The American Medical Association offered recommendations on immediate actions the Obama administration can take to curb fraud in the healthcare system at a day-long summit sponsored by the federal government, according to an AMA news release.
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Miami-Dade County, Fla., residents Michel De Jesus Huarte, Alyd Dazza, Ricco Dazza, Monika Blacio, Dayron Porrata and Wally Proenza were sentenced for various offenses including conspiracy to commit Medicare fraud, conspiracy to commit money laundering, and aggravated identity theft, which…
Hoffman Estates, Ill.-based Life Spine has announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has given 510(k) marketing clearance to both the DYNA-LINK Spinal System and the PRESIDIO Spinal Plating System, according to a Life Spine news release.
Zimmer Holdings has announced its financial results for the fourth quarter and year ended Dec. 31, 2009, according to a Zimmer news release.
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Stryker Corp. reported net earnings growth of 10.2 percent from $278 million to $306 million and adjusted net earnings growth of 10.3 percent from $299 million to $330 million for the quarter ended Dec. 31, according to a Stryker Corp.…
Congressional Democrats appear to have postponed efforts to pass health reform following the loss of their 60-vote, filibuster-proof Senate majority in a special election in Massachusetts, according to a report by the New York Times.
Citing federal statistics, the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality says uninsured adults were more likely in 2007 to have problems accessing a physician specialist than people who had insurance coverage, according to a report by AHA News Now.
The Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association has expanded its Blue Distinction designation program to include Blue Distinction Centers for Spine Surgery and Blue Distinction Centers for Knee and Hip Replacement, according to a BCBSA news release.
New York Governor David Paterson is hoping to add tighter restrictions on medical device and pharmaceutical industry sales representatives' relationships with physicians to his proposed 2010-2011 budget, according to a report in the Massachusetts Medical Devices Journal.