Teva Pharmaceutical Industries will take a $315 million charge in its fourth quarter in connection with a settlement to resolve a drug-pricing lawsuit brought by Ven-A-Care of the Florida Keys against several of the company's U.S. subsidiaries, according to a…
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West Penn Allegheny Health System will develop a small orthopedic surgery hospital in Pittsburgh's suburbs in the next two years, according to a report by the Pittsburgh Business Times.
A Colorado physicians' group has settled allegations by the Federal Trade Commission that the group participated in price-fixing, according to a news release by the FTC.
The healthcare industry, including hospitals, ASCs and physicians' offices, added 14,500 jobs from Dec. 2009-Jan. 2010, according to a news release from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Rep. Betsy Markey (D-Colo.) and Rep. Tom Perriello (D-Va.) will introduce legislation to repeal the special anti-trust exemption for health insurance and medical malpractice insurance companies, according to a news release by Rep. Markey's office.
All but one of the nation's largest health insurers reported significant commercial enrollment losses in 2009 and all of them are cautious about growth in 2010, according to the insurers' recently issued annual reports.
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…
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.