LABOR UPDATES
OSHA To Investigate 2nd Plant Explosion in Louisiana OSHA had cited the company for 14 alleged safety and health violations, 12 of which were described by the agency as serious.
HEALTH CARE
FBI: Chicago Patients Suffer as For-Profit Hospital Frauds Medicare “This complaint alleges the hospital and doctors were performing unnecessary invasive surgery to justify false billing.”
Children’s Hospitals Well-Positioned to Handle Reform Standalone children’s hospitals have the financial fortitude to take reform challenges head on, according to a report from Fitch Ratings.
NOTES ON NURSING
Fewer Nurses, More Assistants in Montreal OR At the end of that presentation, Richard Fahey, MUHC director of public affairs, handed journalists a USB stick containing nearly 600 pages of budget documents that spell out the cuts. Buried in those documents are plans to increase the use of nursing assistants in the ORs and other departments.