The Senate has voted to pass the American Workers, State and Business Relief Act of 2010 (HR 4213), which includes language that would delay the 21 percent Medicare payment cut to physicians until Sept. 30 and would extend through Dec.…
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Wisconsin Gov. Jim Doyle has signed legislation that requires hospitals, physicians and other healthcare providers to disclose the cost of the most common procedures they perform so consumers have price-estimates before choosing a provider, according to a release by Gov.…
Abdul Naushad, MD, his wife, their six pain management clinics and their billing company have agreed to pay $820,000 to resolve civil Medicare fraud allegations, according to an announcement by the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of Missouri.
Bob Carter, MD, PhD, has been named chief of the division of neurosurgery at the University of California San Diego Medical Center and Moores UCSD Cancer Center, according to a UCSD news release.
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan's subsidiary, Blue Care Networks of Michigan, abandoned its attempt to purchase Physicians Health Plan of Mid-Michigan after the Department of Justice informed the companies that it would file an antitrust lawsuit to block the…
DePuy Orthopaedics, a division of Johnson & Johnson, is warning that its ASR hip implant has a high failure rate in some patients. This warning comes after the company announced last year it would phase out sales of the implant…
The Society for Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery has launched SMISS Highlights, an online series of CME-accredited, free education modules for spine surgeons, according to a SMISS news release.
Stryker Corp. will feature two of its latest hip systems — the Rejuvenate Modular Primary Hip System and the ADM Mobile Bearing Acetabular System with X3 — at this year's American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons Annual Meeting in New Orleans,…
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services released a series of questions and answers related to the recently eliminated physician consultation CPT codes, which address how evaluation and management services should be reported to CMS.
Smith & Nephew's Endoscopy Division has launched the FAST-FIX 360 Meniscal Repair System — a next generation device that applies novel engineering to provide surgeons with easy implant deployment, speed and superior fixation strength with minimal disruption to the meniscus…