In a recent study published in the Journal of Anatomy, Steven Claes, MD, and John Bellemans, MD, Belgian surgeons, shared the discovery of the anterolateral ligament, according to a Ku Leuven report.
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The following investigations, lawsuits, settlements or other legal developments involving healthcare providers were reported within the past month, beginning with the most recent.
Many health insurers are cancelling individual insurance plans because the policies aren't "grandfathered" and don't meet PPACA requirements, according to the trade group America's Health Insurance Plans.
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Many of the established accountable care organizations have been formed by hospitals and insurance companies, with those executives having the final say in ACO-related matters.
The following hospital mergers, acquisitions and general transactions took place within the past week, beginning with the most recent.
Enacting legislation that would force federal officials to purchase health insurance through the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act exchanges would add $978 million to the deficit during the next decade, according to a Congressional Budget Office report.
Of those potentially eligible for coverage under the reform law, 17 percent of Americans have visited the health insurance exchanges online, over the phone, in person or via mail, according to a survey conducted by The Commonwealth Fund.
In recent years medicine has begun to reorganize from being predominantly solo practitioners and small groups to large, multispecialty groups, and this may not be a bad thing, according to a report on KevinMD.
Dexamethasone following spinal fusion surgery helped patients swallow better and spend less time in the hospital, according to a Medscape report.