MANCHESTER, Conn. – Manchester Memorial Hospital has agreed
to pay about $712,000 to resolve the federal government’s
allegations that it violated the False Claims Act.
The U.S. attorney’s office in
says the allegations
involved the hospital improperly billing Medicare for infusion
therapy and chemotherapy administration services from 2000 to 2004.
Prosecutors say Medicare allowed payment for one unit of
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This release contains “forward-looking statements” made pursuant to the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, including those related to strategic partnerships and future sales. Forward-looking statements reflect management’s current knowledge, assumptions, judgment and expectations regarding future performance or events. Although management believes that the expectations reflected in such statements are reasonable, Read the rest of this entry »

The finalists for the Men’s Health Look 2008 have now been chosen. After a nationwide search, 10 guys who best embody the active lifestyle of the Men’s Health man made the final cut.
Finalists chosen were South African guys who are passionate about life, see themselves as role models, are good looking, place health and fitness at the forefront of their busy lifestyles, are committed to their friends, family and career and appreciate a good cause Read the rest of this entry »

County hires engineer to study problem.
The doors at the county-run Family Health Center officially opened in 2004, and workers have had trouble keeping them closed ever since.
The building at 1005 W. Worley St., a former grocery store now known as the Sanford-Kimpton Building, is excessively pressurized, and the front doors are often pushed ajar when the building’s heating or air-conditioning system is running. The phenomenon raises safety Read the rest of this entry »

GALESBURG, Ill. — Defense attorneys representing a man charged with killing eight people in Illinois and Missouri last summer say an evaluation of his mental fitness will not be ready for a month.
At a hearing in Galesburg, attorney Jeremy Karlin said a doctor has only recently been appointed to evaluate Nicholas Sheley’s (SHEE’-leez) competency. The report was initially due next week.
Sheley faces first-degree murder charges in the June deaths Read the rest of this entry »

PANAMA
CITY — Construction crews poured 200 cubic yards of concrete Tuesday for
the initial base of Bay
Medical Center’s
$60 million expansion project. The 20 cement trucks rolling on and off of the
construction site served as a milestone for the hospital and a reminder of the
jobs created.
The new building will house 144 private rooms in the patient
tower and intensive care areas when completed next year. Until then, the work
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Former United States Senate Majority Leader and transplant surgeon Bill Frist, M.D., is returning to Vanderbilt to lead a first-of-its-kind academic experience at the Vanderbilt Owen Graduate School of Management. Frist has created a unique class which will combine business students with fourth year medical students to examine the financing, delivery and quality of health care. Frist said connecting students from these two disciplines will help them Read the rest of this entry »

MURFREESBORO, Tenn. (AP) — York VA Medical Center in Murfreesboro is offering veterans free testing and additional medical care after using potentially contaminated equipment during colonoscopies.
Hospital spokesman Chris Conklin says tools used to perform colonoscopies at its Lebanon Pike location may have been infected.
He says the hospital is using its electronic medical record system to identify patients who may be affected.
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PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — The University of Southern Maine says it will close its Lifeline community fitness program, citing the slumping economy and the school’s need for budget cuts.
The Lifeline Center for Wellness and Health Promotion opened 33 years ago. It now serves more than 500 individuals and offers workplace wellness services to some 75 employers in the region.
The shutdown, effective July 31, affects five full-time and 15 part-time Read the rest of this entry »

The pilot and passenger of a Piper Cherokee that crashed while approaching Monterey Peninsula Airport on Tuesday have been identified as Carmel Valley attorney Alexander “Zan” Henson and Santa Cruz attorney Jim Rummins.
Henson, 64, was at the controls of the single-engine, two-seat aircraft which struck trees near the Monterey Fairgrounds and crashed at the entrance to Monterey Pines Golf Course at Garden and Fairgrounds roads, just northwest of Read the rest of this entry »