Becker's Hospital Review

Pediatric hospital respiratory testing costs surge past $100M: Study

Spending on respiratory pathogen testing at U.S. children’s hospitals has surged more than fourfold since 2016, as testing rates climbed from 13.6% of emergency department visits to 62.2% in 2022, ...
Becker's Hospital Review

OIG Issues Favorable Opinion for Sleep Testing Provider, Hospital Agreement Under the Anti-Kickback Statute — Opinion Driven by Lack of Physician Involvement

The HHS Office of the Inspector General has released an advisory opinion regarding an arrangement between a sleep testing provider and a hospital-owned sleep testing facility, in which the testing ...
WLWT

During Breast Cancer Awareness Month, Christ Hospital offers updated genetic testing options

One Liberty Township mother decided to test her risk for cancer. Her test results led her to have a double mastectomy before she had a formal diagnosis. One Liberty Township mother decided to test her ...
Oregonian

Hospital lab test can result in surprising and painful bill

Reesha Ahmed was on cloud nine. It was January and Ahmed was at an OB-GYN’s office near her home in Venus, Texas, for her first prenatal checkup. After an ultrasound, getting anti-nausea medication, ...
Alachua Chronicle on MSN

HCA Florida North Florida Hospital launches new test and treat clinic

The new Test and Treat Clinic offers comprehensive flu testing and treatment, COVID-19 testing and treatment, and strep throat testing and treatment by HCA Florida North Florida Hospital’s pharmacist ...