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Universal Health unit pays $27.5 million to settle claims

Reuters US Online Report Domestic News 25 days ago

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A subsidiary of Universal Health Services Inc has agreed to pay $27.5 million to settle allegations that it illegally paid compensation to doctors to refer patients to its hospitals, the U.S. Justice Department said on Friday. The unit, McAllen ...

HealthSouth approves changes to corporate rules

AP News 29 days ago

HealthSouth approves outline of rule that will let it take bonuses back from executives Inpatient rehabilitation-services provider HealthSouth Corp. said Monday it approved changes to its bylaws, including a rule that would allow it to take back bonuses from executives who engage ...

Scrushy: Don't know where financial assets are now

AP News 40 days ago

Ex-HealthSouth CEO Scrushy testifies he doesn't know where his assets are since he's in prison Faced with a nearly $2.9 billion court judgment, imprisoned HealthSouth Corp. founder Richard Scrushy testified Thursday he didn't know what happened to his assets small or large, ...

justin timberlake golf

WENN 42 days ago

Singer Justin Timberlake attempts to win a $1 million donation for Shriners Hospitals for Children by hitting a hole-in-one as part of his charity golf tournament. Las Vegas, NV - 12.10.09 Copyright 2009 WENN

Swine Flu Vaccine

AP News 46 days ago

Asia Johnson, 6, of Boston, receives an intranasal H1N1 vaccine at the primary care clinic at Children's Hospital Boston, Friday, Oct. 9, 2009 in Boston. (AP Photo/Lisa Poole) Copyright 2009 AP News

Argentina Swine Flu

AP News 47 days ago

A woman wears a mask as a precaution against swine flu and uses anti-bacterial gel to wash her hands at public hospital in Buenos Aires, Friday, July 10, 2009. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko) Copyright 2009 AP News

Auction of Scrushy's lake estate set in Alabama

AP News 48 days ago

Ala. auction set for imprisoned HealthSouth Corp. founder's $6.2M lakeside mansion, boats Imprisoned HealthSouth Corp. founder Richard Scrushy's lakefront estate in Alabama is going up for auction to help pay an almost-$2.9 billion court judgment. Tallapoosa County Sheriff Jimmy Abbett said Wednesday ...

Many children still don't get Medicaid dental care

AP News 48 days ago

Many low-income children still can't find dental care despite Medicaid improvements Two years after a 12-year-old Maryland boy died from an untreated tooth infection, more low-income children are getting dental care under Medicaid but many still don't ever see a dentist, government ...

House Democratic Steering And Policy Committee Holds Healthcare Forum

Getty Images 66 days ago

WASHINGTON - SEPTEMBER 15: American Hospital Association Board of Trustees Chairman and President and CEO of Cedars-Sinai Health System Thomas Priselac speaks during a forum held by Democratic Steering and Policy Committee September 15, 2009 on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC. The ...

Sector Snap: Quest and LabCorp downgraded

AP News 69 days ago

Credit Suisse analyst cuts Quest and LabCorp to 'Neutral,' lowering targets and 2010 estimates A Credit Suisse analyst downgraded shares of medical laboratory operators Quest Diagnostics Inc. and Laboratory Corp. of America Holdings Wednesday, predicting slower growth and smaller profits in 2010. ...

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