The Supreme Court has agreed to hear a challenge to the healthcare reform law that was heard by Atlanta's 11th Circuit Court of Appeals, the only federal court to strike down the insurance mandate portion of the healthcare reform law,…
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The official start date for ICD-10 isn't until Oct. 1, 2013, but that doesn't mean surgery centers should delay the implementation process. Rhonda Buckholtz, CPC, CPMA, CPC-I, of AAPC, discusses seven steps surgery center leaders should take over the next…
DePuy Orthopaedics experienced a 1.5 percent decrease in U.S. sales for the third quarter of 2011, according to a news release from DePuy's parent company, Johnson & Johnson.
The Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society has sent a response (pdf) on the draft guidance on testing electronic health record usability.
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OrthoData, developer of the IntelliRod system for spine surgeons, recently named Ric Navarro as president and CEO, according to a Business First report.
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Here are 10 recent findings on anesthesiologist compensation, employment and reimbursement in 2011, according to LocumTenens.com's Anesthesiology Salary Survey. Note: All numbers are averages.
The Food and Drug Administration granted 43 orthopedic- and spine-related devices 510(k) clearance in October, according to an FDA report.
Sanuwave Health, an Alpharetta, Ga.-based medical device company, recently reported a 42 percent decrease in revenues for the third quarter of 2011 compared with the third quarter of 2010, according to a Sanuwave news release (pdf).