Atlanta Hospital Sued After Allegedly Losing Part Of Surgery Patient’s Skull, Billing $19K For Replacement

A Georgia couple is suing Emory University Midtown Hospital, alleging that the hospital lost part of a patient’s skull during surgery in September 2022 and then billed them $19,000 to replace it, according to court documents. Fernando and Maria Craster filed a lawsuit against a local hospital, alleging that the hospital lost part of Fernando’s […]
Bottom Line: Publishers push back on proposal automatic textbook billing change

education of Association of American Publishers Hired Group DC Monitor issues with the Inclusive Access Program, which allows colleges to automatically charge students for textbooks and supplies. The Department of Education proposed changes in January that would mean colleges could not automatically charge students and students would have to opt in to participate in the […]
Gen Z can help Amex keep its premium billing – Financial Times
Get your free copy of Editor’s Digest FT editor Roula Khalaf picks her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. American Express is on a roll. The credit-card group’s shares have risen 75% since late October, handily outpacing the S&P 500’s 35% gain. The company’s shares trade at 18 times forward earnings, more than double the […]
Biden team, UnitedHealth struggle to restore paralyzed billing systems after cyberattack – CBS News

Margaret Parsons, one of three dermatologists at her 20-person practice in Sacramento, Calif., is in trouble. Since then Cyber attack on February 21st Parsons said she and her colleagues at Change Healthcare, a previously unknown medical payment processing company, are unable to bill for services electronically. She said she heard that Noridian Healthcare Solutions, California’s […]
‘Certainly Questionable’: Fox News Host, Guest Discuss Fani Willis’ Alleged Lover’s Billing

A former clerk to Supreme Court Justices Antonin Scalia and Clarence Thomas says some of the actions of Fani Willis, the Fulton County district attorney's alleged lover, are “certainly questionable” and that she is not a former clerk to Justices Antonin Scalia and Clarence Thomas. She said it cast a “cloud” on her prosecution of […]