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A survey of 13,000 physician and nurse executives, conducted by the American College of Physician Executives, found that most healthcare organizations still experience disruptive behaviors by medical professionals even one year after a zero-tolerance policy was required by The Joint…

A plea hearing has been set for Mark Kabins, MD, of Las Vegas, who is one of three defendants in a federal fraud case of allegations a network of Las Vegas physicians and lawyers conspired to commit healthcare fraud, according…

Adolph Yaniz, MD, of Merrillville, Ind., has been indicted on conspiracy to defraud the U.S. government, aiding and abetting in healthcare fraud, taking kickbacks and conspiracy to distribute controlled substances, according to a report in the Post-Tribune of Northwest Indiana.

Here are 10 states with the least number of individuals employed in the healthcare sector in 2008, according to recently released data from the Kaiser Family Foundation.

Here are 10 states with the highest number of individuals employed in the healthcare sector in 2008, according to recently released data from the Kaiser Family Foundation.

The University of Virginia has begun online posting of faculty physicians' financial dealings with medical companies worth more than $10,000 a year, according to a report by the Charlottesville Daily Progress.

Carthage (N.Y.) Area Hospital has hired its first orthopedic surgeon, Nata Z. Parnes, MD, according to a report by the Watertown Daily Times.

Robert Satcher Jr., MD, will be one of six astronauts to journey to the international space station aboard the space shuttle Atlantis on Monday, according to report by the Chicago Sun-Times.

Max Negri, MD, an orthopedic and spine surgeon who performed extensive clinical research on chymopapain lumbar injections, is dead at age 84, according to a report by the Daily Breeze.

Hoang Tran, MD, has been appointed chairman of Woodland (Calif.) Healthcare, according to a report by the Woodland Democrat.