Nursing - News February 19, 2011

Hospital employees help put up roof (Floridatoday)
The emergency room isn't the only place to help those in need. Health First employees installed a new roof and made other fixes Friday to a home in the 1700 block of Bluebird Court that will one day house a previously homeless family.

IRS changes rules related to breast-feeding (SWVA Today)
Gimme a break. This has been the cry of many mothers who choose to breast-feed their babies and have to shell out more than milk money on supplies to do it.

Reader comment: Medicare fraud to be expected from a public program with too much private control (NOLA)
Valentina Kovalienko exits Brooklyn federal court after posting bail Thursday in New York.

HHS replaces 'conscience' rule for health workers (USA Today)
The government has replaced a Bush-era rule that became a flash point in the debate over abortions, clarifying that doctors and nurses have a long-standing federal right not to participate in the procedures.

John Kass: Miracle baby (WNOL-TV New Orleans)
Baby doctors have their schedules, but life doesn't always abide by some official timetable.

111 held in health care fraud crackdown (Post-gazette - News)
WASHINGTON -- The federal government's Medicare Fraud Task Force brought criminal charges Thursday against doctors, nurses and health care company executives -- in all, 111 people in nine cities -- in what was billed as the nation's 'largest-ever federal health care fraud takedown.'

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