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In a world where the bar keeps moving higher, it seems that bar has gone up yet again. It looks like University of Pittsburgh Medical Center CEO Jeffrey Romoff was paid almost $3.95 million in total Read more...

It seems that the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center doesn't take disloyalty well. A month after a six-OB/GYN practice based at its UPMC Mercy facility it was moving to rival West Penn Read more...

The University of Pittsburgh Medical Center has just disclosed that it got a request for competitive information last summer from the U.S. Department of Justice. The request, which didn't name any Read more...

The University of Pittsburgh Medical Center is planning the rollout of a newly-tough conflict-of-interest policy which would greatly curtail traditional relationships between its providers and Read more...

The Federal Trade Commission has agreed to let the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center move ahead with acquiring Catholic healthcare facility Mercy Hospital. The move should boost UPMC's market Read more...

Time to take on the drug samples problem
So yet another institution probably will lower the boom …

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The University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC) is poised to implement a new policy banning physicians and other employees from accepting virtually any type of pharma or device-maker freebies. If it moves ahead, UPMC would join a growing list of academic medical centers and other facilities that have instituted tight controls on such gifts. Employees and physicians who break the rules could face written reprimands and even loss of hospital privileges.

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The University of Pittsburgh Medical Center is facing a public controversy after a donor pitch letter inadvertently exposed the former patients' Social Security numbers. The letter, which went out to about 6,000 former patients earlier this month, included a tracking code that integrated the SSN. The code was visible through the envelope window. Critics call the inclusion of the SSN a serious mishap, arguing that it could expose the 6,000 recipients to identity theft. UPMC denies that …

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The Federal Trade Commission has asked for more information on a $120 million merger between a money-losing charity hospital and the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC), slowing down what has already been a drawn-out process. Under the terms of the deal (which parties hoped would close last year), UPMC would take over Pittsburgh's Mercy Hospital. Mercy is not doing well on its own, having lost about $42 million over the past three years on its hospital and primary care …

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Over the past couple of years, executives at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center have found a new way to deal with the threat of malpractice claims. The medical center has developed a formal mediation process which not only settles claims, but does so in creative ways. Of course, UPMC does offer cash to settle some claims, but it has also mounted plaques and named hospital rooms in an aggrieved patient's honor. It's also given patients a chance to discuss their negative …

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