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A Suffolk County (Mass.) Superior Court judge has ordered insurers Harvard Pilgrim Health Care and Fallon Community Health Plan to base premium increases off of 2009 rates, rather than higher figures the plans had hoped to use to determine 2010…
From 2001-2010, there were nearly 100 different HHS' Office of Inspector General physician self referral and kickback settlements. In just the last two years (2008-2010) there were more than 20 such settlements. At the same time, there has been an…
Stryker Corp.'s orthopedics division has announced the manufacturing of its one-millionth Exeter hip stem, an implant developed in collaboration with an orthopedic surgeon and engineer to address the problem of aseptic loosening 40 years ago, according to a Stryker news…
The Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions recently held a hearing on regulating insurance premium increases, and the committee's chairman, Sen. Tom Harkin (D-Iowa), voiced support for such regulation, according to a report by AHA News Now.
The Council of Medical Specialty Societies, which represents 32 medical professional societies, has released its Code for Interactions With Companies, which provides detailed guidance to medical specialty societies on appropriate interactions with for-profit healthcare companies, according to a CMSS news…
The AMA has launched an online resource to help physicians claim part of the $350 million settlement of a class-action lawsuit against UnitedHealth Group, according to a release from the AMA.