Tag Archives: Hospitals

Veterans Dept. Investigating Acadia Healthcare for Insurance Fraud

The Veterans Affairs Department is investigating whether Acadia Healthcare, one of the country’s largest chains of psychiatric hospitals, is defrauding government health insurance programs by holding patients longer than is medically necessary, according to three people with knowledge of the inquiry. The investigation, led by the agency’s inspector general, comes …

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Florida IV Fluid Plant Spared From Storm, Company Says

The Daytona Beach plant that makes nearly a quarter of the IV fluids used in the United States is intact in the wake of Hurricane Milton’s tear across Florida, according to a company spokeswoman. The site, operated by B Braun Medical, gained prominence this week as a backup source for …

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Frances Conley, Neurosurgeon Who Protested Sexism, Dies at 83

Dr. Frances Conley made national headlines in 1991 when she resigned from her position at Stanford University School of Medicine, saying that sexism had made her job untenable. At the time, she was a tenured professor and one of the country’s only female neurosurgeons. For decades she had played along …

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