A spine device manufacturer and Indiana-based surgeon were ordered to pay $2.6 million to the United States to settle illegal kickback allegations.
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The fierce political conflict among federal lawmakers is keeping the country from moving forward to tackle its long-term financial issues, Congressional Budget Office Director Douglas Elmendorf, PhD, said in a C-SPAN interview.
Leaders at Mercy Medical Center in Baltimore don't need to worry about payer mix. "Rates are uniform, no matter what your payer source is," says Thomas Mullen, president and CEO of Mercy Health Services. "A Blue Cross patient will pay…
K. Daniel Riew, MD (Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis). Dr. Riew is the chief of cervical spine surgery and the Mildred Simon Distinguished Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery at Washington University. He founded the Orthopedic Rehabilitation Cervical Spine Institute in 2007,…
Joan O’Shea, MD (The Spine Institute of Southern New Jersey, Marlton). Dr. O’Shea designed and created the first outpatient spine surgery center in Southern New Jersey. She was also elected chief of spine by her peers at Virtual Health System. She…
James F. Mooney, MD (Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston). Dr. Mooney is the chief of the division of pediatric orthopedic surgery at the Medical University of South Carolina. He has a special interest in pediatric spinal deformity and trauma. He also…