The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has scheduled a public meeting on Feb. 18, 2010, to discuss key challenges related to the premarket notification, or 510(k) process, used to review and clear certain medical devices marketed in the United States,…
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It is illegal in a number of states for physicians to pay a percentage of collected fees to billing and collections companies, a practice known as "fee splitting," but the prohibition has been widely ignored and percentage-payment arrangements have flourished,…
Toe Myint, MD, a physician based in Troy, Mich., was convicted today by a Detroit jury of conspiracy to commit healthcare fraud in a $4.2 million Medicare fraud scheme, according to a news release from the U.S. Department of Justice.
Plainsboro, N.J.-based Integra LifeSciences has announced that the first clinical application of the Coral Spinal System for minimally invasive spine surgery was performed by Dr. Morteza Farr from Santa Cruz, Calif., the surgeon designer of the new technology, according to…
Here are five statistics on the compensation and employment of surgical technologists nationwide, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor & Statistics' 2008 Occupational Employment Statistics survey.
Amidst the legislative chaos created by the implosion of health reform following this week's Massachusetts election, physician groups are getting anxious that Congress won't perform its usual eleventh-hour fix of the automatic Medicare physician fee cut.
The University of Toledo (Ohio) Medical Center has opened the new UT Mobility Disorders, Orthopedics and Rehabilitation Inpatient Center, which will bring all aspects of orthopedic and rehabilitation care together in a single area of the hospital, according to a…
Here is the median compensation for orthopedic surgeons for 2005-2008, according to the AMGA 2009 Medical Group Compensation and Financial Survey.
Community General Hospital in Syracuse, N.Y., has opened its new $7.6 million orthopedics unit on the sixth floor of the hospital, according to a report in The Post-Standard.
Charles C. Njoku, MD, of Powell, Ohio, and Veronica Scott-Guiler of Orient, Ohio, were indicted on 14 counts of making false statements tied to healthcare payments, one count of healthcare fraud and four counts of illegal distribution of controlled substances,…