The Congressional Budget Office increased the projected cost of a permanent physician fee fix by 25 percent, perhaps making it more difficult for Congress to justify a long-term fix rather than passing short-term patches every month or two, according to…
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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration sent a letter to Baxter Healthcare Corp. on April 30 ordering the company to recall and destroy all of its Colleague Volumetric Infusion Pumps currently in use in the United States, resulting from a…
Recent data presented at this year's American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons annual meeting reinforces the BIRMINGHAM HIP Resurfacing System, manufactured by Smith & Nephew, as a safe and effective hip resurfacing device, according to a Smith & Nephew news release.
Salt Lake City-based University of Utah's Department of Orthopedics has received a $1 million donation from the George S. and Dolores Eccles Foundation to fund an endowed department chair, according to a report by The Spectrum.
Texas Health Resources' Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Plano has launched a new Scoliosis and Spine Tumor Center, according to a THR news release.
A new survey suggests defensive medicine — ordering unnecessary tests for fear of lawsuits — may become more common because younger physicians are more likely to have picked it up in training, according to release by Jackson Healthcare.
Colorado has enacted legislation that will reopen the grandfathering period for CRNAs without graduate degrees if an applicant has been "recognized as an advanced practice nurse in another state or jurisdiction and has practiced as an advanced practice nurse for…
Several provisions in the healthcare reform law could make healthcare more efficient and responsive, according to a report by the Washington Post.
The Department of Health and Human Services launched its data breach information website in February and has since received 64 reported incidences, affecting over 1 million people, according to a report in American Medical News.
Boston Scientific Corp. has announced the start of patient enrollment in the EVIDENCE Clinical Trial, which compares the therapeutic effectiveness and cost effectiveness of spinal cord stimulation therapy to spine reoperation in patients with failed back surgery syndrome, according to…