Virginia lawmakers are expected this week to pass legislation that would prohibit health insurance mandates and would make clear that no individual can be required to obtain coverage, according to a report by the Boston Globe.
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Shekhar Desai, MD, an orthopedic surgeon in Brevard County, Fla., has pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit wire fraud for accepting $70,000-$120,000 in consulting fees from DePuy Orthopaedics, a subsidiary of Johnson & Johnson, for services he never performed, according…
Thomas R. Forget, MD, is a neurosurgeon with St. Louis Spine Surgery Center in St. Louis.
Practice changes required to meet the "meaningful use" criteria of the federal government's electronic medical record incentive program would lead to significant decreases in physician productivity, according to data collected by the Medical Group Management Association.
The healthcare sector saw a significant decrease in the number of private equity transactions completed last year. Pitchbook (see: www.Pitchbook.com) reported that approximately 125 deals were completed where private equity funds invested in healthcare companies in 2009. This is down…
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Blake Curd, MD, a Republican candidate for South Dakota's lone Congressional seat and current state representative, has received endorsements from 23 state legislators, according to a release from Dr. Curd's campaign office.
Rejecting Republicans' call for a fresh start on health reform legislation, President Obama is asking Congress for a final vote within weeks to reconcile separate bills already passed by the House and Senate, according to a report by the New…
Some orthopedic surgeons are moving away from using metal-on-metal hip implants — currently used in about a third of conventional hip replacements or resurfacings — in response to growing concern that they may cause inflammatory reactions and loss of bone…
President Don Mordecai and Government Relations Chairman Victor Long of the Oklahoma Association of Nurse Anesthetists spoke out against a controversial bill in the Oklahoma Senate that would prohibit certified registered nurse anesthetists from providing certain injections for patients with…
A new report from the Massachusetts Division of Health Care Finance and Policy found that private spending per member for healthcare was up 15.5 percent from 2006-2008, or 7.5 percent annually. Over 75 percent of this growth occurred in hospital…