Rocco Monto, MD, a board-certified orthopedic surgeon specializing in reconstructive knee and shoulder surgery, shares his thoughts here on the top five developments in orthopedics. Dr. Monto, the team physician for the U.S. Under-17 Men's Soccer Team and a spokesman…
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Southern New Hampshire Medical Center agreed to pay a $33,400 civil settlement to resolve allegations that it violated the federal False Claims Act by submitting bills to federal healthcare programs for a nursing assistant who had been excluded from these…
Washington state's Health Care Authority is asking private health insurers to help it craft a public insurance coverage option that would cost about $100 a month, according to a story in the Puget Sound Business Journal.
The recent decision of Revolution Health to stop offering electronic personal health records is a sign that demand for this once promising consumer tool did not materialized, according to a report from iHealthBeat.
A new survey found that 60 percent of Americans don't think health reform will pass this year, compared with 67 percent just after Senate Democrats lost their filibuster-proof majority in a Massachusetts election last month, according to a report by…
Dulce Briceño, a resident of Miami-Dade County, Fla., was sentenced today to 63 months in prison for her role in a $2.3 million Medicare fraud scheme, according to a U.S. Department of Justice news release.
The Wisconsin Supreme Court has agreed to hear a case brought forward by the Wisconsin Medical Society contesting 2007 legislation that allowed the state to transfer money from its medical liability compensation fund to balance the state budget, according to…
Responding to an earlier report, officials from Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts said it will not pay for phone calls made by physicians or other healthcare providers, according to a report in The Patriot Ledger.
Results from the first prospective study of minimally invasive facet arthrodesis and long-term data on spinal cord stimulation showed that these surgical techniques can achieve pain relief in patients with various back pain conditions, according to a news release from…
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