The Idaho Orthopaedic Society, a Boise orthopedic practice and five orthopedists have agreed to settle a lawsuit by the U.S. Department of Justice and Idaho Attorney General involving allegations of antitrust conspiracies involving a boycott of workers' compensation patients by…
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William Bargar, MD, an orthopedic surgeon at Sutter Medical Center in Sacramento, Calif., performed the first hip replacement using the next-generation ROBODOC system for joint replacement procedures, according to a news release by the hospital.
Pottstown (Pa.) Memorial Medical Center opened its new Center for Orthopedics and Spine at a reception held last week, according to a report by The Mercury.
The 21.3 percent Medicare physician fee cut automatically went into effect today, but CMS is instructing Medicare contractors to hold physicians' Medicare claims for the first 10 business days in June to give Congress a chance to avert the cut.
Medtronic has announced it will publish payments made to physicians in excess of $5,000 annually on the company website.
An orthopedic surgeon at Rush University Medical Center in Chicago has developed a less invasive, surgical treatment for bunions, according to a press release from the organization.
Michael Rimlawi, MD, co-founder of Minimally Invasive Spine Institute in Dallas, was recently recognized by the Dallas Business Journal as a 2010 Health Care Hero honoree in the "physician" category.
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Nikkie LaFleur of Lake Charles, La., was sentenced to 37 months' imprisonment after pleading guilty to three counts of healthcare fraud in March, according to an Associated Press report on KLFY News.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has once again asked contractors to hold claims for services under the physician fee schedule for the first 10 business days in June, while Congress struggles to delay a proposed 21.3 percent fee…