Tags: CFO | hospital | Kansas

Heartland Spine & Specialty Hospital, a physician-owned hospital comprised of over 80 physicians located in Overland Park, Kan., has named Jesse Saucedo as its new CFO, according to a news release from the hospital.

Tags: Anthem Blue Cross | California | insurance premiums

Anthem Blue Cross, California's largest for-profit health insurer, is raising premiums for individual insurance policies by 30-39 percent on March 1, according to a report by the Los Angeles Times.

Tags: nurse | Texas | Texas Medical Board | trial | whistleblower lawsuit

In what may be an unprecedented prosecution, Anne Mitchell was scheduled to stand trial Feb. 8 in a Texas court for "misuse of official information," a third-degree felony charge, after reporting a physician last April to the Texas Medical Board for what she deemed improper prescribing and surgical procedures, according to a story in The New York Times.

Tags: drug pricing | lawsuit | Teva Pharmaceutical Industries | Ven-A-Care

Teva Pharmaceutical Industries will take a $315 million charge in its fourth quarter in connection with a settlement to resolve a drug-pricing lawsuit brought by Ven-A-Care of the Florida Keys against several of the company's U.S. subsidiaries, according to a Teva press release.

Tags: orthopedic hospital | Pennsylvania | West Penn Allegheny

West Penn Allegheny Health System will develop a small orthopedic surgery hospital in Pittsburgh's suburbs in the next two years, according to a report by the Pittsburgh Business Times.