Financial disclosure news and information

The Indian generic drugmaker Ranbaxy, which already operates under an unprecedented consent decree banning sales of many of its products in the U.S., agreed to plead guilty in federal court and pay $500 million to resolve allegations of shoddy factory inspections and poor quality control.
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In an exclusive podcast interview, Modern Healthcare reporter Ashok Selvam talks with Kathy Hastings, a managing director at Sullivan, Cotter and Associates.
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Financial disclosure by not-for-profit hospitals will be one subject of a House Ways and Means subcommittee hearing on oversight of tax-exempt organizations.
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Jackson Health System President and CEO Carlos Migoya announced a plan to cut 1,115 jobs and make other changes to save $91 million a year in personnel costs as the large public hospital system struggles to realign its cost structure.
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Vocera Communications, San Jose, Calif., has filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission to hold an initial public offering of stock that is expected to raise about $80 million and place the company...
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Modern Healthcare News Editor Gregg Blesch interviews Gerald Griffith, a partner in the law firm Jones Day and the incoming president of the American Health Lawyers Association. Griffith muses about how the Supreme Court will come down on healthcare reform and how the outcome will affect the...
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Modern Healthcare reporter Joe Carlson talks to Patsy Hathorn, director of clinical resource management for Mississippi Baptist Medical Center, Jackson, Miss., at the annual meeting of the American Health Lawyers Association in Boston. Hathorn discusses how to avoid audit requests—and...
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Officials with Fairview Health Services in Minnesota plan to cut 240 jobs, including layoffs of 70 employees from across various departments of the health system, in response to increasing expenses and uncertain state reimbursement rates.
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The Food and Drug Administration issued draft guidance addressing questions about the financial disclosures of clinical investigators who conduct clinical studies of agency-regulated drugs, biologics and devices.
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MedCath Corp., Charlotte, N.C., announced plans to ask shareholders to dissolve the company while also announcing definitive agreements to sell two of its six remaining affiliated hospitals.
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