Report: Troubled LA hospital pays high malpractice costs
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LOS ANGELES A troubled South Los Angeles hospital has paid higher medical malpractice costs per patient in recent years than any other public or University of California hospital in the state.
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The NHS has been hit by a Â£180m compensation bill for incorrectly charging patients for nursing care.
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Tenet Healthcare Corp., the second- largest US hospital chain, said fourth-quarter charges may exceed $1 billion and its loss from continuing operations will widen from the third quarter&#39;s because of increased bad debt.
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LOS ANGELES Another setback for the Martin Luther King/Drew Medical Center in South Los Angeles. The hospital is being investigated for mismanagement and negligence that allegedly caused the deaths of five people.
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A Scottish hospital reveals that it spent Â£42,000 on extra security guards and a special room for one patient.
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LOS ANGELES -- Already struggling financially because of patients who do not pay, the county&#39;s emergency rooms could face more money woes and crowding because of the flu vaccine shortage.
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A Prince George's judge ordered the county yesterday to pay $2 million within two weeks to the company that runs its hospital system -- money hospital leaders have said is desperately needed to keep the troubled facilities operating.
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A study found that lawyers paid by the hour achieve worse results for their clients and are more expensive for taxpayers when compared to federal public defenders.
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Take a stand against the high costs of health care.
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Health plans with high patient-paid deductibles, embraced by many Republicans as a market-based solution to quell soaring medical-care costs, lead to poorer quality care and increasing patient debt, a study released on Thursday said.
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A hospital attorney says the deal shows both sides saw strengths and flaws in their cases. Tenet Healthcare Corp. announced Thursday that it will pay $31 million to settle more than 100 individual patient
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In what is being called a "wrongful birth" case, a jury awarded more than $21 million Monday to a couple who claimed a doctor misdiagnosed a severe birth defect in their son, leading them to have a second child with similar problems.
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An OFT inquiry finds the NHS is paying hundreds of millions of pounds too much for branded drugs, the BBC learns.
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Violence and abuse against staff costs the NHS more than Â£100m a year, according to a BBC investigation.
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New Yorkâs attorney general is looking into if insurers forced patients to overpay for out-of-network doctors.
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Patients going under the knife face a significant risk of becoming the victim of a medical error involving medication, according to a report being released today.
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OTTAWA - Stress from high workloads is costing Canada&#39;s health-care system up to $14 billion a year in additional costs, according to a new federal study.