg Jessee was standing on the sidelines
Nursing Homes Cited After Patient Chokes To Death
April 10, 2012April 09, 2012|By JOSH KOVNER, jkovner@courant.com, The Hartford Courant – State regulators have fined a Torrington nursing home after an elderly patient — who needed assistance while eating – was
State Lags In Key Home Health Care Measures
April 4, 2012C-HIT by Lisa Chedekel | Apr 2, 2012 10:00 pm As the Malloy administration seeks to expand home health care options and reduce reliance on nursing homes, a new national
Drugmakers have paid $8 billion in fraud fines
April 3, 2012By Kelly Kennedy, USA TODAY; Updated 3/6/2012 8:43 AM WASHINGTON – The nation’s largest drugmakers have paid at least $8 billion in fines for repeatedly defrauding Medicare and Medicaid over
Change to Conn. medical malpractice law in dispute
March 26, 2012Associated Press March 24, 2012 HARTFORD, Conn.— State lawmakers are moving ahead with legislation they say will fix a problem with Connecticut’s medical malpractice law that has kept some legitimate
Berwick joining Washington think tank
March 24, 2012ModernHealthcare.com By Jessica Zigmond Posted: March 23, 2012 – 3:00 pm ET Former CMS Administrator Dr. Donald Berwick will continue his work in public policy as a senior fellow at
Gut Infections Are Growing More Lethal
March 20, 2012The New York Times – By DENISE GRADY Published: March 19, 2012. Gastrointestinal infections are killing more and more people in the United States and have become a particular threat to the
CDC warns the public about deadly C. diff infections, patient safety advocates react
March 17, 2012March 9, 2012 SafePatientProjedt.org Posted by Daniela Nuñez 14,000 Americans die every year from diarrhea-causing C. difficile (or C. diff for short) infections and 337,000 people are hospitalized, according to
15% of surgeons struggle with alcohol problems
March 12, 2012By Carolyne Krupa, amednews staff. Posted March 6, 2012. More than one in seven surgeons struggle with alcohol abuse or dependence, says a study in the February Archives of Surgery.