UPMC, Allegheny Health Network fined for illegal disposal of medical waste | Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Medical waste from 12 UPMC hospitals was mixed with municipal waste and dumped illegally at a Waste Management landfill.
California provider, Boeing to partner | Orange County (Calif.) Register
Boeing Co. and MemorialCare Health System have struck a direct contract to provide medical care to Southern California employees, the first such cost-saving alliance in California between a large employer and a health provider, the companies announced Tuesday.
Analogic to pay $14.9 million to settle U.S. bribery probe | Reuters
Massachusetts-based Analogic Corp. will pay $14.9 million to settle U.S. charges the medical devicemaker's Danish subsidiary conducted sham transactions with foreign distributors, with some money funneled to doctors employed by state-owned Russian entities.
Lawsuits over medical device company's filters converge in Phoenix | Phoenix Business Journal
The federal multi-district litigation panel has appointed a federal judge in Phoenix to oversee the C.R. Bard IVC filter litigation nationwide, which includes upwards of 400 cases in which patients blame the New Jersey-based company of marketing a defective product.
Striking nurses question Allina spending | (Minneapolis) Star Tribune
Allina Health's $108 million investment in a medical data company has emerged as a simmering frustration for striking Twin Cities nurses, especially when the health system is trying to save money by phasing out the nurses' preferred health insurance.
