The American College of Physicians implored the U.S. Senate to vote no on a budget resolution which would begin the ACA appeal process.
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Reps. Erik Paulsen (R-Minn.) and Ron Kind (D-Wis.) introduced the Protect Medical Innovation Act of 2017 to permanently repeal the 2.3 percent medical device excise tax enacted on Jan. 3, 2017, the Minnesota Star Tribune reports.
Here are four outpatient orthopedic surgery centers that were announced or opened in December 2016.
A study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association examined changes in quality, internal hospital costs and postacute care spending for lower extremity joint replacement bundled payments.
A study presented at the Society of Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery Annual Forum 2016 compared minimally invasive spine surgery to open procedures for adolescent idiopathic scoliosis correction.
According to a Kaiser Health News report, top Republicans see frivolous law suits contributing to the high cost of care because physicians are forced to pay high medical malpractice insurance premiums and practice defensive medicine. Speaker of the House Paul…
Black Book released its consumer survey for the fourth quarter of 2016, focusing on the digital divide in healthcare.
Can your front desk and back office staff be a profit center for your practice? Yes, but there are instances where physicians may not know what is happening out in the waiting room while they are taking care of patients.…
John Grant Buttram Jr., MD, is a neurosurgeon at Raleigh, N.C.-based Rex Neurosurgical and Spine Specialist.
New York-based St. Lawrence Health System received state department of health approval to open its new $23 million medical complex in Canton, N.Y., according to Watertown Daily Times.