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Columbus, OH

In recent years, hospitals and health systems have started using a decade-old database that houses information on industry payments to physicians to ensure compliance and manage conflicts of interest, The Wall Street Journal reported July 23. The Open Payments database launched in 2014 to bring transparency to the financial relationships...

How hospitals put payment disclosure data to use

USA TODAY

Attorney General Merrick Garland announced charges against 193, including numerous medical professionals, across 32 federal districts in the U.S.

DOJ charges 193 people, including doctors and nurses, in $2.7B health care fraud schemes

New York City, NY

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Cheryl E Preston

Yesterday was the third time this year that an ad stating Chelsea Clinton lives in a beautiful Virginia home popped up on my laptop. My computer did not warn me this was a dangerous site, so this time, I clicked on the link.

Chelsea Clinton is rumored to be living in Virginia but probably still in NYC

Cedar Falls, IA

A nursing home resident in Cedar Falls, Iowa, died after becoming trapped between her bed rail and the wall, the Iowa Capital Dispatch reported July 22. The resident, who was living at NewAldaya Lifescapes, was discovered the morning of June 16. The official cause of death was suffocation due to the position of the resident's neck and head.

Nursing home resident dies at facility cited for several violations

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TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — A federal judge in Kansas has refused to block the nationwide enforcement of a Biden administration rule requiring firearms dealers to do background checks of buyers at gun shows, leaving Texas as the only state so far where a legal challenge has succeeded. U.S. District Judge Toby Crouse’s ruling this week came in a lawsuit brought by Kansas and 19 other states, three individual gun collectors and a Wichita, Kansas-based association for collectors. They sought an order preventing the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives from enforcing the rule that took effect in May through...

Federal judge refuses to block Biden administration rule on gun sales in Kansas, 19 other states

Boston, MA

Catherine Leavy, 37, was sentenced in federal court for calling in a hoax bomb threat against Boston Children's Hospital in 2022. Ms. Leavy received a sentence of three years' probation from U.S. District Court Judge Leo T. Sorokin, according to a July 22 news release from the U.S. Attorney's Office.

Massachusetts woman sentenced in connection with hospital bomb threat

The New Republic

Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson took her conservative colleagues to task Wednesday over a ruling weakening a federal statute that prevented public officials from receiving bribes in the form of gratuities. In her dissent, Jackson issued a brutal smackdown of the majority opinion, penned by Justice Brett Kavanaugh, who read the statute as a ban on all “gratuities,” meaning gifts including lunches, plaques, and gift cards. Kavanaugh and the other conservative justices ruled 6–3 that the responsibility to regulate gratuities should rest with state and local governments. Jackson wrote that the ruling relied on an “absurd and atextual reading of the...

Ketanji Brown Jackson Blasts “Absurd” Supreme Court Bribery Ruling

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Town Talks

Death Disclosure Laws and Property Disclosures in North Carolina. In North Carolina, there is no legal obligation for homeowners or real estate agents to disclose if a death has occurred in a home, whether by natural causes, murder, or suicide. However, if a potential buyer directly inquires about any deaths on the property, the seller is required to provide that information.

If someone dies at your house do you have to tell a potential buyer? What North Carolina law says

Denver, CO

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David Heitz

A dangerous drug that is being mixed into fentanyl is causing those who inject it to develop a rash of sores that resembles a case of flesh-eating bacteria. People experiencing homelessness around Denver can sometimes be seen with these bloody, weeping wounds. I recently mentioned this phenomenon to a fentanyl user who told me about the xylazine connection.

Denver homeless people suffer sores as xylazine enters fentanyl supply

Wilmington, DE

ChristianaCare, a three-hospital health system based in Wilmington, Del., is increasing its hourly minimum wage from $15 to $16.50. The change will affect about 850 employees who were below or near $16.50 per hour, according to a July 23 health system news release. ChristianaCare employs about 14,000 workers in total.

ChristianaCare hikes minimum wage for 2nd time in 5 years

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Omaha, NE

Louis Burgher, MD, PhD, former Clarkson College president and hospital CEO, died July 19 at 79. Dr. Burgher served as president and CEO of Nebraska Health System, the organization that would later become Nebraska Medical Center and Nebraska Medicine — the primary clinical teaching partner for Omaha-based University of Nebraska Medical Center, according to a statement from UNMC.

Former Nebraska hospital CEO dies

Warren, OH

Dallas-based Steward Health Care is canceling the auction and sale hearings for three of its 31 hospitals after receiving no qualified bids. A notice, filed July 21 in bankruptcy court and obtained by Becker's, shared that the for-profit health system had "not received bids that constitute a qualified bid" for Trumbull Regional Medical Center in Warren, Ohio, Hillside Rehabilitation Hospital in Howland, Ohio, and Sharon (Penn.) Regional Medical Center. The auction was originally scheduled for July 27, but had been postponed before the announcement.

Steward accepts 2 bids, cancels 3 for auctioned hospitals

Hospital and health system C-suites have seen a lot of movement over the last 24 hours. Below are five CFO moves that Becker's has reported on since July 23:. 1. Paula Littleton was named CFO of Osage Beach, Mo.-based Lake Regional Health System. 2. Dothan, Ala.-based Flowers Hospital and Medical...

5 CFO moves in 1 day

Tampa, FL

Tampa General Hospital researchers have developed a new device that could extend the usability of transplant hearts by three hours. The Synchronization Modulation Electric Field device maintains the sodium-potassium pump functions and generates adenosine triphosphate modules. It can effectively work in situations with limited or lack of ATP supply, such as in hypoxia, according to a July 24 system news release. This allows the donor hearts to be protected for up to eight hours during transit and improves the organ's function.

Tampa General researchers develop new heart transplant device

There is a gender divide in oncologist net worth, according to the "Physician Wealth & Debt Report" published July 19 by Medscape. The report analyzed data from 7,000 physicians in more than 29 specialties whose survey responses were collected between Oct. 2 and Jan. 16. Three percent of survey respondents were oncologists.

Gender divide in oncologist net worth at 17%: Survey

Oregon State

Saint Augustine, FL

Lisa S. Gerard

Brittany Tavar, 45, disappeared from her home in St. Augustine, Florida, on July 6, 2010. She was part of a large family scattered on the other side of the country. Brittany's friends in the area described her as generous and caring. Not only was she regarded as a kind person, she was known to help others in need.

Florida Woman Befriends Homeless Man in 2010; Both Tragically Vanish

Alabama State

The U.S. News & World Report's "2024-25 Best Hospitals for Cancer" ranked the top cancer centers in every state. The latest rankings were published July 16. The rankings examined hospital performance in 15 specialties and specialty areas, including cancer. Placements on the list for cancer care are determined by data-driven analysis combining performance measures in three dimensions: structure, process and outcomes, according to U.S. News. Read more on the methodology here.

The top cancer hospital in every state, per US News

Virginia State

The Senate Appropriations Committee has approved legislation that would allow Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) doctors to recommend medical marijuana. Under current law, VA doctors are prohibited from recommending medical marijuana to their patients, even if those patients reside in states where medical marijuana is legal. A provision that would end this prohibition is included in the Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies 2025 budget, approved today by the Senate Appropriations Committee in a unanimous voice vote.

U.S. Senate Committee Approves Bill Allowing VA Doctors to Recommend Medical Marijuana

Gaithersburg, MD

John Sackett has been named Adventist HealthCare's next CEO and president, bringing 40 years of industry experience to the role. Mr. Sackett has served as the Gaithersburg, Md.-based system's COO since 2014 and will step into the new role Aug. 4, according to a July 23 news release from Adventist.

Adventist HealthCare names new CEO

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CommonSpirit Health's bill collector hacked

A company that provides bill collection services for Chicago-based CommonSpirit Health fell victim to a cyberattack. Financial Business and Consumer Solutions Inc., aka FBCS, said...

CommonSpirit Health's bill collector hacked

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