Here are seven updates:
Western Connecticut Orthopedic Surgical Center adds total knee replacement
Danbury, Conn.-based Western Connecticut Orthopedic Surgical Center performed Danbury's first single day, outpatient total knee replacement. Robert Deveney, MD, performed the procedure.
Broward Health CEO dies of self-inflicted gunshot wound
Fort Lauderdale, Fla.-based Broward Health's President and CEO Nabil El Sanadi, MD, died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound on Jan. 16. Authorities found Mr. Sanadi in his condominium after receiving a 911 call. COO Kevin Fusco will now serve as acting CEO.
HHS: 30% Medicare payments change to value-based payments by end of 2016
United States Department of Health & Human Services Secretary Sylvia Mathews Burwell said the agency will meet their goal of transitioning 30 percent of fee-for-service Medicare payments to value-based payments by the end of this year. In 2015, HHS set a goal tying 50 percent of Medicare payments to alternative payment models by the end of 2018.
1% of physicians responsible for a third of malpractice claims
Nearly 1 percent of physicians accounted for 32 percent of paid medical malpractice claims. In the study, researchers found 84 percent of physicians incurred only one paid claim during the study period, accounting for 68 percent of all paid claims.
Surgical Center of Greensboro, Orthopaedic Surgical Center to break ground on $20M+ facility
Surgical Center of Greensboro (N.C.) and Orthopaedic Surgical Center are collaborating to open a new, single location for the practices. The surgery centers currently operate in separate buildings. The new 60,000-square-foot facility will cost between $23 million and $25 million.
Former Architrave Health CEO alleges firing after reporting $10M in fraudulent Medicare charges
Robert Dannenhoffer, MD, claims he was fired for reporting $10 million in fraudulent Medicare charges to Douglas County (Ore.) physicians. The pediatrician said the board of Architrave Health fired him in February 2015 after he claimed the company self-reported improper Medicare payments to the Umpqua Medical Group, a Architrave subsidiary.
950k customers' information compromised by Centrene
St. Louis-based Centene lost six hard drives with health information on nearly 950,000 customers. The drives had medical information on customers who obtained laboratory services from 2009 to 2015, as well as customers' names, addresses, dates of birth, Social Security numbers and medical identification numbers.