Following a two-hour meeting with Congressional Republicans, President Obama held a news conference in which he laid out the kind of reforms he would consider, according to a transcript from the White House.
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Michigan Gov. Jennifer Granholm is expected to include a 3 percent tax on physicians' gross receipts as part of her budget proposal to the state legislature, the Detroit Free Press reports.
Economic and generational shifts have resulted in many experts predicting changes in how orthopedic and spine services are run in hospitals. Here are four trends in how hospitals and ASCs operate orthopedics and spine lines.
Pittsburgh-based Highmark, Pennsylvania's largest Blues-affiliated insurer, is protesting an information request from the state insurance department, saying that the state is overstepping its authority in conducting reviews of the state's four Blues carriers, according to a report in American Medical…
More than 500 physicians participated in a discussion, "FTC - Refusal to accept Medicare pricing = Price Fixing," on Sermo, an online community for physicians, according to a Sermo news release.
An economic stimulus bill being drafted by the Senate would delay until Sept. 30 the 21 percent Medicare payment cut to physicians, according to a report by AHANewsNow.
Responding to President Obama's challenge to Republicans, "If you have a better idea, show it to me," Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich and John Goodman, president and CEO of the National Center for Policy Analysis came up with 10 of…
CHICAGO — Becker's Orthopedic & Spine Review has announced "50 Spine Surgeons & Specialists to Know," profiling top spine surgeons, physicians and innovators in the country.
The Food and Drug Administration may toughen is approval process for 510(k) clearance for medical devices, according to a report by the Wall Street Journal. The move causes concern for medical device makers who worry that tightened approval processes could…
Cameron J. Justice of Crum, W.Va., owner and president of Justice Medical Complex, with conspiracy to misuse a physicians registration number and aiding and abetting healthcare fraud, according to a report in The Charleston Gazette.