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Allen Medical Systems, a subsidiary of Hill-Rom Holdings, has launched Allen Pinkfin Elite Stirrups to benefit breast cancer research, in partnership with Susan G. Koman for the Cure, according to an Allen news release

A 65 percent federal subsidy to enhance COBRA health insurance premiums for the newly unemployed will end on April 1 because the Senate failed to pass a bill extending it before Congress went into a two-week recess, according to Kaiser…

The Physician Sunshine Payment Act, part of the new health reform law, is expected to discourage payments to physicians from medical device and pharmaceutical companies, according to a report by the Wall Street Journal Health Blog.

Heartland Spine & Specialty Hospital in Overland Park, Kan., has changed its name to Heartland Surgical Specialty Hospital in order to more accurately reflect the variety of services offered at the physician-owned hospital, according to a release by the hospital.

A survey of nearly 14,000 surgeons and anesthesiologists, members of the nation's Surgical Coalition, showed that less than one-third of physician currently participating in Medicare would be able to continue under the 21.2 percent fee cut scheduled to go into…

The Joint Replacement Center at the Bone and Joint Hospital at St. Anthony in Oklahoma City has opened, according to a report in the Edmond Sun.

Una Favorite Brown of New Orleans was sentenced to 21 months imprisonment for healthcare fraud offenses and was ordered to pay restitution in the amount of $33,305, according to a Department of Justice news release.

President Obama is expected to appoint Donald Berwick, MD, a pediatrician, Harvard professor and president of the Institute for Healthcare Improvement, as administrator for the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, which has been without a permanent leader since Oct.…

Spine surgery is performed with increasing frequency in ASCs around the country. As a result, ASCs are being forced to reexamine their approach to ensuring efficiency while maintaining appropriate levels of patient safety. The need to increase operating room efficiency…

The House of Representatives passed the health reform bill by a vote of 220-207 in the final vote in a complicated legislative process, according to a report by the New York Times.