The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services issued a notice to Aetna on April 5 of the agency's intent to impose an intermediate sanction to ensure that Medicare beneficiaries continue to have access to prescription drugs under Medicare's requirements, according…
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The Senate has approved a temporary fix for the planned 21.3 percent Medicare physician fee cut that went into effect April 1, according to a report by the Washington Post.
ConforMIS, Inc. has received CE Mark Certification for its iUni® G2 patient-specific knee replacement system, providing regulatory approval for ConforMIS to begin the sale of this product throughout the European Union, according a ConforMIS news release.
Democrats and Republicans in the Florida state legislature have announced a bill aimed at fighting the $1 billion Medicare fraud problem, according to a report in the South Florida Business Journal.
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Stryker's Interventional Spine business unit has launched the iVAS inflatable vertebral augmentation system, a minimally invasive device cleared for use in treating vertebral compression fractures, according to a Stryker news release.
Warsaw, Ind.-based Biomet has announced its financial results for its third quarter of fiscal year 2010, ended Feb. 28, 2010, which included a 9 percent increase in net sales but a $3.1 million operating loss, according to a Biomet news…
Drs. E. Shawn Mansour, DO, and David Navid, DO, have opened North Houston Orthopedics and Sports Medicine on the campus of Cypress Fairbanks Medical Center in Houston, according to a release from the practice.
CPT 29220 (strapping of low back) has been deleted from the American Medical Association's CPT 2010 Professional Edition, effective Jan. 1, 2010, according to a report from the American Chiropractic Association.
The U.S. Senate overcame a Republican filibuster Monday evening against a bill containing a one-month delay of the 21.3 percent cut in Medicare physician fees, allowing for a final vote on Thursday or Friday, according to the The Hill.