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The firing comes in the wake of failed efforts by a physician-led group to find a buyer for the Fort Wayne-based eight-hospital system.
This reflects what HRI calls a "new normal," a continuation of medical cost trends hovering in the single digits and fluctuating modestly.
Despite a rise in operating revenue of $117 million, system struggled under the weight of increases in operating expenses, documents show.
Failure to conduct minimal documentation reviews left the incentive program open to abuse of federal funds, agency says.
FHG and its hospitalists intentionally upcoded evaluation and management codes to the highest code levels in billing Medicare, DOJ says.
Current CEO John Flannery will be replaced by Kieran Murphy, who is currently president and CEO of GE Healthcare Life Sciences.
CHI Health closed Creighton University Medical Center Friday morning, website announced.
The $100 million hospital opened just over three years ago, closed its doors Friday with no warning.
U.S. minorities tend to receive fewer medical services considered effective like flu shots, aspirin following heart attack, study author says.
Some oppose the law; many others, however, believe patients should have access to aid-in-dying but don't want to be involved themselves.