Here are seven updates:
Tenet sets aside $238M for federal kick-back investigation
The lawsuit alleges Tenet, its four hospitals and Health Management Associates, which operates 71 hospitals in 15 states, paid kickbacks to Georgia-based Clinical de la Mama for Medicaid patient referrals. Tenet increased its reserve for the investigation from $20 million to $238 million, reducing the company's net income by nearly $184 million during the fourth quarter of 2015.
Outpatient surgery can save $1,000s, BCBS on board
A Blue Cross Blue Shield Association study found patients who underwent outpatient procedures in 2014 saved $320 on average for lumbar spine surgeries, $483 for hysterectomies and $924 on gallbladder removals.
Williamsport Regional Medical Center to open upgraded surgery center
Williamsport (Pa.) Regional Medical Center's upgraded center offers renovated operating rooms with advanced equipment. The hospital spent millions of dollars on the upgrades.
Tenet ambulatory net revenue reaches $397M
On a pro forma basis, Tenet's ambulatory segment generated net operating revenue of $397 million, up nearly 29 percent from $308 million in the same period of 2014. For more on Tenet's fourth quarter and full year 2015 results, click here.
RN helped with surgery while drunk at VA hospital, police say
Police charged a Pennsylvania nurse with reckless endangerment, driving under the influence and public drunkenness after he was accused of helping with an emergency surgery at Wilkes-Barre (Pa.) VA Medical Center while drunk.
Key-Whitman Eye Center heading to bigger facility as volume grows
The Key-Whitman Eye Center is moving to a new facility in North Dallas. The two-story center will house a surgery center on the first floor and the Key-Whitman Eye Center on the second floor.
Medicare payments vary by site, Avalere report finds
The report's authors said a 40-day cardiac imaging episode performed in a physician office yielded a risk adjusted average Medicare payment of $655, compared to $2,078 for the same procedure performed in a hospital. The report comes in the wake of Congress discussing how to best implement a new regulation enable site-neutral payments in specific instances
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