Doctors with financial stakes in hospitals where they work must tell patients being referred to those facilities about the ownership link, under new rules from Medicare.
Eighteen hospitals in California were fined for state health code violations in which patients died from various mishaps such as an improperly inserted tube and a ventilator that wasn't turned on. Other violations include surgical tools left inside patients after surgery.
Eighteen hospitals were fined Monday for state health code violations in which patients died from various mishaps such as an improperly inserted tube and a ventilator that wasn't turned on.
Eighteen hospitals in California were fined for state health code violations in which patients died from various mishaps such as an improperly inserted tube and a ventilator that wasn't turned on.
State acts against facilities -- five in O.C. -- for incidents that placed patients in serious jeopardy. Eighteen California hospitals have been fined by the state for violating laws regarding quality care for patients, the state public health department announced Monday.
Eighteen hospitals in California were fined for state health code violations, including leaving surgical instruments inside patients and causing the death of one patient by improperly inserting an int