Returning from a 10-day break today, Congress will have a difficult time passing a physician fee-fix and other pressing spending measures because of the public's growing uneasiness about the federal deficit, according to a report by the Spokane Spokesman-Review.
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The healthcare sector added 8,000 jobs in May for total seasonally adjusted employment of 13.73 million, but some areas saw slight declines during the month, according to data released by the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Orthofix International announced that its sports medicine division, Breg, is a recipient of the 2010 CIO 100 award for its Vision Advanced Inventory Management software, which enables orthopedic practices to automate the management of their in-house inventories of orthopedic bracing…
MiMedx Group, an integrated developer, manufacturer and marketer of biomaterial-based products, has received notification 510(k) clearance by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for additional thicknesses and sizes of its HydroFix Vaso Shield, according to a MiMedx news release.
St. Cloud Orthopedic Associates has opened a new facility in Sartell, Minn., according to St. Cloud Orthopedics and the St. Cloud Times.
Upstate University Hospital in Syracuse, N.Y., is in discussions with Harrison Outpatient Surgery Center in downtown Syracuse for a possible takeover, according to The Post-Standard.
Beth A. Johnson is vice president of clinical systems for Blue Chip Surgical Center Partners.
The Independent Payment Advisory Board created by the health reform law is a promising way to preserve the Medicare program and halt skyrocketing medical inflation, but it may not elicit its expected savings and may drive physicians away from Medicare,…
Healthcare consumers' attitudes about medical care are at odds with "evidence-based medicine," the use of clinical evidence to create standards of care, according to a report by Health Affairs.
Effective May 25, 2010, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services will deny all claims for collagen meniscus implant procedures, after the agency concluded that evidence showed the implant does not improve health outcomes, according to a report in MLN…