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Temple, doc pay $1M to settle fraud claims
Temple University and a former chairman will pay the federal government more than a combined $1 million to settle claims that it improperly billed Medicare for services that were supposedly to be performed by attending physicians when they were really performed by residents.
Temple will pay $130K to settle drug diversion claims
Temple University Health System will pay the U.S. government $130,000 to settle civil claims related to poor monitoring of controlled substances. The system agreed to follow a detailed Compliance
SPOTLIGHT: Minnesota hospitals could see largest nursing strike in U.S. history
The now-concluded month-long strike at Temple University Hospital in Philadelphia was the biggest recent flashpoint in hospital-labor relations, but it's far from the only bad blood. Hospitals in
Temple U. negotiates union deal to end 28-day nursing strike
With the help of U.S. Rep. Bob Brady (D-Pa.), Temple University Hospital in Philadelphia has ironed out a tentative contract that, if ratified today by union vote, should end a strike by 1,500 nurses
Temple U. Hospital receiving a lot of complaints in wake of nurse's strike
While a flood of complaints have been made about Temple University Hospital since 1,500 nurses and allied workers began a strike on March 31, it doesn't appear as if a whole lot can be done to remedy
Hospital deaths, readmissions spike during nursing strikes
Nursing strikes may put patient lives at risk, according to a study that examined the quality of care in New York hospitals during 50 nursing strikes over two decades. In particular, the researchers
Labor relations: Letting hospital contract issues turn into strikes can be costly
Labor relations issues are increasingly sticky as hospital employees and management face off in the middle of a bad economy, but hospitals that let contract disagreements devolve into strikes face
Hospital strikes loom in Pennsylvania, Minnesota, Massachusetts
Nurses and other unionized healthcare workers in at least three states are considering walking off the job if contract negotiations with hospitals don't address their concerns. Those concerns are
SPOTLIGHT: Nurses at Temple U fight 'gag clause' in contract
Union-management disputes are never pleasant, but this one has escalated a bit more than usual. A union representing nurses at Philadelphia's Temple University Hospital has taken its dispute to the
Cost-effectiveness study spurs nurse protests
Usually cost-effectiveness studies are not a big deal, especially not for nurses. But in Philadelphia, nurses are protesting the start of a cost-effectiveness study with a candlelight vigil; this is
